Tag: BHF

BHF awards £35 million funding to top UK universities

Stuart Mitchell

Nine leading universities will benefit from a record £35 million funding injection from us that will help to strengthen world-leading cardiovascular disease research in the UK.  The funding, through the BHF Research Excellence Awards scheme, will support universities to cultivate world-class research environments that encourage collaboration, inclusion and innovation, and enable visionary scientists to drive lifesaving breakthroughs.   After years of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty over the UK’s association with the Horizon funding programme, the awards give UK cardiovascular disease research a much-needed boost. The funding will enable…

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BHF launches free defibrillator scheme to save lives in communities across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The BHF are urging communities across the UK to apply for a free lifesaving defibrillator from them, supported by fundraising from their charity partner Royal Mail.  There are 220 defibrillator packages available to communities as part of their Community Defibrillator Fund.  The BHF have said that areas with greatest need will be prioritised – those with high deprivation and limited access to defibrillators.  Communities are invited to apply for their free defibrillator on their website here: https://www.bhf.org.uk/defibfunding  The BHF state on their website:  There are over 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests…

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Speedy Hire partners with British Heart Foundation to support ‘Spotlight On’ campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Speedy Hire, the UK’s leading provider of tools, equipment, and plant hire services, has donated £25,000 to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), forming a partnership for its ‘Spotlight On’ campaign, to raise awareness of hidden heart conditions. Colleagues across the Speedy Hire business have recently been sharing stories of their surprise and shock that they had personally experienced mistaking a heart attack diagnosis with less serious medical symptoms such as breathlessness and dizziness. These eye-opening stories prompted Speedy Hire to build on the work it already undertakes with the charity…

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David Seaman shines a spotlight on daily heart disease deaths

Stuart Mitchell

Football legend David Seaman MBE and over 200 supporters came together to shine a spotlight on hidden heart conditions and their impact on the nation every day. Creating a giant heart, one hundred and eighty seats were left empty in a crowded stand at Crystal Palace F.C. in London, to represent the number of lives lost in the UK to coronary heart disease each day – one every eight minutes. British Heart Foundation ambassador David Seaman, who himself lives with a heart condition, was at the centre of the striking…

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PureGym installs BHF donation boxes nationwide

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s leading gym chain, PureGym, is supporting BHFs vital heart research through the help of preloved donations. In 2022, BHF joined forces with PureGym as part of a multi-million pound charity partnership to help improve the nation’s heart health. Funds raised will fuel their scientific research, helping to accelerate medical breakthroughs in heart and circulatory conditions, which affect around 7.6 million people across the UK. Call for preloved items Donation boxes have been set up in each of PureGym’s 340+ clubs across the UK, calling for preloved clothes, household…

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