How can a community dinner spark a movement? Minal Bakhai, Adam Lent and Habib Naqvi share examples of what happens when trust, shared power and genuine partnership shape neighbourhood health.

Wrapping up our first regional workshops and hearing from all wave one sites has helped crystallise a compelling, grounded, and urgent vision for what neighbourhood health can unlock - and why this moment truly matters.

Written for The King's Fund, Minal Bakhai and Adam Lent reflect on how a community in the north of England made a bold move to buy their long-abandoned community hospital - the results of which offers a powerful vision for the future of neighbourhood health.