Event - Austerity, warmth and well-being: connecting fuel poverty and urban health
cities@manchester Urban Forum:
Austerity, warmth and well-being: connecting fuel poverty and urban health
Tuesday 4 February, 6-8pm, International Anthony Burgess Foundation (3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY)
Fuel poverty discussions often focus on how low-income residents can pay their household energy bills in winter months. However, there are also significant health issues associated with living in cold conditions for long periods of time. Damp and draughty houses have negative impacts on the physical and mental health of occupants, particularly vulnerable populations of children and the elderly.
Invited panelists include:
Pat Karney – Councillor, Manchester City Council
Arpana Varma - Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester
Paula Whittaker - Medical Practitioner
Damian Burton - SmartGreen Sustainability Limited
Sergio Tirado-Herrero - Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy, University of Manchester
To book for this event, please visit https://fuelpovertyhealth.eventbrite.co.uk
For more information please see the attached flyer.
This event is co-hosted by cities@manchester, the Institute of Population Health, and the Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy at the University of Manchester.
Image via Flickr by Andy Rogers under a Creative Commons licence.
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Alex is a Researcher at the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF). He is currently working full-time on the Greater Manchester Local Interaction Platform (GM LIP), one of 5 LIP set up by Mistra Urban Futures, an international centre for sustainable urban futures, based in Gothenburg. His main interest is in the socio-economics of sustainable urban transitions - specifically, the relationship between economic growth and social justice, and the ways in which local authorities engage with local communities.
