Posts In Preventative care

A man in a blue sport in mind shirt plays table tennis

Preventative care

Sport in Mind – physical activity to improve wellbeing

Earlier this year The Health Lottery Foundation awarded a grant of £15,000 to Sport in Mind to help fund their Hampshire weekly sport and physical activity programme.

A man with white hair and a checked shirt has his blood pressure checked by a nurse outside at an agricultural show.

Preventative care

Farmer health checks at agricultural events – The Royal Countryside Fund

Funding to improve health outcomes for farmers, by sending practitioners to the rural locations farmers already visit, to offer health checks and referrals.

A woman and a child working with Phab hug. They are outside. They are laughing.

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£200K of support to 12 charities to improve health & wellbeing

We are delighted to announce the first 12 charities to benefit from grant funding in 2025. Thanks to players of The Health Lottery, £200,000 will now be distributed to make a tangible difference to health and wellbeing across Britain.

Health disparity

Lifestyle matters more than genes, says new study

Research from Oxford Population Health, published in Nature Medicine, reveals that factors like smoking, physical activity, and socioeconomic conditions have a far greater impact on ageing and premature death than genetics.

Preventative care

Reducing cancer risk – promoting small lifestyle changes

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), who organise Cancer Prevention Action Week, will use their 2025 campaign to focus on the links between alcohol and cancer.