CDHN News

Training and Support Survey

Friday 4 August 2023

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

New CDHN Study Sheds Light on Crucial Link Between Medication Safety and Health Inequalities in NI

Monday 19 June 2023

On Friday (16 June 2023) the Community Development & Health Network (CDHN) launched their new research report ‘Our Lives, Our Meds, Our Health: Exploring Medication Safety through a Social Lens’. This exploratory study was the first of its kind in Northern Ireland (NI) to improve the understanding of how people's social and personal circumstances can influence how they take their medicatio

Elevate Four Year Celebration Event

Thursday 18 May 2023

The Public Health Agency, the Community Development & Health Network (CDHN) and community partners gathered on Monday at Lislagan farm, Ballymoney, to celebrate their achievements and share their learning to mark the end of the fourth successful Elevate Community Mentoring Programme.

1000th Community-Pharmacy Partnership receives funding to reduce health inequalities

Friday 24 March 2023

Centred Soul, Newry is celebrating receiving funding to deliver the 1000th Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) programme to improve the health and wellbeing of women in the local community.

The BCPP programme is led by Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) in Northern Ireland and is funded by the Department of Health.

An Elevate Buzz in Ballymena

Friday 23 September 2022

CDHN’s Elevate Team were delighted to meet our new Elevate mentee groups for 2022-23 at the All-Saints’ Parish Centre in Ballymena on Friday 23 Sept. This year, 22 groups were successful in applying to the PHA-funded Elevate programme from across Northern Ireland with a range of interests and participants.

£264,000 in funding awarded for BCPP projects in this round

Monday 13 June 2022

Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) is delighted to announce the 22 successful projects in the latest round of Level Two funding for the Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) programme.

The groups and pharmacies to benefit from the funding of £12,000 for each project are as follows:

Celebrations for another year of the Elevate programme…

Monday 23 May 2022

Elevate was delighted to celebrate its third successful year of the Community Mentoring & Grants programme at an event on 20 May 2022 in Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown.

Eight projects to benefit from latest BCPP Level 1 funding round

Wednesday 9 March 2022

Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) is pleased to announce the eight successful applicants in the latest round of Level One funding for the Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) programme.

The groups and pharmacies to benefit from the funding of £2,500 for each project are as follows:

Level 2 BCPP funding awarded to groups of £108,000

Friday 14 January 2022

Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) is delighted to announce the nine successful projects in the latest round of Level Two funding for the Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) programme.

The groups and pharmacies to benefit from the funding of £12,000 for each project are as follows:

Level 1 BCPP funding awarded to groups

Thursday 4 November 2021

Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) is delighted to announce the seven successful applicants in the latest round of Level One funding for the Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) programme.

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