The decline of the Great British high street has been ongoing for a long time now, with out-of-town and online shopping diminishing the focal points of our town centres. Making matters worse, the replacements for shuttered shops are often a detriment to their local area.

This episode we ask: can we reverse the decline? And are healthy high streets the way to do it?

We speak to Mark Robinson, Head of Regeneration at "resilient retail" developer New River, about the problems facing our high streets, how we can fix them, and why making places work for their communities has a personal importance to him and his health.

We also hear from Fernanda Aguilar Perez, RSPH's Senior Policy and Research Advisor, about Streets Ahead, our own recent report into healthy high streets, as well as from Head of Comms David Utley-Williams about updates from our last episode on child poverty and our new climate change educational offering.

Got a question for the podcast? Email [email protected] and share your thoughts!

Credits:

Hosted by William Roberts

Produced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie Seamer

Recorded and edited by Ben Kosma

Music by Ceton via Pixabay.

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It's 2025, so why are we seeing child poverty – something often associated with the Victorian era – having such an effect on children and families?

To get to the bottom of the issue and its very real, direct solutions, William speaks to Sara Ogilvie, Director of Policy, Rights and Advocacy at the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).

Plus, the team tells us about the latest from RSPH including our new high streets report and our major new public health education pathways offering.

Find out more about the Child Poverty Action Group at www.cpag.org.uk

Got a question for the podcast? Email [email protected] and share your thoughts!

Credits:

Hosted by William Roberts

Produced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie Seamer

Recorded and edited by Ben Kosma

Music by Ceton via Pixabay.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first ever episode of Spread the Health, host William Roberts speaks to Georges Benjamin, Executive Director at the American Public Health Association, in a fascinating chat about the setbacks to global health in recent months and how we can push back against them.

Georges tells us about decisions by the Trump administration and how they're impacting both domestic and international public health, the issues on the ground – such as social media and disinformation – that are affecting health in the United States, and what needs to be done to turn the tide back in the right direction.

Alongside the interview, the team at RSPH talk about recent public health topics including World Immunisation Week, mental health training for MPs and a recent award nomination for our work in violence prevention and reduction (VPR).

Credits:

Hosted by William Roberts

Produced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie Seamer

Recorded and edited by Ben Kosma

Music by Ceton via Pixabay.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spread The Health is coming soon!

RSPH's new podcast will tackle the big questions in the public health world, from where we live and work to vaccinations and global health crises.

Join our host William Roberts along with David Utley-Williams and other members of the RSPH team as we chat with fascinating guests working to improve everyone's health.

Like and subscribe to get our first episode directly in your podcast feed, with special guest Georges Benjamin, Executive Director at the American Public Health Association (APHA).

​Credits:

Hosted by William Roberts

Produced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie Seamer

Recorded and edited by Ben Kosma

Music by Ceton via Pixabay.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.