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Delivering Health through Neighbourhoods: The Belfast Agenda Siobhan Toland Head of Environmental Health, Belfast City Council www.belfastcity.gov.uk The Council 60 Councillors, 9 parties representing 10 Electoral Areas Serves a

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Siobhan Toland

Head of Environmental Health, Belfast City Council

Delivering Health through Neighbourhoods: The Belfast Agenda

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  • 60 Councillors, 9 parties representing 10 Electoral

Areas

  • Serves a population of 333,900
  • Budget £192.2m in 2015/16
  • 2,400+ Employees
  • Over 100 operational locations

The Council

Fig 1: Committee structure

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The Belfast Agenda

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City performance indicators

  • Ranked 4th UK city for FDI 2013-14
  • Over 200,000 jobs/100,000 commuters
  • 6.5million visitors contributing £450million to economy

and 10,000 jobs BUT……….

  • 54% of business had difficulty finding the right recruits
  • Low numbers of business start-ups
  • Under performing city centre & shortage of Grade A
  • ffice space
  • Political instability
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  • 9.3 years difference in life expectancy for men living

in the most and least deprived areas (Belfast).

  • In 2010 Belfast North & West had the highest rates of

self-harm in NI; while Belfast East had the highest suicide rate in NI

  • 27% of women smoke during pregnancy in the most

deprived areas, compared to 7% in the least (NI, 2013)

  • 25% gap in cancer incidence (NI)
  • Alcohol relate deaths in Belfast North were twice the

regional average (2001-10)

Life inequalities indicators

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Medium term priorities - 2020

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  • All people in Belfast benefit from a thriving and

prosperous economy

  • Belfast is a welcoming, safe, fair & inclusive city.
  • All people in Belfast fulfil their potential
  • All people in Belfast enjoy good health and

wellbeing

  • Belfast is a vibrant, attractive, connected and

environmentally friendly city.

Emerging City Outcomes - 2030

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Supporting people to reach their potential

  • Capacity Building
  • Internet access in council facilities
  • Employability and skills framework

Creating healthy standards of living

  • Dilapidated buildings
  • Take 5 scheme
  • GP referral service

Developing healthy and sustainable places

  • Investing in parks, pitches and playground
  • Outdoor Gyms
  • Community Gardens

Delivering in partnership

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Investing in Neighbourhoods

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Investing in our City

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  • Belfast Strategic Partnership
  • Locality working
  • Active Belfast
  • Healthy Ageing
  • Good Relations & Community

Safety

Working in partnership

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Other opportunities

  • New City & Neighbourhoods Department
  • New powers e.g. spatial planning, economic

development.

  • New technology e.g. Smarter Cities Programme,

Innovation Centre

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  • Announcement expected from Minister

in respect of remaining transfer of powers

  • Launch of locality planning pilots
  • Agree long-term, shared outcomes for

the Belfast Agenda

  • Consider the role of existing

partnerships in the context of new arrangements

What next?

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Questions?