Northern Ireland Chest Heart And Stroke

It’s Thank You Thursday! This week is a special thank you to everyone who came out to our Red Dress Fun Run 2025 and made it the biggest yet! 😍❤️ Hopefully see you all again next year!

📅 April is #StressAwarenessMonth. Did you know that stress can increase the risk of heart related illnesses such as a heart attack or stroke? Stress, especially over a long period of time, can increase our blood pressure and lead to unhealthy coping habits. Here are some tips for managing stress in our daily lives in healthy ways. For more information on stress go to www.nichs.org.uk/stress

🌞🏅 Good luck to our amazing #TeamNICHS runners taking on the London Landmarks Half Marathon this weekend! The weather’s looking lovely and sunny—perfect for taking in the incredible sights along the route! ☀️🏃♂️🏃♀️ A HUGE thank you for your dedication and fundraising efforts. Thanks to your support, we’re so close to reaching an incredible £7,000! 💙 Every step you take helps us continue our vital work for those living with chest, heart, and stroke conditions. Enjoy the race, and soak up that sunshine! 🌞👏

Get a free pop-up Blood Pressure check! 📣❤️ 📍 Mace, Mount Alverno 📅 Tuesday 1st April ⏰ 11am-3pm Our Health Promotion team will be out providing free blood pressure checks during May and June as part of our 'Your Number's Up' Blood Pressure Awareness Campaign. ‼️ 1 in 2 heart attacks and strokes are linked to high blood pressure, which is why it’s so important to get a check. Pop down and get your blood pressure checked to know your numbers! 👀 More dates and locations to be announced soon! Thank you to MACE NI for supporting this campaign!

We were delighted to attend the CO3 Chief Officers 3rd Sector Leadership Awards this evening! Well done to our Head of Care Services, Ursula Ferguson, who was shortlisted in the Emerging Leaders category, and to our Head of Communications, Linda Rodgers, who was awarded the Leading Policy and Communications award! 🎉 Well done and congrats to Ursula and Linda, we are so proud of their achievements and delighted to have such fantastic leaders across our team at NICHS. There was also a very special award presented tonight for our former CEO Andrew Dougal OBE. A posthumous Lifetime Achievement award in recognition of all his great work and dedication. It was proudly received by his wife Fiona.

No plans for the weekend? You can still come along and register on the day at our Red Dress Fun Run at Stormont Estate this Sunday 30th March ! ❤️ Please come along at 10:15am to register on the morning. Join the Fun and dress up in your best red costume or clothes, wear your heart on your sleeve and help fight heart illness!

These businesses have got their FREE Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training! What a joy to deliver this training to a wonderful group of workplaces participating in Work Well Live Well, delivered by Northern Ireland Chest Heart And Stroke and funded by Public Health Agency (PHA)! MHFA is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or who is in a mental health crisis. The first aid is given until appropriate professional treatment is received or until the crisis resolves. MHFA teaches participants how to recognise the symptoms of mental health problems, how to provide initial help and how to go about guiding a person towards appropriate professional help. Thank you to staff from Tourism Northern Ireland, Parenting Focus, Somerville Fit-Out, Triex Limited, SAM - Home of MDF Mouldings, HOME-START NEWRY & MOURNE, Wood Innovations Ltd., McCloskey International, Gilfresh Produce TReserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations, Hares Corner Cooperative, and Bunzl McLaughlin for joining us. For more info on signing up for Work Well Live Well for your workplace, please visit www.nichs.org.uk/wwlw

Only 7 days to go! 🏃♀️❤️ It’s not too late to sign up for the Red Dress Fun Run. Let’s make this the best year yet for heart health awareness in NI! Sign up now: https://lnkd.in/eSecyejy Thanks to Mace NI and Musgrave Marketplace NI for supporting the RDFR 2025!

Honour your mum at the Red Dress Fun Run 2025 ❤️ Our Red Dress Fun Run 2025 is taking place on Sunday 30th March which is Mother’s Day! Why not come along and walk or run with your mum, or remember those special mums we’ve lost ❤️ Everyone who signs up receives a special heart bib in their fundraising pack, meaning you can wear your mum’s name and keep them close while you take on your 5k 🚶🧑🦽🏃 Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eSecyejy Thank you to MACE NI and Musgrave Marketplace NI for supporting the Red Dress Fun Run 2025

A huge thank you to Born 2 Run who raised a fantastic £1502.75 for our work through our partnership across their Winter Runs series! The amount was raised through runner entry fees to the 6 races in the series. Our team were delighted to support all 6 races and provided the podium finishers with race vests and beanie hats. ➡️ If you would like to fundraise for our work, visit https://lnkd.in/eZ_bgRA7