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Ethnicity and heart disease
Your ethnicity can affect your risk of heart disease. Find out how you can reduce that risk.
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Cycle Clock2Rock
Join us on our inaugural Clock2Rock bike ride and cycle from London to Gibraltar for the adventure of a lifetime.
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Walk, ride, run or swim to help raise vital funds for us. And find out about our new cycling events...
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A taste of Britain
Our Everyday British recipe book gives a healthy twist to those traditional British meals
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The heart research you fund
£2 million to keep hearts beating
Your donations have raised over £2 million for new Professor Kinya Otsu's research into stopping heart cells dying.
Life-saving heart research
We invest in world-class research into heart disease. Find out how far we've come in 50 years, and how far we still have to go.
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We're working with UK towns and cities to get communities heart healthy.
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Who we are & our mission
Explore 50 years of the fight against heart disease, and find out where we're going in the future.
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From shops to events, Heart Nurses to Professors, find something near you on our map.
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Meet our volunteers
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We can't thank our volunteers enough.
Here are ten volunteers who are typical of the people who donate their time to helping us continue our life-saving work.
Be inspired by their stories...
Shamshad has been a multitask volunteer in the Walthamstow BHF Shop for a couple of years following the death of her father. Read more
Stuart has been a van driver for the BHF for a while now and actually collects stock donation bags for two of our shops in Ealing and Putney. Read more
Srinivas has been volunteering on a time to time basis but finds the experience rewarding and beneficial. Read more
Heather is the Communications & Fundraising office volunteer for BHF Northern Ireland. She's getting experience and having fun by helping us. Read more
Stuart is Sheffield Major Events Committee Chair. He lost his father to heart failure. Read more
Yvonne volunteers at a number of our events as a marshal and event volunteer. "I give my time to make a difference for future generations." Read more
Andrea works in our Furniture and Electrical store in Lewisham. She is learning new skills for when she'll get a paid job. Read more
Rosanna has raised nearly £1030 for the BHF by taking part in BHF Camberley swim. Read more
Mo has volunteered for our Mirfield Branch since 1983, helping to raise around £300,000 for our work. Read more
John has volunteered at our BHF shop in Norwich for 18 years, giving many hours of his time every week. Read more
We
can't thank our volunteers enough.