Belfast Healthy Cities is a citywide partnership working to improve health equity and wellbeing for people living and working in Belfast. Our focus is on improving social living conditions and prosperity in a healthy way, through intersectoral collaboration and a health in all policies approach.

Belfast is also a leading member of the World Health Organization European Healthy Cities Network, with a strong track record of meeting WHO goals and objectives. Belfast Healthy Cities’ office has a staff team dedicated to working with partner organizations to facilitate and support change. The office also acts as the link between the city and WHO, and Belfast currently provides the secretariat to the Network.

Making Cities Child Friendly

Belfast Healthy Cities has published reports on two projects exploring child friendly space in cities and towns. Both projects are based on a common rationale: that children play an important role in society, and that valuing their contribution is important both to support children’s healthy development and to create a vibrant, livable city for all. The project findings highlight that children’s priorities are both realistic and well reasoned, and that a lot can be done within the existing environment through new approaches and new attitudes.

The reports were launched at Belfast City Hall with the support of OFMDFM Junior Ministers, Martina Anderson and Jonathan Bell, and the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Cllr Niall O Donnghaile.  Full Story