The Giving Lab

The Giving Lab brings people together to share ideas and identify changes that could improve the local community. In particular, we empower communities to make lasting change in three key areas of their lives – where they live, where they work and how they manage their money.

We focus on these areas because evidence shows that employment, housing and money can have a big influence on people's health. Through research, learning and collaboration, The Giving Lab provides a space for community members to work together, using their first-hand experiences and local knowledge, to think of new ways to create a better place to live, a better place to work and how to make it easier to manage your money.

By improving these three areas of life, our hope is that over time, this will lead to a positive impact on the physical and mental health of people in the local community. In particular, our aim is to delay people developing health problems that affect them for the rest of their life, such as diabetes, asthma, and high blood pressure. These are also known as long-term health conditions. By empowering people to take control of their lifestyles, we believe they can also take greater control of their health.