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The first joint meeting of UK Healthy Cities Network and National Healthy Cities and Counties of Ireland Network, took place in Belfast on Thursday 1 December.  The two networks then joined together with the Healthy Ageing Task Force for the final session of their 2 day meeting.

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The built environment can contribute to mental wellbeing, or affect other risk factors for poor mental wellbeing. This seminar, in partnership with North Belfast Partnership, explored how the built environment shapes wellbeing, and focused on ways in which planning can help create environments that support positive mental wellbeing. It also considered the ways in which local communities can help inform and guide this process. 

Delegates heard presentations from The Conservation Volunteers, Belfast Healthy Cities, Ligoniel Healthy Living Centre and Prosocial Place.

This second seminar in the Healthy Places, Healthy People series, gave an overview of how transport can contribute to healthy, vibrant and prosperous neighbourhoods, including examples of existing good practice. Planning can play an important role in improving connectivity and promoting more sustainable patterns of transport and travel as part of the transition to a low carbon economy. Active travel and more sustainable forms of travel can help tackle health issues such as obesity and support physical activity and mental health.

- Weekly community based seminars begin this Friday -

With smart planning and innovative policy, the physical areas we live in can have a positive impact on our health and wellbeing. That’s the view of the World Health Organization

initiative in Northern Ireland, Belfast Healthy Cities who have organised a month of seminars in November in partnership with the four Belfast Area Partnerships and East Belfast Community Development Agency on healthy urban planning.