WHO Healthy Cities Awards 2018
The WHO Belfast Healthy City Awards, now in their sixth year, recognise the work of organisations and groups across the city to improve the health and well-being of the people of Belfast.
This year’s awards coincide with the 30th anniversary of Belfast being designated as a World Health Organization healthy city and applications were open to all sectors in four categories: Promoting Health Equity; Healthy Places; Healthy Living and Engaging for Change.
The Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Emmet McDonough-Brown, presented the awards to all the winners and highly commended projects and programmes.
Delegates at the ceremony also heard a presentation from this year’s Explorer Bursary winner, Christine McKee, Public Health Agency, who travelled to Utrecht, the Netherlands to learn about their approach to health literacy and to gain insight into examples of programmes and resources which aim to improve health literacy or support those with limited health literacy.
Promoting Health Equity
Winners:
Chinese Welfare Association – Bilingual Advocacy Project
Footprints Women’s Centre - The FEED Project (Food, Education, Empowerment, Debt Support)
Highly Commended:
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust – Northern Ireland New Entrants Service
Engaging for Change
Winner:
The Odyssey Trust Company; Belfast Giants; Department for Communities; Include Youth – Odyssey Ice Academy
Highly Commended:
Lighthouse; Yeha; Belfast City Council; Belfast Health & Social Care Trust; West Belfast Suicide Awareness and Support; Extern; Urban Villages; Marrowbone Association – North Belfast CareZone
Public Health Agency; Belfast City Council; Belfast Health & Social Care Trust; Bryson Energy – Belfast Safer Homes
Healthy Places
Winner:
Groundwork NI – Meanwhile Garden
Highly Commended
Lagan Currachs – Rowing the Lagan
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust - Bwell
Healthy Living
Winner:
Jump Jiggle and Jive – Light Bulb
Highly Commended:
WISPA – Women in Sport & Physical Activity – Active Women