developing policies and strategies for promoting health at local, regional or national level;
planning, developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating projects to promote health improvement;
facilitating and supporting a wide range of statutory, voluntary, charitable and commercial organisations in their delivery of health promotion activities;
developing the health awareness of individuals, groups and organisations and empowering them to make healthy choices;
leading, supporting, or cooperating in multi-agency projects to promote a healthy context or social environment;
running training courses and workshops in areas such as mental health, accident prevention, cancers and heart disease;
developing and supporting local partnerships to broaden the local response to health inequalities;
identifying training needs arising from strategic and local agendas and developing and delivering appropriate training for people such as health professionals and volunteers;
providing specialist advice and resources to other agencies, such as schools and local communities;
ensuring that work is underpinned by sound, up-to-date knowledge of health promotion theory and making sure that projects are based on evidence of effectiveness;
lobbying for increased recognition of preventative and promotional measures that can take place at a population level and which have a positive impact on the health of a community;
writing and producing leaflets, posters, videos and brochures to aid health promotion in different environments.