News and events

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We’re pleased to launch a new report – an impact report of Growing Up Healthy, one of our Innovation Fund projects, delivered by Belfast Hills Partnership

GroundsWell researchers were involved in a team publishing a trio of linked papers published in The Lancet Planetary Health and The Lancet Public Health look at transport behaviours and related health outcomes in cities during public emergencies.

Catch up from the first in a series of GroundsWell ECR & Partner webinars, "Public involvement in research and use of participatory methods: We can't do it without them!"

Prof Sarah Rodgers shares her reflections from the House of Commons Event, "Home and Habitat: Balancing Housing Development and Nature Conservation."

Two participatory workshops were held with multi-sectoral stakeholders in Belfast to discuss how we might prevent violence against women and girls in outdoor public spaces

In this webinar from 25th April 2024, we explored various methods of evidence synthesis across GroundsWell

Join us for this GroundsWell webinar exploring CURL extensions: Weaving a unique property reference number in to address history in the Scottish Community Health Index.

Join us for this webinar where we explore how Liverpool City Region can better utilise its extensive blue space to help address its considerable health inequalities and what lessons can be learnt for other urban areas.

In this webinar, GroundsWell (Dr Elly King) explored how research conducted by PHIRST (Dr Emma Coombes) revealed how planning processes can lead to better health for all.

In October, GroundsWell hosted two engaging sessions designed to introduce children aged 7-11 to the fascinating world of data.

As part of the British Science Association Community Buddies programme, GroundsWell early career researchers embark on a programme of activities with youth in Northern Ireland

In September 2024, GroundsWell team member Christopher Tate travelled to the University of York to learn about advanced statistical methods employed in economic evaluations of healthcare interventions and observational data.

A new project, led by researchers at Queen's University Belfast and involving a network of key partners, will explore interventions to end violence against women and girls in public spaces in Belfast

Mae Murray Foundation launches their new adapted paddleboard, with support from the GroundsWell Innovation Fund

WHO Summer School - systems thinking and innovation for the prevention of non-communicable diseases and a healthy ageing population in the WHO European Region (16-19 July 2024) Nice, France

Leandro Garcia visited a school in south Belfast to discuss healthy neighbourhoods

In this webinar from 25th April 2024, we explored various methods of evidence synthesis across GroundsWell

Prof Ruth Hunter spoke at the "Connecting With/As Nature" event as part of Reach '24

In this webinar from 7th December 2023, we explored the role of environmental factors in maternal and child health.

Findings from our Future-proofing the Greenway work were launched in a workshop in East Belfast in October, and discussed in a webinar with additional speakers in November.

The GroundsWell Consortium came together 16-17th November in Edinburgh for two days of sharing, learning, and planning

Spotlight on Health & Climate Change: Urban green and blue spaces - featuring Prof Ruth Hunter

GroundsWell held a Healthy Parks event at The Florrie, Liverpool on Wednesday 1st November 2023 for the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

Dr Amanda Slevin has been awarded the prestigious RSBP Medal on behalf of the Climate Coalition Northern Ireland for their successful campaigning to deliver historic climate legislation in Northern Ireland

A webinar, with Mae Murray Foundation, on the importance of inclusion in green and blue spaces, guidance for developing an inclusive beach, and what we need to do next.

GroundsWell Belfast team members attend a family day in Groomsport Beach organised by Mae Murray Foundation

Dr Jack Benton from the University of Manchester presents MOHAWk: an observation tool for measuring physical activity and other wellbeing behaviours in urban spaces. 

Practitioners working to address greening, health, and inequalities in Belfast have completed training with GroundsWell and Belfast Healthy Cities

In its seventh year, Clean Air Day fell on Thursday 15th June 2023.

On 14th- 15th June, Belfast Healthy Cities led a delegation from Belfast to Cork to learn about work being led by Cork Healthy Cities and Green Spaces for Health to address health inequalities, well-being and the environment.

Women in Cities Belfast is a new initiative being led by Callie Persic (Belfast City Council), Ruth Hunter, Agustina Martire (QUB Architecture), Nuala Flood and Laura Michael (QUB Planning)

GroundsWell partnered with EastSide Greenway and the Paul Hogarth Company to run a full-day workshop in East Belfast, to discuss with the public “How Can We Future Proof The Connswater Greenway?” in the face of the climate and biodiversity crisis.

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science event, GroundsWell in Belfast ran a townhall meeting with the community in East Belfast on the climate crisis

The first Liverpool Hub meeting was held on Monday 17th October at The Brain Charity and had a lot of vibrant discussion between stakeholders, public advisors and members of our team

In September 2022, Prof Sarah Rodgers sat on a key note panel for a Quality of Urban Environments with Nature-Connectedness and Health (QUENCH) event

In August 2022, GroundsWell were part of the Greening the City Action Plan Workshop organised by Belfast Healthy Cities

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science event, GroundsWell in Edinburgh ran an interactive drop-in event about becoming a citizen scientist and exploring how urban green and blue spaces impact our health and wellbeing

In June, some of the consortium gathered in person for the first time in The MAC in Belfast, for two days of networking, planning and sharing work package updates.

The Mae Murray Foundation has launched the “ADAPT my Beach” guide, with support from GroundsWell colleagues in Queen’s University Belfast and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.

Together with colleagues from project SPACE (Supportive Environments for Physical and Social Activity, Healthy Ageing & Cognitive Health), Niamh represented GroundsWell at the Centre for Public Health stall giving members of the public Body MOTs.