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Belfast Healthy Cities is delighted to announce the two winners of this year’s Annual Healthy Cities Explorer Bursary, an initiative aimed at fostering knowledge exchange on urban health across Europe. The bursary provides an exciting opportunity for professionals who live or work in Belfast to visit European cities, learn from their approach to public health, and bring back insights that can benefit Belfast.
This year’s successful applicants will visit cities in Türkiye and Denmark. Both winners will focus on learning about strategies to promote health and wellbeing in an urban environment, with an emphasis on sustainable transport, access to green spaces, and community health initiatives.
James will travel to Izmir and Bursa in Türkiye to look at measures these cities are taking to increase accessible green and blue spaces, resilience measures and biodiversity in the face of the climate and nature crisis. Türkiye contends with more extreme weather events than other parts of Europe and considerable efforts are underway in cities.
Amy will travel to Copenhagen and Horsens to explore place-based adaptations to reduce climate change risks to health and well-being in Denmark, particularly how communities are improving their understanding of these risks and the measures cities are implementing to improve societal resistance.
Both winners will present their findings to Belfast Healthy Cities upon their return, contributing to future health initiatives in Belfast.
Charlene Brooks, CEO of Belfast Healthy Cities, said:
“We are thrilled to announce this year’s Explorer Bursary recipients. These visits to Türkiye and Denmark will provide invaluable insights into how other European cities are addressing health and wellbeing. By bringing back best practices, we can strengthen our efforts here in Belfast to tackle health inequalities, improve urban environments, and promote healthier lifestyles. I look forward to seeing how the lessons learned from these cities can inspire innovative approaches to improving the health of our own communities.”
The Explorer Bursary, now in its 10th year, continues to be a key initiative for Belfast Healthy Cities, fostering international collaboration and bringing new ideas to Belfast. The bursary is open to individuals working across public, community, voluntary and private sectors and aims to provide hands-on learning opportunities to advance the city’s health agenda.
For more information about the Explorer Bursary and other Belfast Healthy Cities initiatives, visit www.belfasthealthycities.com