The Community Panel brings together people from across York to share their experiences, ideas and hopes for the future of health and wellbeing in their neighbourhoods.
Members of the Community Panel will work alongside members of York’s Health and Wellbeing Board, which brings together representatives from the council, NHS and the wider health and care system, to help shape what Neighbourhood Health could look and feel like in York.
The Community Panel has been created to make sure the experiences and perspectives of people living across York are part of these conversations.
Why did you join the Panel?
What will the Community Panel do?
The Community Panel will explore what helps people to live healthy and happy lives in their communities, what can make this more difficult, and what could be done differently.
Together, members will explore questions including:
- What helps people stay healthy?
- What makes it harder?
- What would make neighbourhoods across York healthier places to live?
- How can health, care and community services work better together?
- What matters most to people when thinking about the future of Neighbourhood Health in York?
The Panel will provide a space for people to share their experiences, hear different perspectives and develop ideas together. What we learn will help inform conversations about how Neighbourhood Health develops across York.
Who is on the Community Panel?
Community Panel members volunteered to take part and were selected to bring together a wide range of perspectives, helping to ensure the Panel reflects York’s diverse communities and includes voices that are often underrepresented in discussions about health and wellbeing.
Community Panel sessions
Community Panel Session One
Wednesday 23 September 2026, 3pm to 6pm
Acomb Methodist Church
The first session will bring Community Panel members together to meet one another and begin exploring their experiences of health and wellbeing in York’s neighbourhoods.
Optional Community Catch-Ups
October 2026, Priory Street Centre – dates to be confirmed
These informal sessions are completely optional and will give members the opportunity to continue conversations, develop ideas and get to know other members of the Community Panel.
Community Panel Session Two
Wednesday 2 December 2026, 3pm to 6pm
Tang Hall Community Centre
The second main session will build on the Panel’s earlier conversations and explore the ideas and priorities that have emerged.