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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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Belfast Healthy Cities Report on Walking Belfast: Older People's Views

3 October 2016

A report on developing a Walking Assessment Tool for older people was launched on Friday at the City Hall by Belfast Healthy Cities, the World Health Organization (WHO) body in Northern Ireland.

The launch of ‘Walking Belfast: Older People’s Views’, which forms part of Belfast Healthy Cities’ work on Healthy Urban Environments and Age-friendly Cities, coincided with WHO International Day of Older Persons.

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Healthy Places, Healthy Children

28 September 2016

Pupils at St Paul’s Primary School in west Belfast have used their voice to improve their local neighbourhood following an initiative from Belfast Healthy Cities, the World Health Organization body in Northern Ireland.

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Regions for Health Network meeting in Kaunas, Lithuania

22 September 2016

Representing WHO Secretariat, Joan Devlin is pictured at the Regions for Health Network meeting in Kaunas, Lithuania with WHO European Regional Director Zsuzsanna Jakab and Swedish RHN representative Elisabeth Bengtsson.

Sustainable Development Goal of Reducing Inequalities

22 September 2016

Belfast Healthy Cities sign up to support Sustainable Development Goal of Reducing Inequalities at the recent WHO Healthy Cities Coordinators training session in Turku, Finland.

KidsSpace @ Culture Night Belfast 2016

19 September 2016

Belfast Healthy Cities facilitated KidsSpace at the city’s annual Culture Night on Friday 16 September.  KidsSpace encourages children to play and use space freely.  Once again we were supported by community artists and Jump, Jiggle and Jive in Buoys Park, Cathedral Quarter. 

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Children's Voices, Children's Places Event 20 June 2016

Children's Voices, Children's Places Event 20 June 2016
20 June 2016

Local children were given a voice on the development of Child Friendly Places at the Children’s Voices, Children’s Places event which took place at Belfast City Hall where more than 250 primary school children took the opportunity to set out their priorities and question local decision makers. Participants were welcomed by The High Sheriff, Jim Rodgers and also featured teachers and pupils from Greece as well as policy experts in the field.

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Job Posting: Evidence and Information Officer

5 May 2016

We are looking for a part-time Evidence and Information Officer, fixed term until March 2017 to support the organisation to strengthen, develop and share a strong evidence base on the core themes of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Healthy Cities Network (2014-18). The post holder will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the strategic action plan and contributing to Belfast Healthy Cities’ reputation as a leading source of reliable information on population health, health inequalities and healthy places and environments. 

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Understanding Health Literacy: Impacts on Inequalities Seminar

28 April 2016

Low health literacy has real effects on health and illness; people with low health literacy levels make more mistakes with medication or treatment. Those people also rate their health as lower and are more likely to have unhealthy lifestyles. In Northern Ireland 18% of working age adults perform at the lowest literacy levels.

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WHO Healthy Cities National Network & Coordinators Meeting

8 April 2016

Belfast Healthy Cities participated in the recent WHO European Healthy Cities National Network meeting, where City Coordinators were introduced to Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director and other newly appointed WHO Healthy Cities personnel.

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Election Briefing Launched

15 March 2016

Belfast Healthy Cities launched its 2016 Election Briefing to political representatives at Stormont to outline its priorities and the significant role MLAs can play in advancing the main issues affecting health and wellbeing across Northern Ireland.  Topics highlighted included Healthy Life Expectancy; Health Literacy and Championing Health in all Ages.  Belfast Healthy Cities looks forward to working with all political parties to address these important issues.

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