# The power of place: how where you live shapes your health

The power of place: how where you live shapes your health at Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, Friday 6 November 2026, 14:00.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, Myddelton Passage 1, EC1R 1AG London
- Go to page: https://islingtonlife.london/things-to-do/the-power-of-place-how-where-you-live-shapes-your-health/

The power of place: how where you live shapes your health is a free interactive event open to everyone. It is hosted by Evidence Islington, Islington Council's Health Determinants Research Collaboration, as part of Being Human Festival, the UK's national festival of the humanities. Through interactive activities, creative workshops and research-inspired exhibits, visitors explore home, neighbourhood and borough, from practical ideas for improving wellbeing in living spaces to a music workshop on connection, belonging and community, and contributions to the Islington Wellbeing Map.

## Dates

- Friday 6 November 14:00 — Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
- Monday 9 November 12:00 — Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Written by a model, sources: [islingtonlife.london](https://islingtonlife.london/things-to-do/the-power-of-place-how-where-you-live-shapes-your-health/)

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