Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) is Northern Ireland’s leading organisation working to empower communities, improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities using a community development approach. With over 2,200 members supporting tens of thousands of people, CDHN raises awareness of the root causes of poor health and health inequalities.

The organisation highlights the structural causes of health inequalities and encourages collaborative action across the social determinants of health. Through its work, communities and decision makers are supported to recognise and utilise assets, to work together to develop solutions, take action to improve lives, health and wellbeing and create a fairer, more equal society.

Strategic Aims

Aim 1: Community Development

To support communities as a catalyst for change in ending health inequalities.

Aim 2: Policy & Practice

To influence policy and practice to support the ending of health inequalities.

Aim 3: Evidence 

To build and use the evidence base which supports community based approaches to end health inequalities and poverty.