First Citizens presented with Stroke Association manifesto

The Stroke Association has been keen to reach out to council members and has presented the Mayors of both Mid & East Antrim and Antrim & Newtownabbey with their new manifesto document - ‘Progressing Stroke Reform in Northern Ireland’.
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The paper sets out the charity’s key asks of local government and highlights why urgent reform of stroke services is even more important now during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Stroke Association have stated that they were recently overwhelmed at the support for World Stroke Day 2020 by all 11 councils across Northern Ireland.

To mark the annual event at the end of last month, all the local authorities, lit up council buildings in purple, met with the charity and posted messages of support on their social media channels.

Mid and East Antrim Mayor, Cr Peter Johnston receives the new Stroke Association manifesto from Mark DyerMid and East Antrim Mayor, Cr Peter Johnston receives the new Stroke Association manifesto from Mark Dyer
Mid and East Antrim Mayor, Cr Peter Johnston receives the new Stroke Association manifesto from Mark Dyer

Following that event, Councillor Jim Montgomery, Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, met with Barry Macaulay, Director of the Stroke Association in Northern Ireland and Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Councillor Peter Johnston met with Mark Dyer from the Stroke Association and each First Citizen received a copy of their new ‘Progressing Stroke Recovery in Northern Ireland’ manifesto.

It was pointed out by The Stroke Association that by engaging with local authorities in this way, The Association hopes that local council representatives can exercise their influence on party and political colleagues to keep stroke a priority throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.”