Our Vision
Our vision is to be a leader in creating a healthy, equitable and sustainable city
Our Mission
Our mission is to promote health and well-being, provide inspiration and facilitate innovative collaborative action and good policies through:
- leadership and learning from the WHO European Healthy Cities Network
- supporting research, sharing evidence and building capacity
- introducing and piloting innovative concepts and approaches
- maximising partners impact on health and inequalities
Our Values
Our values are centred on:
- good health is a fundamental human right of each individual
- health inequities are avoidable and unacceptable and have consequences on all of society
- good health as a valuable resource to families; social and economic development
- health and well being is a shared priority for all sectors and whole of government
Ways of working
We deliver our programmes through:
- leadership & participatory governance for health
- building capacity & training; direct access to WHO expertise
- research, evidence & publications
- innovative demonstration projects
- influence policy
Action in Phase VI will focus on:
- Health equity in all policies
- Creating resilient communities and supportive environments
- Healthy Urban Environments
- Child Friendly Places
- Active travel
- Older people
- Climate change
- Health literacy
- Capacity for public health
Download the Belfast Healthy Cities Phase VI (2014-2018) Vision & Mission