Healthy Living

“Wavehill provided a comprehensive and thought-provoking evaluation which has given the Healthy Living Centre a good platform on which to build future strategic developments. The recommendations that were provided were based on evidence and their knowledge of good practice in the field was evident.”

The link between regeneration and community health and the disparities in health inequalities as a poverty and deprivation issue has been established and is now part of our strategic research and evaluation.

We have been working at the forefront of community health development for the past 10 years and have a wide range of experience in working alongside communities to assess needs and evaluate the impact of health, exercise, and healthy living interventions.

Projects

• Healthier Catering in Leisure Centres, Evaluation of the Pilot Initiative

  A scheme to unite healthy eating and physical activity initiatives, where appropriate, under the umbrella term "Food and Fitness". The pilot scheme contributed to the commitment outlined in the "Food and Fitness Implementation plan" and reflected the vision of Health Challenge Wales.
  Client: Welsh Assembly Government - Public Health and Health Professions Department

• Quality of Food

  A piece of work to compile and analyse the public consultation of 'The Quality of Food Strategy'. The strategy was produced "to develop and present for consultation a wide-ranging "Quality of Food" strategy to improve the quality of food consumed in Wales."
  Client: Welsh Assembly Government -Public Health and Health Professions Department

• Longitudinal Study of participating in the London Borough of Fulham & Hammersmith Exercise Referral Scheme

  An evaluation of a 15 month pilot project in West London measuring the health and well being benefits of participating in an Exercise Referral Programme.
  Client: London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

• Evaluation of Brunswick Healthy Living Centre - Leamington Spa

  The Brunswick Centre was the cornerstone project in Leamington 'Old Town' regeneration partnership.
  Client: Warwick District Council

• Swansea Health Living Centre - Interim Evaluation and Forward Strategy

  An evaluation to focus on establishing a robust set of measures and indicators that gauged the success of this project and its net effect on raising the health of the local community. The resulting work set the platform for development of forward strategy options as the project moved towards its final funding stages.
  Client: Swansea City Council

• Evaluation of Camden Primary Care Trust and North London Health Authority

  Evaluation of the Kings Cross NOF Healthy Living Centre - Situated near Kings Cross, the Healthy Living Centre has a very transient population of people from all corners of the world, a high drug misuse and drug related prostitution rate, a very high rate of refugee and asylum populations, and additionally, a large population of homeless people. In comparison, in the green and calm space of Coram Fields, the Healthy Living Centre provided an excellent base for outreach work with many groups of socially excluded and at risk people.
  Client: Camden Primary Care Trust

• A survey of Sport and Leisure Participation by 11-16 year olds in Wales

  The results of this survey have been used to set policy at both the national levels and at local authority levels, and to assess the effectiveness of current initiatives to promote participation in exercise and healthy living.
  Client: Sports Council Wales