by Paula Carson-Lewis | Sep 10, 2025 | News
By: Renee Quinn, Executive Director, PIPS The Reality we are facing Northern Ireland continues to struggle with some of the highest suicide rates in the UK—a silent epidemic that claims hundreds of lives each year. In 2023, suicide claimed 221 lives in Northern...
by Paula Carson-Lewis | Aug 22, 2025 | News
By Leslie-Anne Newton, ARC NI Director The estimated 42,000 individuals with a learning disability living in Northern Ireland face stark health inequalities. Disparities that, if unaddressed, cost lives and cut futures short. Men with a learning disability die, on...
by Paula Carson-Lewis | Jul 10, 2025 | News
The Northern Ireland Health Collective welcomes the publication of the Department of Health’s HSC Reset Plan, which sets out a bold and necessary roadmap to stabilise, reform and deliver a more sustainable, community-centred health and social care system. As a conduit...
by Paula Carson-Lewis | May 28, 2025 | News
In collaboration with Charlene Brooks, Belfast Healthy Cities www.belfasthealthycities.com As part of the Healthy Cities initiative, Belfast Healthy Cities has supported schools in piloting walking bus schemes across the city. The results have been encouraging....
by Paula Carson-Lewis | May 15, 2025 | News
Credits to: Sustrans/ Brian Morrison With its long clear days, May is the ideal time for National Walking Month. Walking, or wheeling* opens up a whole new world. It’s free, sociable and healthy. The Belfast Walking and Cycling Index 2023 report shows that every year,...
by Paula Carson-Lewis | May 6, 2025 | News
Announcement CO3 is pleased to announce the appointment of Gillian Lewis as the new Head of the Northern Ireland Health Collective. The Northern Ireland Health Collective serves as a forum for health and social care charities and community groups, providing a...
