Belfast Healthy Cities Attends WHO Summit of Mayors on Climate and Health in Cork
Belfast Healthy Cities attended the WHO Summit of Mayors on Climate and Health in Cork, bringing Belfast into an international conversation on how climate action can help create healthier, fairer and more resilient communities. The Summit, which took place from 4th to 6th October, brought together political leaders, public health experts, practitioners and community representatives from […]
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Belfast Healthy Cities (BHC) represents the city of Belfast, within the World Health Organization (WHO) European Healthy Cities Network.  As secretariat for UK Healthy Cities and Towns Network, BHC will lead PREPARE. A three-year UK-wide programme working with the members, including Glasgow City Council and members of the UK Healthy Cities and Towns Network, alongside […]
Communities leading the way as we PREPARE for a more resilient future
Belfast Healthy Cities is excited to announce the PREPARE project. Prepared & Resilient Communities through Education, Participation, Action, Research and Essential Connections is a community led programme with local authorities and organisations to understand and prepare for the health impacts of changes to our climate. At the heart of PREPARE is a simple idea: people […]
More than 100 city leaders sign Cork Call to Action on Climate and Health
More than 100 mayors, deputy mayors and elected representatives from 60 cities in 22 European countries have signed the Cork Call to Action on Climate and Health. They pledged to take local action on nature, food, active travel, housing and preparedness for extreme weather. Leaders negotiated and agreed the commitments over 2 days during the […]
New Ulster University Green Health Map launches for World Mental Health Day
Pictured: Charlene Brooks, Jacqueline O’Hagan and Olivia Robinson from BHC alongside Prof Ruth Lowry and David Woods from UU with student Dylan Vaughan. Belfast Healthy Cities is launching a new Green Health Map for the Ulster University Belfast campus area to coincide with World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10th October. The map was developed alongside […]