Phil Veasey

Public Health, Community Engagement and Young People Portfolio Holder
@ The Community Well Ltd

Phil Veasey
  • Bio

Phil has a track record of creating and scaling high impact, sustainable strategies and programmes in local communities including:

  • Co writing the recommendations underpinning the implementation of the Morgan Stanley ‘Healthy Cities London’ programme launched in February 2015 – http://www.morganstanley.com/healthycities/london.html
  • The community sport element of the National School Sport Strategy, including ‘Sportivate’, for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education, a £36m project that attracted 900,000 ‘unsporty’ young people into sport in a three-year period – and is now a major 2012 Olympic legacy programme
  • The National Mini Tennis Programme, for the Lawn Tennis Association (now the way children are introduced to the sport globally)

Phil currently sits on the Public Health England National Child Measurement Programme Board, and the NHS England Healthy Communities Advisory Board.

A thought leader who speaks regularly at conferences and events including BBC breakfast and the European Obesity Forums in 2014 and 2015. He was one of 32 experts in ‘workplace health and behaviour’ to contribute to the Bupa Global CMO network publication in 2015: ‘Making Work a Healthier Place’ – a series of thought leadership pieces on recommendations for sustainably improving workplace health – http://www.bupa.com/ourvision/tackling-the-toughest-challenges-in-healthcare/workplace-health/the-cmo-network/

  • My Previous Events

  • Exercise and Health: Active Lifestyle, Better Life

    • 08-10-2015
    • 08:30 - 16:30
    • Pendulum Hotel & Manchester Conference Centre
  • Public Health: Prevention in Practice

    • 24-11-2016
    • 08:30 - 17:00
    • Pendulum Hotel & Manchester Conference Centre
  • A New Strategy for Sport: A Change of Approach

    • 04-05-2016
    • 08:30 - 16:00
    • Pendulum Hotel & Manchester Conference Centre
  • NHS Five Year Plan: Responding to the Prevention Challenge

    • 22-03-2016
    • 08:30 - 16:30
    • The Royal National Hotel, London