Summary

• An excellent building block. 
• Makes a case for linking health outcomes with built environment, planning, design.
• Introduces HBE Linkages Toolkit as a way to start conversations about health linkages, and demonstrates practical work and collaboration to link health and built environment.

Objectives

• Learn about links between health and built environment, and rationale/case for making the links in our work.
• Learn what is included in the Toolkit and how it can be applied.
• Meet colleagues who are interested in sharing knowledge and creating healthy built environments.

Participants

• Flexible: Anyone with an interest in built environment!   Health, local government, and community agencies working on the built environment.
• Could work as module in a longer educational or training workshop
• Works for a small audience (8-10) to a larger auditorium-style audience (30-50).

Planning

• Could be planned and facilitated by one person with support; however this workshop offers a good opportunity for collaboration to co-plan and co-facilitate (e.g. local/regional planning staff and public health staff).
• To lead the workshop the facilitator(s) require basic fluency and familiarity with the HBE Linkages Toolkit, and issues/opportunities around healthy communities.