Projects include supporting women with a learning disability through menopause, bringing together rural and urban communities to alleviate poor mental wellbeing and food poverty, and a mural based on the stories of cancer survivors in Derry City Centre Read more
Find resources to connect you to support services for food, fuel, warm spaces and more on the council's support site Read more
Looking back on an amazing series of 30th anniversary events (in pictures). This year we celebrated 30 years of Developing Healthy Communities through community participation, cooperation and consultation in local decision-making. Read more
“The experts are telling us we’re on the right track.” Derry City & Strabane is a World Health Organization Healthy City and District for the third time Read more
Celebrate local leadership and global inspiration in health at the 2023 Derry City & Strabane Healthy City and District conference in partnership with Ulster University Read more
New Derry~Londonderry community research partnership with Ulster University secures £90,000 in funding Read more
Developing lungs. Closer to the ground. Everyone suffers when air quality is poor, but the World Health Organization is clear in its assessment that children suffer more. Read more
Being wealthy adds nine years to healthy life expectancy, but how does it work in practice? Read more
District heating is completely normal. So why are there so few heat network schemes in Northern Ireland Read more
This World Obesity Day (4 March) we're opening our minds to system-level solutions Read more
You can expect regular emails full of energy and ideas, as well as opportunities to get involved. Read more
Watch back the best bits from our 'Shared lessons from the Neighbourhood Health Improvement Project' event Read more
Join us on Zoom to hear public health experts and those working on the ground in Derry City, Strabane and Limavady discuss what really works when it comes to neighbourhood health. Read more
Improving green infrastructure is central to Derry City & Strabane's application for Phase VII WHO Healthy City designation Read more
Teams from Apex Housing Association and Hunter Apparel were chosen from more than 50 nominations to take part in activities to demonstrate the importance of employee health and wellbeing. Read more
In 2020/21 we thrived online as our team worked hard to adapt our community-building and health promotion activity to circumstances that none of us could have predicted – read what we achieved in our 2020/21 Impact Report: Connect. Create. Collaborate. Read more
We helped eight fantastic mental health projects secure funding from the British Science Association's research-promoting grants scheme Read more
While the sun has been shining, our team has been making hay. An update on what we've been up to during Northern Ireland's record-breaking fortnight of sun. From our July newsletter Read more
Our view on Health Minister Robin Swann's announcement that mass vaccination centres will start to stand down in August Read more
Developing Healthy Communities partnered with the council and the Public Health Agency to launch the digital resource for businesses and cultural organisations. Read more
With the 2021/22 round of PHA Short Term Funding now underway, we take a look at the projects that benefited from a grant in 2020/21 Read more
Watch Derry City & Strabane Healthy Cities Conference talks from Sir Tim Smit, Professor Louise Dubras and more Read more
Insights from our Supporting Health and Wellbeing in Ethnic Minority and Migrant Communities event. Read more
We're looking for your input on the priorities for skills and knowledge in our area Read more