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Help shape the work of BHF

By sharing your experiences, you can influence our research, health information and policies to help us meet the needs of other people like you who are living with a heart or circulatory condition.

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Get involved through Heart Voices

We want people with lived experience of heart and circulatory conditions to be involved in everything we do. Heart Voices is our patient and public involvement (PPI) network, connecting you with ways and opportunities to take part in our lifesaving work.

Join the Heart Voices community
Patient and Public Involvement at BHF

Ways you can take part

  • Research: Join our research panels to provide valuable insights that inform our research funding decisions and research strategy
  • Health information: Collaborate with us to produce accessible health information for our website and booklets, that better meet the needs of those affected by heart and circulatory conditions
  • Policy and public affairs: Share your experiences and provide insights into how political and healthcare decisions affect people with heart and circulatory conditions.

How you can shape our work

Take a look at our report, reflecting on how Heart Voices members have made an impact on our work in 2024.

How Heart Voices impact our work

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Impact of patient and public involvement

Heart Voices members have helped to improve BHF's work, from sharing views on which research to fund, to helping us develop health information.

Discover the impact you make
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Diversity across our involvement opportunities

We want everyone to have the chance to shape our work. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, particularly underrepresented groups.

Find out how we’re tackling inequalities
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Patient involvement for researchers

If you're applying for a BHF grant, we expect you to involve patients and the public in the design and conduct of clinical studies and trials.

Involve patients in your research
To find out more, or to support British Heart Foundation’s work, please visit www.bhf.org.uk. You can speak to one of our cardiac nurses by calling our helpline on 0808 802 1234 (freephone), Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. For general customer service enquiries, please call 0300 330 3322, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

British Heart Foundation is a registered Charity No. 225971. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 699547. Registered office at Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London NW1 7AW. Registered as a Charity in Scotland No. SC039426