The 9th annual Healthy City Awards took place virtually on Friday 10th December 2021. The awards, which are divided into three categories which reflect the current priorities of the WHO Healthy Cities Programme, looked for leading projects in the areas of Active Travel and Healthy Transport, Community Prosperity and Mental Wellbeing.
This award shone a light on the important work undertaken across Belfast to help change how we move around our communities and our city, demonstrating the health and wellbeing benefits which come from active travel – walking, cycling, running – and reducing reliance on cars.
This category looked for projects which have brought about better mental wellbeing outcomes, programmes which have developed physical and social activities that have worked across the community to engage and improve morale and wellbeing, particularly for hard to reach groups such as the elderly, where social isolation can have a disproportional impact, and children and young people.
The Community Prosperity award celebrates projects which have shown community leadership to build resilience, enhance wellbeing, increase health literacy and ensure that hard to reach sections of the community are supported