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Belfast Healthy Cities

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Belfast Healthy Cities took top place in a competition for best poster presentation at the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) Open Conference which took place at Titanic Belfast on 14 October.

The poster, which is available to download by clicking this article, features a Walkability Assessment for Healthy Ageing report, which gives an overview of a pilot project which developed an age-friendly assessment tool to gauge how accessible the built environment is for older people, conducted as part of Belfast’s application to be a WHO Age-friendly city.

The World Health Organization Healthy Cities International conference in Athens has heard tributes to work delivered in Belfast to improve the health and wellbeing of its citizens.The Athens gathering is examining health in the city and city living, inequalities and the impact, which all government policy has on the health of the population.

International Healthy Cities Conference

This week the International Healthy Cities Conference marks 25 years of the European and global Healthy Cities movement. The movement represents one of the most enduring and thriving international public health initiatives. This Conference offers the opportunity to celebrate and take stock of the collective achievements of Healthy Cities, which are based on the leadership and creativity of hundreds of cities across Europe and around the world.

Belfast Healthy Cities would like to welcome children and their parents to a ‘Planning my City’ Event. The event will be hosted by the Ulster Museum in the Discover Arts Zone and will run over four days from Tuesday 28 – Friday 31 October from 10am to 4pm each day.

Following the significant interest in and success of the Belfast Healthy City 25th Anniversary Awards in 2013, we are delighted to announce the WHO Belfast Healthy City Awards 2014. This year awards will be presented in three categories in recognition of excellence in addressing a WHO Core theme.

Category 1: Healthy Places

Category 2: Healthy Living 

Category 3: Promoting Health Equity

KidsSpace returned once again to Culture Night Belfast on Friday 19 September.

Since 2011, KidsSpace events have transformed city spaces including St Anne’s Square; Buoys Park; Writers Square; Belfast City Hall; Urban Soul Cafe and an unused unit in CastleCourt Shopping Centre into welcoming spaces for families and children.

This year, to celebrate 25 years as a healthy city, Belfast Healthy Cities launched the Healthy City Annual Bursary award to support a study visit to a European Healthy City or Network. The inaugural award was made to Anne McNally, DHSSPS, who visited Oslo to study public health legislation.

Healthy City Explorer Award

First Impressions of Health Reform in Norway

This year, to celebrate 25 years as a healthy city, Belfast Healthy Cities launched the Healthy City Annual Bursary award to support a study visit to a European Healthy City or Network. The inaugural award was made to Anne McNally, DHSSPS, who is currently visiting Oslo to study public health legislation.

KidsSpace Culture Night

KidsSpace returns once again to Culture Night Belfast on Friday 19 September. This year the fun returns to Buoys Park, York Street, beginning at 4pm.

Since 2011, KidsSpace events have transformed city spaces including St Anne’s Square, Buoys Park, Writers Square, Belfast City Hall, Urban Soul Cafe and an unused unit in Castle Court Shopping Centre into welcoming spaces for families and children.

The event consists of 3 main themes:

City Health

Summer 2014

Belfast Healthy Cities delivers programmes to meet the overall goals, targets and commitments set for Belfast as a World Health Organization (WHO) European Healthy City. Themes include improving health for all and reducing health inequities; and improving leadership and participatory governance for health.

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