CDHN and our partners in Community Work Ireland were delighted to facilitate a North South exchange visit to Derry/Londonderry as part of the Voice Equality Experience Power initiative, supported by Shared Island Civic Fund. The exchange brought together a diverse group of community workers, mental health practitioners, people with living experience of mental health issues and academics from right across Ireland.
Thirteen new voluntary and community sector appointments to the Joint Forum Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Panel for the 2024-27 term of the Joint Government and Voluntary Sector Forum have recently been confirmed.
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has visited The Link in Newtownards to see first-hand the benefits of a project delivering local health programmes that address health inequalities.
The third webinar in the Voice, Equality, Experience, and Power (VEEP) series brought together experts and practitioners to explore the transformative potential of Open Dialogue and its role as a methodology in community development, mental health recovery, and fostering genuine connections between services, users, and families. We were delighted to welcome 70 participants from across the island and from a range of backgrounds including statutory services, community and voluntary sector organisations, services users, and carers and family members of service users.
Belfast, 12 November 2024 – Over 100 guests from across sectors gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Community Development and Health Network (CDHN). The event honoured three decades of community action to address health inequalities and poverty, and looked ahead to a future of social change and health equity.
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.
You can find out more and register for the event here.
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.
