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Mayor celebrates WHO Healthy City designation for Derry & Strabane

“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
Applications For Boardroom Apprentice 2022 Are Open

Applications for this year’s Boardroom Apprentice programme are now open and available on the official Boardroom Apprentice website, and Developing Healthy Communities is a host board again
Now hiring: Entry level Digital Marketing Assistant

Got creativity, confidence and a way with words? We're looking for someone to create web and social media content for our Team Health social enterprise and support our other projects too
New £1.2m Ideas Fund round opens in North West

The North West of Northern Ireland is one of four areas where partnerships can apply for funding for ideas related to mental wellbeing

What are countries doing to make their citizens more active?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published country factsheets and reports show successful strategies to keep citizens physically active
Online courses from Aware NI

Places are available on Aware NI’s upcoming Mood Matters Workshop and Living Life to the Full wellbeing course
Chief Medical Officer welcomes findings from young people’s survey on smoking, alcohol and drugs

Report finds that fewer young people are smoking, drinking or using drugs.
WHO webinar on Trauma Informed Prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Learn about the WHO free webinar on Trauma Informed Prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
Department of Health Mental Health Action Plan

In April 2020, the Department for Health in Northern Ireland committed to create a Mental Health Champion and to this Action Plan which contains commitments to review and develop services, and to ready the system for the 10 year Mental Health Strategy.