History
The vision of a “Healthy City” is what has inspired us over the last 20 years. The journey has been one of great success and has been determined by our membership groups identifying the direction at each step:
Between 1991 and 1995 – Focusing on four programmes (healthy ageing, child accident prevention, environment and health and crime) to understand what we mean by the Healthy City approach and to demonstrate it in practice
Between 1995 to 2000 – Moving on to help to build the infrastructure (e.g. Newcastle Health Partnership, Community Action on Health) and programmes (e.g. Health Action Zone) to enable the mainstream sectors and communities to work towards a Healthy City
Between 2000 and 2005 - Empowering disadvantaged communities (e.g. carers, BME communities, D/deaf communities, older people) to influence decisions that relate to their lives.
Between 2006 and 2010 - A period of consolidation, strengthening of the infrastructure of NHC and a clarity in defining our purpose and service.
The Newcastle Healthy City Timeline - what was happening in ..........
1988 NHCP began as a voluntary steering group
1990 Started as a campaigning organisation
1991 Health Inequalities;
Child Health Issues;
Against the Grain
1992 Action for health starts
Core Funding Starts
Environment Forum
Newcastle Healthy City Project begins to host fledgling projects
1993 Child Accident Prevention Programme - secondment of a post from the NHS
1995 NHC becomes a Ltd. Company
Newcastle Partnership born
Whole System Events
Community Action on Health project starts
1996 Partnership working with the DSS placing administration secondments at NHCP
Local Agenda 21 worker based with us
Newcastle becomes a WHO designated Healthy City
1997 Safety Works - a partnership with the Police/Fire Service/NHS/LA
1998 Moved into 14 Great North Road
The Community Food and the Food Growing Initiative; Exhibition Park and HAREF starts
A better life in later life is launched
1999 Carers Project starts in Newcastle
2001 NHCP have a facilitator role for the Banwaste Project
Community Empowerment Network starts
2003 Elders Council is launched
Deaflink starts
The Carers Centre moves under the NHCP umbrella
Community Action on Health leaves the NHCP
2005 Funding for the Quality of Life Partnership
2007 Funding for the Exhibition Park and Food Growing projects stop
2009 Funding for the CEN stopped
NHC developed a new intiative to engage with the people of Newcastle, called the Citizens Assembly.
HAREF and Deaflink receive statutory funding for staffing costs from the North of Tyne PCT.
NHC change their name - no longer a 'project'.
2010 NHC conduct a full governance review. Articles of Association reflect the potential to develop regional work.
