Our Impact

Creating lasting impact by empowering communities and workplaces to prioritise wellbeing.

The WHO Healthy Cities members in a group photo with the Mayor of Derry

Community-centered results

We are delighted to introduce the Developing Healthy Communities Impact Report for 2023/24. It is a snapshot of who we are, what we do and where we are going.

On this page you can see the headline figures that demonstrate our impact but the numbers just scratch the surface of what our team has achieved this year. Download the full report for case studies, words from our Chair and Chief Executive, and a summary of our future goals.

Our impact

Helping our community

£1.4m

In short term funding delivered to community and voluntary organisations

45

Workplaces improving the wellbeing of their staff with our support this year

15

Innovative community and researcher partnerships formed over two rounds of the Ideas Fund

Project impacts

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Clear Project

  • Administered £1.4m supporting 438 projects
  • Administered £34,815 of funding to 70 Sports Clubs
  • Organised 38 mental health training programmes

Work Well, Live Well

  • Supported 18 workplaces, reaching 523 employees
  • Recruited 45 new workplaces
  • Provided consultancy/mentoring to 15 workplaces

Acorn Farm (I Can Cook)

  • 35 participants across three pilot sessions in 2023
  • 31.3 percentage point increase in very good or excellent understanding of healthy food choices
  • 32.4 percentage point increase in very good or excellent understanding of sustainable food choices.

Ideas Fund

  • Supported fifteen community and researcher partnerships
  • Provided a total of £772k funding
  • Established the Community Research Collective

Families Voices Forum

  • Launched a regional campaign
  • Educated on risks of social media in relation to suicide
  • Expanded the reach of the group and influencing policy and practice

WHO Healthy Cities

  • 100 delegates at the flagship Derry City & Strabane Healthy City and District conference
  • Joined the WHO Healthy Cities network's wellbeing economy pilot
  • Convened and supported the cross-sector Western Diabetes Group, culminating in a launch event at the Guildhall, Derry