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The Northern Ireland Executive has published the draft Programme for Government 2024-2027 ‘Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most’ laying out in draft form the Executive's key commitments and priorities for the next 3 years of government in Northern Ireland.   

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As we mark our 30th anniversary, we want to celebrate the incredible efforts of our members who have championed community action on the social determinants of health with us.

We were delighted to meet our new mentee groups as we kick off the sixth successful year of the Elevate Community Mentoring and Grants Programme hosted by one of our Mentor Organisations in ARC Healthy Living Centre, Irvinestown on 5 September 2024.

On June 6th, Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) celebrated the launch of the Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) Impact Report in Long Gallery, Stormont.  Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, Chair of the Health Committee, Liz Kimmins, and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Professor Cathy Harrison spoke at the event.

Fifth year celebration of the Elevate Community Mentoring and Grants programme

On 22 May 2024: Community and voluntary groups across Northern Ireland will gather in Kildress, county Tyrone to celebrate their local and collective achievements of the Elevate Community Mentoring and Grants programme.  

CDHN’s Elevate Team were delighted to host a BAME Networking event in Footprint’s Women’s Centre on Wednesday 6th March. All our current Elevate mentees were invited, including the seven groups who work with the BAME community, to hear about services and resources available throughout the region. 

Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) is delighted to announce that £22,500 will be invested in community groups across NI. In the latest round of level one Building the Community Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP), nine highly worthy groups were successful in securing £2,500 for their project.

CDHN staff and Board would like to thank everyone who attended our 29th AGM and Annual Networking Event at Oxford Island, earlier in September. This year's theme was Communities Working and Learning Together to address Health Inequalities.
 

We were delighted to meet our new mentee groups as we kick off the fifth successful year of the Elevate Community Mentoring and Grants Programme in Banbridge on 28 September 2023. 21 groups were successful in securing up to £5,000 through the Public Health Agency (PHA) funded programme through the Transformation Work Stream, delivered by Community Development and Health Network (CDHN).

Kilcooley Women's Centre

One of CDHN's key areas of work is providing training and support to develop understanding and skills in community-based approaches to tackle health inequalities.   We provide training and support to our members and beyond including people in communities, community and voluntary organisations, health and social care and t

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