The Healthy Happy Places programme is delighted to be showcasing perspectives from mental health, architecture and urban planning to explore why the built environment matters when thinking about mental health and wellbeing. The design of buildings and the shaping of public spaces in the places we live, work and play contribute to our lived experiences, how we feel, and have the power to promote or stifle wellbeing and recovery.
The Healthy Happy Places programme is funded by the Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC) and is being delivered as a partnership initiative on behalf of the Integrated Care System for the North East and North Cumbria (ICS NENC) to develop a multi-sector approach for supporting and creating mental health and wellbeing through the built environment.
Who is it for? Anyone with an interest in this topic is welcome to attend. NHS staff, public health, planners and architects, designers and third sector community groups may be particularly interested in hearing about different perspectives that impact upon healing and recovery. Particular focus will be on work happening in the North East and North Cumbria.
Why attend? If you are curious about different perspectives on health creation and how built environment professionals and health and public health expertise can come together to think about how design and urban planning may influence our wellbeing.
Dr Rachel Turnbull, Programme Lead for Healthy Happy Places, AHSN NENC will open the event. We will be joined by the following speakers:
Buildings Speak to Us: The need for trauma informed environments - Dr Khadj Rouf (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust) and Dr Nick Rhodes (Principal Clinical Psychologist, Harrow Community Mental Health Service) will share their experiences of the impact of environments for people who are receiving treatment for mental health conditions, and the national trauma informed care network.
The power of architecture to heal - Christopher Shaw (Founder of Medical Architecture) will give an overview of the elements of building design which can mediate our experiences and influence our emotional health.
Hostile vs Healing Public Spaces - Tim Crawshaw (International Planning and Development Consultant) will share a planning perspective on the effects of the wider urban environment and how design can impact on whether spaces are interpreted as healing or hostile.
Delegates will have the opportunity to ask question through out the session.
Join the conversation: Please tweet about this event #HealthyHappyPlaces
“The built environment refers to physical environment surroundings and conditions that are constructed by human activity (eg, buildings, streets, and parks, and the spaces in between)” (Nathan et al, 2018).
The event will be held on MS Teams. Please check that you can access Teams prior to the event. Joining information will be circulated in the run up to the event.
During the session
We will keep participants muted whilst we are presenting. This avoids distracting our speakers and also reduces sensory stimulation which is important for some people. However, if you wish to ask a question you can do this by adding it in the chat box. Please feel free to turn your camera on and off as you need to. If you need it off the whole time, that is totally fine.
If you need a break at any time during the session then please leave the meeting and re-join again when you feel ready.
Accessibility
Information on accessibility features in Teams can be found here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/accessibility-support-for-microsoft-teams-d12ee53f-d15f-445e-be8d-f0ba2c5ee68f and you can contact us with any other accessibility questions.
If you’d like more information or would like to chat about the Healthy Happy Places programme we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Rachel rachel.turnbull@ahsn-nenc.org.uk