Healthy Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) HIT News

20mph speed limits in Bristol save lives, reduce injuries and save the NHS £15 million a year

  • 13th February 2018
The 20mph speed limits in residential areas in Bristol have prevented more than four fatal…

The roads programme is a deplorable refusal to face the facts

  • 26th January 2018
Adrian Davis on the Government's 'deplorable' roads programme, which, he argues, runs counter to the…

Joint Spatial Plan must address public health issues, Bristol Health Partners urges

  • 17th January 2018
The Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) is a rare opportunity to plan for a healthier future…

HIT events stir debate at Healthy City Week 2017

  • 8th November 2017
Creating a Bristol that works for people of all ages and abilities was at the…

An additional 20 minutes commuting each day lowers job satisfaction equivalent to a 19 per cent pay cut

  • 23rd October 2017
An additional 20 minutes of commuting each working day is equivalent to a 19% annual…

Walking and cycling are the oxygen for healthy towns and cities

  • 17th October 2017
Adrian Davis describes Sustrans' new Active Travel Toolbox, which gives policy makers the evidence they…

How can we solve Bristol’s trickiest health and sustainability problems?

  • 2nd October 2017
Zoe Trinder-Widdess, Bristol Health Partners Communications Manager, on some of the Health Integration Team highlights…

SHINE's Ben Barker awarded MBE in Queen's birthday honours

  • 21st June 2017
Community activist Ben Barker, who is on the Supporting Healthy Inclusive Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) leadership…

Hartcliffe children demand safer streets to play out in

  • 20th June 2017
As part of a joint project with Playing Out and Knightstone Housing, children from Room…

SHINE HIT's achievements in 2016-17

  • 22nd May 2017
Directors Adrian Davis and Suzanne Audrey, together with Marcus Grant, reflect on their work to…

HITs bring nearly £4m in funding to the region in last nine months

  • 27th March 2017
Health Integration Teams (HITs) have brought £3,988,121 of funding to the region since July 2016.…