mPower Festival

The 2-day mPower Festival was held in Belfast at the end of April 2022, and welcomed over 500 attendees both in-person and virtually. The shared learning event saw 90 speakers from the three jurisdictions deliver 19 sessions to celebrate the success of the mPower project overall, and share learning around why it was so successful.  

The conference was attended by a people in a wide range of roles ranging from senior stakeholders and policy professionals across the three governments, to health and social care professionals including GPs, GP practice staff, primary care teams, managers and senior clinicians. There were also attendees from the third-sector and community groups, all of whom work with older people living with a long-term condition.  

All of the presentations and sessions from the festival can be viewed below. 

View the mPower Festival Programme

Welcome – Margaret Whoriskey and Damien McCallion & Keynote from Cat Macaulay

https://vimeo.com/707690909

mPower Impact and Evaluation – Ann Coyle

https://vimeo.com/707704241

1a Diversity of social prescribing connections – Jonathan Patchell

https://vimeo.com/707705055

1b – mPower in partnership with clinical services – Bill Forbes

https://vimeo.com/706874686

1B – mPower in partnership with clinical services – Cheryl Breen

https://vimeo.com/701399166

1c – mPower response to a pandemic – Jacqueline McDevitt

https://vimeo.com/706875067

Panel Discussion with Q&A: Added Value of Cross Border working – Gina McIntyre

https://vimeo.com/707706065

2a – mPower in partnership with community organisations – Fiona Murphy

https://vimeo.com/707779346

2b – Where next for mPower’s digital health themes – Professor Mike Scott

https://vimeo.com/706875583

2c – The Community Navigator Role – Gerard Rocks

https://vimeo.com/708555596

Plenary session – Mental Health of Older People – Vincent Ryan

https://vimeo.com/708115813

DAY 2

Welcome  & Keynote – Sean Moynihan

https://vimeo.com/708537005

Plenary session – The Critical Role of Community and Voluntary Sectors – Sally Dyson

https://vimeo.com/708534994

3a Community Digital Hubs – Rachel Bourke

https://vimeo.com/708538294

3b – mPower in Partnership With Commercial Suppliers – Morag Hearty

https://vimeo.com/706875953

3c – Shared Learning – Moving Knowledge Not People – Michele Bekmez

https://vimeo.com/706876106

4a – Embedding Video Enabled Care – Cara O’Neill

https://vimeo.com/708541211

4b – Digital Literacy: Engagement & Champions – David McNeill

https://vimeo.com/706876230

4c – Care Homes and Digital Connections – Rodd Bond

https://vimeo.com/706876395

4c – Care Homes and Digital Connections – Sarah Cottingham

https://vimeo.com/701151090/d1753152de

Keynote – Tommy Whitelaw & closing thoughts from Gerard Rocks

https://vimeo.com/708542879

Additional Resources

HSE – Community Weight Programme for Adults – Pilot in CH01 – Presentation from mPower Festival

https://vimeo.com/699418522/2d8d7e4c27

Highland Hospice – Project ECHO in Scotland