We're supporting RESILIO and NWCN as they embark on a journey towards making Derry City and Strabane the first ever District of Hope Read more
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
Grow, cook, eat. It's a process as old as time. But the distance between us and the food that we eat is further than it has ever been and that's not good for our health. Read more
Derry and Strabane District Council’s newly appointed Mayor Lilian Seenoi Barr held a reception in the Guildhall on Monday, 10th June 2024 to launch the recently formed Western Diabetes Group. Read more
Western Trust Diabetes roadshows visits highlight information and advice as work kicks off to develop effective approaches to diabetes in Derry City & Strabane Read more
Hive Cancer Support unveiled the mural which is the outcome of an Ideas Fund project Read more
Derry City & Strabane was represented at the WHO European Healthy Cities conference last week where we shared the Derry City & Strabane District Council’s Natural Capital Account and Green Infrastructure plan Read more
Read our impact report for 2022-23 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
“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
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
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