Sara Elias
@saraelias.bsky.social
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Policy Advisor @ Nesta in Cardiff. Mam. Serial volunteer (help!) Talks enthusiastically about evidence-driven, long-term policy making.
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✨ Saturday 10th, Committee Room 3A @ 11 (with🥪 ) Join @andyregancdf.bsky.social , Omar Idris and @delythjewell.bsky.social to explore getting policy right by design - fail quick or fail BIG
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✨Friday 9th, Main Stage @ 11.45 Join Jonathan Bone, @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social and Suzanne Cass to debate the politics of preventative health and the need for brave decisions
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We're looking forward to attending the @plaidcymru.bsky.social Conference next week, and to having the chance to share our work and ideas.

If you’re at the conference, do come and say hello!
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“HMT is the single greatest barrier to devolved policy innovation in the UK”- Mark Drakeford

‘100% agree with that’ - Nicola Sturgeon

@nestauk.bsky.social PolicyLive was a great one!
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Out of office on 🍾Eurostar am byth!
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How does this translate into seats?

Inputting this data using @CavendishCymru seat projector the data looks like this 👇

🔷Reform: 33
🌼PC: 30
🌹Labour: 25
🌳Conservatives: 6
🟠Lib Dems: 2
🟩Green: 0
⬜️Other:0

No party is on course for a majority, 49 seats is the magic number.
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🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿New Senedd polling by Sky News / More in Common

Ref narrowly leads on 28% with Plaid just behind on 26%. Labour in third, but on 23% - higher compared to other polls which had them on 18%.

🔷Reform: 28%
🌼 Plaid Cymru: 26%
🌹 Labour: 23%
🌳 Conservatives: 10%
🟠 Lib Dems: 7%
🟩 Green:4%
⬜️Other: 2%
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Thrilled to see Nesta's healthier food standards policy adopted by the UK Government this weekend! 🎉

This policy will encourage businesses like supermarkets to make healthier options more accessible, truly making the healthier choice the easier choice for everyone.

Read more 👉 lnkd.in/e24EzAgY
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Even more magical - it can sing Happy Birthday, too! You just need to bag an in-person meeting at Cathays Park
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Welsh cakes delivered to your desk? Yes, please
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👋 @andyregancdf.bsky.social, Jono and I will be in Llandudno for the Welsh Labour conference next week. Fancy a chat? 🌞
We like to chat about how to:
🍎 reduce obesity at pop. level
⚡ speed-up home decarb
👶 use data in the early years
💡 'do' policy differently! Innovation tools and techniques
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Prevention can be better than cure. We know this.

But what does prevention mean in health? Why is it often a cheaper and effective route than treatment? And how can it work beyond the NHS?

This new explainer from @nestauk.bsky.social (written using a UK Gov lens) breaks it down: bit.ly/43rGPX1
What is prevention in health and why is it the right approach?
Prevention means stopping illness before it starts, so taking this approach can lead to better public health outcomes, productivity gains, and fewer chronic conditions
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Great to see so many great women on this panel on Prevention and Wellbeing hosted by @futuregencymru.bsky.social
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Prevention & well-being event. I like this map of definitions between health and well-being definitions. If we want to work acroas different areas of society, we need to speak the same language
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Reducing obesity is urgent and achievable. We need to be bold and brave. I hope that all party manifestos will prioritise obesity as a critical responsibility for the First Minister, committing to halve the disparity in healthy life expectancy between Wales’ richest and poorest regions by 2030
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The Welsh Senedd has voted to restrict the promotion of unhealthy food items in certain ways in Wales - a positive step towards improving health.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 In our calls for the 2026-2030 Senedd, we set out opportunities to go further to take action and reduce obesity ↪️ bit.ly/3EnXaS9
Junk food ban: The 'unhealthy' foods restricted in Welsh shops
Plans to restrict a list of foods classed as unhealthy in shops are approved by 25 votes to 24.
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Byddai wedi bod yn grêt i clywed uchelgeisiau mawr am sut y gallwn weithio gyda diwydiant i ddefnyddio eu pŵer i wella ein hamgylchedd bwyd. Edrychwch ar @nestauk.bsky.social s yn galw am y Senedd nesaf i ddarganfod sut rydyn ni'n meddwl y gellir gwneud hyn media.nesta.org.uk/documents/Fi...
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Braf oedd cael dadl ar Diabetes Math2 ar y prif lwyfan yn @plaidcymru.bsky.social Drafodeath dda am hygyrchedd i fwyd iach a sut mae bwyd yn cael ei farchnata. Ac yn gadarnhaol clywed am rôl drawslywodraethol ar atal, er mwyn meithrin cydlyniad polisi. Ond…
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It would have been even greater to hear some big, bold ambitions on how we can work with industry to use their marketing power to help improve our food environment. Check out @nestauk.bsky.social s calls for the next Senedd to find out how we think this can be done www.nesta.org.uk/project-upda...
A plan for a healthy life in Wales
Nesta calls for all party manifestos to prioritise obesity as a critical responsibility for the First Minister, committing to halve the disparity in healthy life expectancy between Wales’ richest and ...
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It was great to have a debate on Type2 Diabetes on the main stage at @plaidcymru.bsky.social The discussion around accessibility to healthy food and how food is marketed. And positive to hear of a cross-governmental role on prevention, to build policy coherence. But…
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And in Wales?

Our Sustainability qualifications aren't considered Quite the Thing to be GCSEs or A-levels, so it's off to Level 2 & 3 they go. And we all know how much they matter in the school system in Wales.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
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Great day in Cardiff today, marking 10 years of the Future Generations Act (with a fruit platter representing the sustainability goals, amongst other thing). Now onwards to Llandudno