Hearty Lives Cookstown
Cookstown residents are the first in Northern Ireland to trial the BHF’s innovative new £200,000 Hearty Lives programme.
Working in partnership with British Heart Foundation and Northern Health & Social Care Trust, Hearty Lives Cookstown will:
- provide a nurse educator to visit local workplaces, such as local meat factory Vion, and community groups to give people free advice and support on improving their heart health
- help more people who are at risk of heart disease, such as those who are overweight, to access local support and services
- train a force of people in the community to provide emergency life support if someone suffers a heart attack until medical services arrive
- help more heart patients to access cardiac rehabilitation, which improves their quality of life and gives them a 26% greater chance of surviving 2-5 years afterwards
The BHF Hearty Lives Programme aims to reduce high levels of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in communities throughout the UK, improve their uptake of health services and help local organisations provide more services for heart health.
Cookstown currently has the third highest premature death rate from heart disease in Northern Ireland. A man living in Pomeroy, in the Cookstown area can be more than five times more likely to die early from heart disease than someone living six miles away. To have a look at our information leaflet and to find out more about how you can benefit from the Hearty Lives Cookstown Programme you can follow the link below:
To have a further look at the activities of the Hearty Lives Cookstown Programme in the District of Cookstown, please follow the link below:
Hearty Lives Cookstown 2010 News letter
For more information on Hearty Lives Cookstown contact Bronagh McEldowney, Heart Health Educator by emailing bronagh.mceldowney@cookstown.gov.uk; Stephanie Leckey, Community Development Coordinator, BHF by telephoning 028 7082 5797, email leckeys@bhf.org.uk or visit the Hearty Lives Cookstown website
