Councils play such a fundamental role in creating the environment for communities to prosper and to enable the healthier choice to be the easier choice. Because councils can directly influence town planning, employment opportunities, social support, transport, education and housing, we need to ensure the impact on health and wellbeing we make is a positive one.

The role of the councillor is therefore very important in terms of influencing the positive health of communities through policy making, scrutiny, representational and community leadership role and the role in partnerships.