Hearty Lives Cookstown

Cookstown residents will be the first in Northern Ireland to trial the BHF’s innovative new £200,000 Hearty Lives programme.

Working in partnership with Cookstown District Council 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

Why Cookstown?

Cookstown has the third highest rate of early deaths from heart disease in Northern Ireland, and the BHF hopes this will help to inform heart health activity in other areas of Northern Ireland.

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