Public Health Strategies

Alcohol Harms continue to have a significant impact on our population, across all age and social groups. This strategy will help us to progress our aims in reducing Alcohol Harms.

This plan envisions a future where walking and cycling are first choice methods for making shorter journeys and enjoying local communities.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has declared a climate emergency and set a goal to be net carbon neutral by 2030 to tackle climate change.

Through this strategy and partnership, we aim to ensure that moving more, eating well and being a healthy weight is everybody’s business.

This declaration encapsulates a vision to promote
healthy weight and improve the health and wellbeing of the local population.

This strategy continues our journey of reducing inequalities and improving the health and wellbeing of residents in Blackburn with Darwen.

The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is the way we try to understand the needs and assets of Blackburn with Darwen and its residents.

Good oral health has an important role to play in our general health and wellbeing. This strategy aims to promote initiatives and actions across the life course to tackle a broad range of inequalities in oral health, which reflect broader health inequalities.

This strategy is designed to make a tangible and timely difference in the lives of those
experiencing poverty. We hope that this strategy inspires meaningful change
and contributes to no child being left behind in Blackburn with Darwen

This Positive Ageing Framework has been developed to improve and support positive, healthy ageing for the population of Blackburn with Darwen, and has been overseen by the Age Well Partnership.

This strategy aims to create healthier and safer roads across the borough by reducing the number of casualties on the roads and promoting active travel.

This strategy aims to help people stop smoking, reduce the availability of illicit tobacco and challenge the social norm of smoking.