About this Event
Welcome to Barking and Dagenham’s Healthy Lifestyles Summit!
Join us for a day filled with inspiring speakers, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities.
We’re inviting colleagues from across the council and local health services to join us for a special event dedicated to designing a healthier future for our borough.
This interactive session will feature guest speakers, practical workshops, and open discussions — all centred on one goal: building a joined-up approach to Healthy Lifestyle Support that truly meets the needs of children, young people, and adults in Barking and Dagenham.
There’s the opportunity to get up to speed with developments across the borough’s good food and physical activity plans, before joining the borough’s new healthy weight provider in a deep dive into creating and joining up approaches to healthy weight for children and young people, and adults.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided on the day.
Your voice matters. This is a chance to share your insight, experience, and ideas to help us shape a service that works for everyone.
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration and networking
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
Welcome and introduction to the day
Host: Philip Williams & Phil Veasey
🕑: 10:05 AM - 10:15 AM
The scale of the challenge and importance of healthy lifestyles in the borough
Host: Public Health Team
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:25 AM
Setting the scene around the 3 pillars
Host: Councillor Maureen Worby
🕑: 10:25 AM - 10:55 AM
Framing the challenges to health in inner city urban environments
Host: Impact on Urban Health
Info: Framing the challenges to health of living in inner city urban environments and identifying progressive solutions.
🕑: 10:55 AM - 11:35 AM
Progress update from each of the Physical Activity and Good Food pillars
Host: Pillar owners
Info: • Physical activity (10 mins)
• Good Food including Food Education Programme (20 mins)
• Questions to presenters from the audience (10 mins)
🕑: 11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
Tea/coffee break and networking
🕑: 11:55 AM - 01:00 PM
Deep dive into healthy weight approaches for the borough (workshops)
Host: DDM Health
Info: Introduction and overview to the Healthy Weight approach in LBBD, overview of session and key outputs.
Healthy Weight Workshop Stations (4x30 minutes) – CYP/Adults
• Work station 1: Comms and language around healthy weight support
• Work station 2: Barriers to engagement
• Work station 3: Modes of delivery and accessibility
• Work station 4: Service pathways and integration
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch and networking
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Bringing it all together
Host: DDM Health in partnership with borough colleagues
Info: • Feedback from workshops
• Next steps and outputs
• Questions
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Wrap up/conclusion
Host: Councillor Maureen Worby, Philip Williams & Phil Veasey
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Networking and depart
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ripple Centre, Ripple Road, Barking, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
