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Belfast Healthy Cities

Our vision is that Belfast is recognised globally
as a healthy, equitable and sustainable city

Healthy Cities 21st Century

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Northern Ireland School Children Learn About Pharmacy Awareness

15 November 2023

Children from across Northern Ireland are spending this year’s Self Care Week learning about pharmacy awareness.  

More than 100 schools are taking part, with pupils from P1 to P7 learning about what it means to be ‘pharmacy aware’.

The Pharmacy Schools Programme, developed by Belfast Healthy Cities and in partnership with the Department of Health, provides children with knowledge and life-skills, enabling them to better understand the role of community pharmacies, what they’re there for and how to use them.

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Board of Directors Recruitment

15 November 2023

Applications are open to become a Belfast Healthy Cities Board Member

Belfast Healthy Cities is seeking to recruit new members to our Board from people with an interest in on one of the themes of People; Place; Participation; Planet; Peace; Prosperity; irrespective of background, age or personal circumstances or in governance and financial matters.  We wish to reflect the diversity of the community we serve in Northern Ireland. 

Has COVID-19 changed our city?

6 November 2023

Belfast Healthy Cities welcomed Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Michael McBride, to launch six chapters of the profile publication ‘BELFAST Profiling Health, Wellbeing & Prosperity  - Has COVID-19 changed our city?’ 

The profile chapters are a follow up to the initial chapters produced within ‘BELFAST Profiling Health, Wellbeing & Prosperity: The data behind the people and the city’, produced in 2022. 

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Belfast Healthy Cities and Queen’s University Belfast Partner on City’s History and Public Health

19 October 2023


Belfast Healthy Cities and Queens University Belfast partnered on a joint webinar, highlighting the intertwined and historical relationship between urban planning, Belfast’s history, and public health. The event saw local experts discuss the profound influence of Belfast's history on the city's current public health landscape.

Anne McCusker, programme manager at Belfast Healthy Cities commented:

Job Opportunity - Chief Executive Officer

19 October 2023

Belfast Healthy Cities, is seeking to appoint a Chief Executive Officer to provide leadership to the organisation and overall responsibility for delivering the organisation’s strategic direction and outcomes. The CEO will be accountable to the Board of Directors for the effective and efficient function of Belfast Healthy Cities. 

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Launch of Green Health Map East Belfast

7 July 2023

Belfast Healthy Cities have launched the East Belfast Green Health Map.

Organisations and community groups were invited to find out more about the resource and how they can share and support use of the Green Health Map moving forward.

The resource was developed by Belfast Healthy Cities in partnership with EastSide Greenways and East Belfast Community Development Agency.

It brings together key messages linked to greening and health, and encourages people to use their local green spaces.

The Green Health Map supports individuals and communities to be: 

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Greening for Health Training Workshop: Using Evidence in Practice

7 July 2023

Practitioners working to address greening, health, and inequalities in Belfast have completed training with Belfast Healthy Cities and UKPRP GroundsWell Consortium, Queen’s University Belfast.

The Greening for Health Training Workshop: Using Evidence in Practice invited participants to consider how to formulate the right questions when searching for evidence, and how to identify, find, and appraise the evidence needed.

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Co-design of the urban environment for future generations

6 July 2023

A celebration of the emerging findings of the innovative SPACE Project led by Queen’s University Belfast took place on Friday 30 June 2023. This popular webinar had over 80 participants registered from across academia, local and regional government, health, planning and third sector organisations.
 

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Learning lessons from community projects in Cork

3 July 2023

Belfast Healthy Cities has led a delegation from Belfast to visit Cork to learn about the work being led by Cork Healthy Cities and Green Spaces for Health to address health inequalities, well-being and the environment.

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Teachers go back to the classroom for Healthy Places, Healthy Children training

28 June 2023

19 primary school teachers from across Northern Ireland have completed Healthy Places, Healthy Children training with Belfast Healthy Cities. The programme will help teachers as they deliver lessons in the Healthy Places, Healthy Children programme to Key Stage 2 children, and pass on to their pupils the important learnings about their local area and living an active life.

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