1. What is your Quality of Life like? Quality of Life – How content people are with their lives and with the environment in which they live

2. Quality of Life varies from place to place from family to family from person to person

3. Contentment includes many things: How happy we are How well we are (health) How well off we are How safe and secure we feel How many friends we have how many things there are for us to do how we like the place where we live and many more ….

4. Measuring Quality of Life Traffic congestion Air pollution crime Litter / graffiti Race relations Community spirit Affordable housing cultural Jobs / work Health services Children Teenagers adults elderly disabled shops schools Public transport Open space / parks Sports and leisure amenities

5. PLENARY ACTIVITY The next slide shows four images … CAN you classify them into two pairs? (locations?) CAN you suggest one problem affecting the quality of life for a person living in each of the places? CAN you suggest one advantage improving the quality of life for a person living in each of the places?