Have your say on Health and Wellbeing Strategy

A consultation is underway on a new strategy to guide the work of the South Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Board to improve the health of everyone living and working in South Gloucestershire. It will be adopted by the organisations that make up the Health and Wellbeing Board and sets out four key areas for action:

1. Improve educational attainment and raise aspirations through promotion of health and wellbeing in schools and colleges
2. Promote and enable positive mental health and wellbeing throughout life
3. Promote and enable good nutrition, physical activity and a healthy weight at all ages
4. Maximise the potential of our built and natural environment to enable healthy lifestyles and prevent disease 

The consultation runs until Monday 21 August. More information about the Strategy and details of how to give your feedback is available online at www.southglos.gov.uk/hws. Copies of the consultation materials are also available at Libraries and One Stop Shops.

Have your say on children's mental health strategy

South Glos Council is asking for your views on a strategy for Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing.

They are looking for views from a whole range of people - service users, their families, carers, the general public, current and potential future providers, care workers, health partners and other stakeholders. You can find out more and have your say online until 6th December.

Have your say on health and wellbeing strategy

You have until 15th May to have your say on the draft Health and Wellbing Strategy for South Gloucestershire. This is the document that will set out the priorities to make sure that local health and care services meet the needs of local people in the coming years.

The draft strategy includes priorities such as health and care providers making it easier for people to make healthy lifestyle choices, for example by providing advice on stopping smoking or taking more exercise. It also highlights the fact that health is generally poorer in some parts of South Glos than others.

You can view and make your comments on the strategy online.