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On 10 December Belfast Healthy Cities, hosted a seminar to promote and examine the relatively new topic of Health Literacy. The event included contributions from a WHO expert, experienced health practitioners from across the UK and Ireland, and local health and wellbeing professionals.

Belfast Healthy Cities has announced its 2014/15 Capacity Building Workshop Series Learning from WHO Healthy Cities.

The first event, focusing on Health Literacy, with speakers including the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland, Dr Michael McBride will take place on 10 December. The workshop will be facilitated by WHO expert advisor Erica Ison.

This event shared experience and expertise from leaders in the field of reuniting planning, place making and health, introducing fresh thinking to inform new ways of working in the context of local government reform. The event was opened by Belfast Lord Mayor, Cllr Nichola Mallon .The keynote speaker was Riccardo Marini of the world renowned Gehl Architects.

As part of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) centenary celebrations, children in Belfast are being encouraged to think about the environment around them and how it has been shaped. The week-long event in the Ulster Museum is being staged in partnership with Belfast Healthy Cities, and the planning schools at Queens University and Ulster University, with sponsorship from the Department of the Environment, Belfast City Council and Eplani.