The Marmot Place Partnership brings together local leaders who want to reduce health inequalities by acting on the causes of ill-health, the conditions people are born, grow, live work and age. These building blocks of health include:
- housing
- employment
- income
- education.
Marmot Places look to improve the health of their communities following the 8 principles. The 8 principles are grounded in over 4 decades of research from Professor Sir Michael Marmot.
The 8 principles are:
- give every child the best start in life
- enable all children, young people and adults to maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives
- create fair employment and good work for all
- ensure a healthy standard of living for all
- create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities
- strengthen the role and impact of ill health prevention
- tackle racism, discrimination and its outcomes
- pursue environmental sustainability and health equity together.
