Platfrom for change Belfast(dont we need it)

Dear colleague

I hope you are well.

This is not an encouraging time for politics in Northern Ireland, given the return of the prime minister and the taoiseach, once again, to seek to rescue the power-sharing institutions.

One month from now, however, a positive initiative which represents a message of hope will be launched in Belfast.

Following months of discussion and debate last year, a statement has been drafted called Platform for Change, which an association of that name has been formed to promote.

You will find the statement attached, in a summary form (which will be the focus of public attention) and an extended version (with more detail and argument).

This message is to invite you to become a signatory to the platform, joining what we envisage will be hundreds from a range of walks of life by the time of the launch. You will find attached the (already very mixed) list of initial signatories.

An endorsement form is attached for you to send to Nuala McKeever, our secretary, should you wish to offer your support. If you have any queries about this or that aspect of the platform—and we are not asking you to agree with every dot and comma, but rather the overall thrust—which you would want to resolve through discussion before you give your support, please indicate.

I should reassure you that everyone who supports the platform does so as an individual citizen, not implicating their organisation, and this will be prominently affirmed in all our publicity. You may still want to consult with your chair or other relevant figure if you are in a senior position in an organisation before making a personal commitment, which would of course be understood.

We want to snowball this process as rapidly as possible and so you will also see that the form invites you to suggest other individuals whom you think could be approached with a view to giving their support too. The launch, for your diary, will take place in the Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast, at 12.30 on Thursday, 25 February.

You will find out more about Platform for Change at our new website. I hope you will feel able to join us in this exciting enterprise.

Kind regards

Robin Wilson

chair

Platform for Change





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