Who can I nominate?
Young Heart Heroes must be aged 11 or under at the time of nominating and be at least one of the following:
- A heart patient diagnosed or born with a heart or circulatory condition.
- A fundraiser for BHF and our lifesaving research.
- An advocate for BHF who raises awareness of heart and circulatory diseases within their school and local or wider community.
Do you know a child who would like to be a Young Heart Hero and have a chance to celebrate this at the Young Heart Hero Awards? If you know a child or group of children (age 11 and under) who would like to fundraise for BHF, we would love to hear about them as they could be eligible for a nomination.
Your Young Heart Hero could be an individual, a primary school class, a kids club or community group who do amazing things for BHF's lifesaving work.
We reserve the right to close our Young Heart Hero category at any time.
Nominations for this year’s Young Heart Hero Awards are now closed.
What happens after I submit a nomination?
Your nomination
All submitted nominations will undergo a review process and our judging panel reserves the right to consider your nominee for an alternative category. Due to the volume of nominations we receive each year, this process can take a few months.
You may not hear back from us for a little while, but don’t worry – we will be in touch about your Young Heart Hero nomination.
Heart Hero Awards ceremony
Our Young Heart Hero Awards ceremony will take place in September in London.
Every year, we receive dozens of Young Heart Hero nominations and we would love to invite everyone. However, due to limited spaces we may not able to invite all our Young Heart Heroes to the ceremony.
During the awards, we will give some honourable mentions to those who have shone in the categories of 'bravery' or 'fundraising'.
We will therefore hold a reserve list for the ceremony, which will allow us to offer spaces to nominees as they become available.
Winners and acknowledgements
All Young Heart Hero nominees, who are eligible for an award following the above criteria, will not be judged and will automatically qualify as a winner.
Each eligible Young Heart Hero will receive a special acknowledgement from BHF in recognition for their amazing achievement.
Parents or guardians of eligible winners will be encouraged to share their Young Heart Hero’s award publicly and may be contacted with the option to feature in BHF promotional activity (including media, etc).
Watch our 2024 Young Heart Hero Awards highlights
Watch the highlights of our 2024 Young Heart Hero Awards to see the exciting time our winners can expect.
Meet some of our 2024 Young Heart Heroes
Whether they were born with a heart condition or knowing a loved one affected by heart disease, discover some of our amazing Young Heart Heroes.
Esme
Esme was diagnosed with atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) and had open-heart surgery when she was just 6 months old. Three years on, Esme doesn’t let her condition hold her back.
Lennox and Sonny
Nicknamed “the heart brothers” by their proud parents, both boys were born with heart conditions (just two years apart) and underwent lifesaving open-heart surgery shortly after birth.
Siena
At age five, Siena was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect (a hole in her heart) and underwent an operation to repair the defect. Now age six, Siena lives life to the full.
Our 2024 Young Heart Hero Awards programme
Browse through the 2024 Young Heart Hero Awards programme to find out about our incredible young winners.
