Community life, the places where people live and have social connections and a voice in local decisions, are all factors that make a vital contribution to health and wellbeing. Evidence supports the case to more person and community centred approaches to health and wellbeing.

Actively involving citizens in prevention programmes and strengthening community assets is a key strategy in helping to improve population health.

Building healthy, resilient, connected and empowered communities is an essential step in improving the health of the population at a greater pace that we are currently able to achieve.

Effective place-base working across sectors and in partnership with communities has been demonstrated to improve health outcomes.