Sport, Health and Wellbeing

UEL's research into Sport, Health and Wellbring has produced a series of leading studies exploring the factors that lead to a healthier and happier way of life.

Researchers have looked at social, cultural, economic and physical drivers, with key projects examining:

Community development and social capital
Functions of the human brain
Crime and social policy
Children's health and health care
Sport sociology
Disability
Equality

Much of our work dovetails with UEL's other research themes, including Politics, Culture and Society and Sustainability, as well as studies relating to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

Professor Adrian Renton

Well London
A new approach to health and wellbeing

Adrian Renton

Professor Adrian Renton and his team at UEL’s Institute for Health and Human Development (IHHD) are instrumental in the development, delivery and evaluation of the world-leading Well London project in conjunction with partners including the London Health Commission, Central YMCA, Arts Council England and London NHS trusts.

The Well London programme, designed by Professor Renton and the London Health Commission, is a £9.46m lottery-funded project that works with community groups, healthcare providers and small businesses in 20 of the most deprived communities in London.

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