Help, facts & lifestyle advice
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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Events, fundraising & campaigning
National Wear Red Day is coming
Join in the fun of National Heart Month in February and wear something red.
Walk, ride, run or swim to help raise vital funds for us. And find out about our new cycling events...
Find an event New bike rides coming soon Organise your own event
High street & online shopping
Treat someone special
Spoil your loved one with one of your heart warming gifts this Valentine’s Day.
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We'll collect your unwanted furniture and electrical goods to sell in our stores.
The heart research we fund
Hope for mending broken hearts
Find out how your donations are helping fund a £260,000 research project looking for clues into mending broken hearts.
Life-saving heart research
We invest in world-class research into heart disease. Find out how far we've come in 50 years.
Connect & share experiences
We're working with UK towns and cities to get communities heart healthy.
Find out about Heart Towns
Share experiences, stories, tips and ideas in our community.
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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.
Explore our timeline
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 eight volunteers who are typical of the people who give their time to the charity. Be inspired by their stories...
Ann raises £1,000 a month in her local area. "I take great pleasure in helping the scientists". Read more
Mo has volunteered for our Mirfield Branch since 1983, helping to raise around £300,000 for our work. Read more
Kenny fundraises with BHF Scotland when he can. After a heart attack he turned to us for support. Read more
Linda and her friend Neelan help at supermarket collections. She lost her teenage daughter to heart disease. Read more
John has volunteered at our BHF shop in Norwich for 18 years, giving many hours of his time every week. Read more
Claire volunteers at her local BHF shop and recently completed a Retail Diploma Qualification. "I hope that my success will inspire others to volunteer and gain a qualification." Read more
Teenage student Lucky helps out in one of our shops. He's getting experience and helping raise money too! Read more
University student Natalie developed her project management skills by putting on a charity fashion show to raise money. Read more
We can't thank our
volunteers enough.