NICHI Project Aim

SARN was awarded 3 years of funding from the Public Health Agency to deliver the NICHI project. The aim of the project is to promote and support community involvement in addressing health and social wellbeing improvement and reducing health inequalities.

Community mapping exercise

The first stage of NICHI involved consultation with community groups to identify needs, priorities and capacity in relation to health improvement.

One of the outcomes of the community mapping has been the creation of a Health Alliance, a network of community groups who have a shared interest in addressing health and wellbeing improvement.

Benefits of Alliance membership

These include:

• training and capacity building opportunities
  
• networking and good practice events
• information on available grants and funding
• support for programme development and signposting to service providers
• support for participation in influencing the wider health improvement agenda
• monthly newsletters

Become a member 

Membership of NICHI's Health Alliance is free and open to any constituted groups in the Northern area. If your organisation has an interest in health and wellbeing improvement and would like to become an Alliance member, please contact Sarah Best on 028 9447 8645 or email: 

sarah@southantrimruralnetwork.org