2020 Health and Wellbeing
What is it?
In 2010 Year of Health and Wellbeing, Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Primary Care Trust, community groups, partners, businesses, charities and schools were united around one goal - a healthier city region with a greater sense of wellbeing.
However the impacts of 2010 are only just starting to be felt across our city and beyond and now is not the time to stop. By uniting together in innovative ways, making good use of funding and other resources, we can improve health and wellbeing by 2020.
For a city to thrive economically and socially, its citizens must enjoy better health and wellbeing, have equal opportunities to enjoy life living in a green city for the future. We will aim in 2020 for Liverpool to be Equal, Well and Green.
Get involved
The Decade of Health and Wellbeing is for everybody and everyone can join in. Think how you, your family, your business or your community can build the five ways to wellbeing into your daily life. Think too about how you could become involved to make a difference to yourself and your city.
To support better health and wellbeing in the decade we will encourage everyone to review how they can contribute to these important goals:
- Giving every child the best start in life, supporting our young families.
- Enabling everyone to maximise their potential and have control over their lives.
- Creating good jobs and a healthy standard of living.
- Building healthy and green homes and communities.
- Preventing illness – being well.
Over the Decade we want to work with everyone to place wellbeing at the centre of work, life and play. We made a great start in 2010 but we need to continue this focus in 2011 and beyond.
As in 2010 we will also be using the 5 ways to wellbeing to improve wellbeing for everyone. The 5 ways to wellbeing are:
Connect With the people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day.
Be Active Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level of mobility and fitness.
Take Notice Be curious. Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are walking to work, eating lunch or talking to friends. Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters.
Keep Learning Try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite food. Set a challenge you will enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident as well as being fun.
Give Do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out, as well as in. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connections with the people around you.
For further information on the Decade please visit www.2020healthandwellbeing.org.uk