A promotional film produced by Pishdaad Modaressi Chahardehi for ActEarly and their Healthy Places initiative which works to create better environments that support healthy behaviours for children and families in deprived areas. The speaks with those involved in initiatives across the city about what has been achieved and why it is vital for their health and well-being. Consultant surgeon Chris Bem stands chatting with a woman. Title: #ActEarly. Healthy Places As the two continue to...

A promotional film produced by Pishdaad Modaressi Chahardehi for ActEarly and their Healthy Places initiative which works to create better environments that support healthy behaviours for children and families in deprived areas. The speaks with those involved in initiatives across the city about what has been achieved and why it is vital for their health and well-being. Consultant surgeon Chris Bem stands chatting with a woman. Title: #ActEarly. Healthy Places As the two continue to chat, he asks the question ‘do you think we live in a healthy world?’ The woman walks away changing to Professor Rosie McEachan from Born in Bradford going for a walk through a park and explaining in voiceover that people are losing touch with nature and missing out and that lockdown allowed them to re-connect with the spaces in their local area. A montage featuring farm as Professor McEachan goes on a country walk talking about the lack of green spaces for a lot in people in Bradford and how the quality of said spaces varies drastically depending on which district they are living in. As a group of primary school aged children go on a nature walk through a park, exploring, playing games, Professor McEachan talks about how the health of communities in urban areas is more challenging and how research carried out by Born in Bradford has shown that mothers in areas with more green space suffering less depression, as she speaks a young mother and her toddler walking around a wooden sculpture of a squirrel. As children play football on a playing field Aurangzeb Khan from Bradford Trident explains that green spaces and parks in the town are being re-developed changes to a vox pop of some of the children about why they like this park while others admire and touch the sculpture of a squirrel. As three men work to plant a tree in the park, Aurangzeb talks about the work that is needed on green spaces to make it more interesting and appearing to families. In a sports hall Aurangzeb unboxes a bicycle for a small boy showing him how it works, around them people watching with everyone wearing a facemask. The boy rides around the hall changing to a man riding his bicycle along a cycle path with Aurangzeb talking about the infrastructure that is in place for cyclist and it being time for people to get on their bikes while Professor McEachan talks about the difficulties for some of getting on a bike and the ingrained car culture. An aerial montage featuring views across Bradford with Chris Bem stating how cities of contemporary world are not healthy and asking how they can be made healthier. An aerial of Horton Community Farm and a montage of people at work there digging in the ground with two of those involved Charlie Gray and Jonathan Pollard talking about why they come and what they and the community get out of it this green space. A school children race out of a school playground they are given high-viz jackets, in voiceover Anne-Marie Mitchell from the Picton Medical Centre explains how places like Horton Community Farm will help reduce obesity and prevent diabetes. As the children listen to a man talking to them about using an air pollution monitor, writing on the back of their high-viz jackets reads ‘Air Pollution Scientists’. Back at the community farm another man at work talking in voiceover about more community involvement while Chris Bem explaining that wherever we live we have a part to play in our society. As people continue to work on the plots at Horton Community Farm Charlie Gray hopes they can be a model for regeneration of derelict spaces. As the children walk along a street to start their air pollution testing, Professor McEachan explains how we need to move away from individual approaches to look at what needs to be done across the city at a systems level. One of the children is interviewed by a television news crew. As the children begin to collect data with the air pollution monitor a montage of relevant images as Professor McEachan explains that things should be taken away that prevent families from being healthy, investment in transport and cycling infrastructure and that everyone should have a decent quality green space withing 5–10-minute walk from their local areas. Following Chris Bem talks about the need for a health environment and culture, volunteers continue to work the earth back at Horton Community Farm as Charlie Gray talks about how people are part of the system and Professor McEachan explains the importance of community to drive changes. One of the volunteers looks at the camera and as ‘how are you going to save world? Title: ActEarly aims to promote a fairer and healthier future for children through a focus on improving environments that influence health and life changes… End Title: ActEarly