Help and advice on heart disease
Want to stop smoking?
Stopping smoking is the single best thing you can do for your heart health.
Help to stop smoking
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Help us keep hearts beating
London to Brighton Night Ride
Use your pedal power to fight against heart disease – sign up to London to Brighton Night Ride.
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Mending Broken Hearts Appeal
Support our groundbreaking research and help us find a cure for heart failure.
Visit our shops or shop online
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Get ready for the London to Brighton bike ride with one of our new cycling jerseys.
Visit our shop
We'll collect your unwanted furniture and electrical goods to sell in our stores.
Our pioneering research
Fighting for every heartbeat
Learn how we're fighting for every heartbeat with cutting-edge heart research.
Find out more
Apply for a research grant
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Share experiences with others
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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Our fight for every heartbeat
The story so far
Explore 50 years of the fight against heart disease and find out where we're going in the future.
Explore our timeline
What we do
We fund thousands of research projects around the UK that are fighting heart disease.
Learn about our vital work
Meet our volunteers
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Each of our fantastic volunteers has their own story about why they volunteer.
Below are just a few of those stories from volunteers across the UK.
Read what they have to say about the experience of volunteering with us.
Shamshad has been a volunteer in a Shop for years following the death of her father. Read more about Shamshad's work
Stuart is Sheffield Major Events Committee Chair. He lost his father to heart failure. Read more about what Stuart does
Everyone that meets Les is in awe of the man because of his boundless energy and his total commitment to the BHF cause. Read more about Les
Glenys Chambers has volunteered for our Derby shop for over 13 years. She's a great ‘all rounder’. Read more about Glenys
