Common Ground is a project bringing people together from Northern Ireland and Scotland to strengthen community development in health.
It aims to build partnerships across sectors, tackle poverty and health inequalities, and support community leaders. By creating spaces for learning and collaboration, the project will help communities shape fairer, healthier futures.
We have been working with the Community Development and Health Network in Northern Ireland on this programme since last year and it’s been a brilliant learning exercise and a great chance to make connections (and develop friendships too!).
The CDHN are a regional infrastructure organisation and work with local communities and across sectors to take action on the social determinants of health, improve wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.
The programme has allowed us to:
Build lasting connections with community leaders across NI and Scotland
Learn from successful models of community-led health and development
Contribute to shaping inclusive, equitable futures
Be part of a cross-border movement for change
We’ve been having some great discussions both in Belfast last year and online, and we’re so pleased to welcome our guests from Northern Ireland to a policy round table session at the City Chambers in Glasgow on 4th March.
More information and outputs from this programme of work will be available online soon so watch this space!