This Thursday, join Dame Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner for England Children's Commissioner for England, and William Roberts for a discussion about the biggest issues facing children and young people's health.

📅13:00 - 14:00, 23 May. Book now 👇rsph.org.uk/event/in-conve…

Alcohol remains one of the biggest risk factors for preventable diseases.

There are a range of public health interventions that could help minimise the harm.

Our Chief Exec, William Roberts was quoted in the Guardian over the weekend 👇
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'We need to stop reinventing the wheel – we already have the answers.'

RSPH CEO William Roberts on how we know that policy affects poverty and the importance of getting solutions enacted.

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'None of this is inevitable; we have proved that childhood poverty absolutely does respond to policy.'

Child Poverty Action Group CEO Alison Garnham explains how returning to a national childhood poverty strategy will reduce deprivation in children.

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.Ciarán Humphreys spoke about the Public Health Wales Wales' work to tackle child poverty, including the ‘First 1000 Days: A Public Health Approach to Supporting Parents' report🌱

And on the role of public health to inform, advocate, mobilise and deliver.

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We're starting the afternoon with Hannah Slaughter from the Resolution Foundation 💬

Hannah explained how economic trends and the rising COL are influencing factors on ill health.

Also a big focus on the importance of better jobs and healthier workplaces.

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'Poverty matters.' greg fell FFPH

An insightful morning of discussion at the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) Faculty of Public Health RoySocMed Royal Society for Public Health conference on poverty.

Thank you to all this morning's speakers Paul Kissack Joseph Rowntree Foundation Clare Moriarty CitizensAdvice Margaret Douglas Public Health Scotland Dhanya Gardner South Glos Council.

Thinking about poverty – now and in the future – implies thinking about the bigger picture, including the climate emergency and access to good quality education.

Dhanya Gardner, Member of the FPH Poverty SIG

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“It shouldn’t take a year of training to access a safety net that’s supposed to provide support.”

Dhanya Gardner of South Gloucestershire council on how the difficulties of navigating financial support systems can lead to unclaimed benefits.

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'The car dominated system that we have […] means that people are more likely to be exposed to other harms.'

Margaret Douglas, Public Health Consultant at Public Health Scotland, on how transport poverty can reduce access to the building blocks of good health.

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‘A society free from poverty is an ethical mission.’

Poverty means facing insecurity, discrimination, being unable to play a full part in society.

Paul Kissack, Group Chief Exec Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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'We have a greater number of people who are sick or disabled in society, not a sicknote culture.'

Paul Kissack from the Josefina R. on the link between work, health and poverty. 38% of people on universal credit are in employment.

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Sobering stats shared today by Joseph Rowntree Foundation at the ‘Tackling Poverty – A Call to Action’ Conference with Faculty of Public Health Royal Society for Public Health RoySocMed Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)

Worsening situation with 6 million people in deep poverty in 🇬🇧.

4.3 million children living in poverty.

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