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Seminars and Events
The seminar series features a range of topics addressing places and climate change to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion in this area.
The seminars are held on a monthly basis, on Wednesday lunchtimes.
Workshop: The value of greenspace for health and well-being - Monday, February 26th 2024
Organised by Prof. Thora Tenbrink and Dr Sofie Roberts (Bangor University) and Prof. Laurence Jones (UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology).
Monday 26 February, 10am to 3pm, Pontio Innovation Centre, Bangor, Gwynedd.
Lunch and refreshments provided.
This workshop is an opportunity to consider the connection of public health and local greenspace, sharing insights, findings and perspectives. We will explore needs,
priorities, perceptions and preferences of stakeholders including Local Council officers and facilitators of community initiatives and discuss these alongside relevant academic expertise.
Our guiding question for the day is:
“What do people across various levels of experience think about managing greenspace on a local council level, through the lens of health and wellbeing?”
Goals of the workshop include:
- To connect themes and thoughts around health, net zero, and community participation.
- To consider the benefits of greenspace through a focus on health and well-being.
- To identify key evidence gaps, research questions and pathways to implementation, to inform future projects that will benefit public health and the environment through greenspace interventions in towns and cities, co-created with stakeholders.
We will discuss the role of greenspace for health and wellbeing in towns and cities, and share and learn from each other about nature-based solutions that are already in place or planned across the region of North Wales. It is an opportunity to reflect and discuss what you are planning or already doing in this respect, what your needs are, and what kinds of health and well-being benefits can come from greenspace. This workshop will enable us to better understand the status of scientific insights relative to the needs and perspectives of different stakeholders. We are seeing funding bodies increasingly putting out calls for cross disciplinary research on the big challenges of climate and societal health. The research needs identified will be taken further towards a major grant funding bid, focusing on the health and well-being benefits of various types of greenspace interventions in real world settings, considering councils’ and communities’ views.
Places are limited. A programme will be circulated with delegates ahead of the day.
For those who face barriers to attendance we have funds to support travel costs. Please contact s.a.roberts@bangor.ac.uk to discuss.
Contact information
Dr Corinna Patterson, Lecturer in Sociology in the School of History, Law and Social Sciences at Bangor University.
If you wish to know more about the seminar information or you would like to have a pitch or a presentation about related topics please email c.patterson@bangor.ac.uk.