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EVENT

Date

6 September 2026

Location

Tower Bridge, London

Run half the London Marathon course in reverse and soak up the amazing atmosphere the event has to offer

EVENT

Date

12 September 2026

Location

Richmond, London

The Richmond RunFest gives you the unique opportunity to run through the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. Join Team BHF.

RESEARCH

University of Birmingham | Professor Jonathan N Townend

Supervised by Professor Jonathan Townend, the Clinical Research Training Fellow on this project is working out why people with slightly reduced kidney function - a very common finding on blood tests - are more likely to develop heart and ci...

Walking is a great way to get active - it's fun, flexible and free. But if you're looking for more than a stroll in your local park, check out our guide.

RESEARCH

University of Hull | Dr Francisco Rivero

Supervised by Dr Francisco Rivero, the PhD student on this project is working out why platelets become sticky and form blood clots within blood vessels, and if there is a way to prevent this happening. Platelets are a type of blood cell ...

Research funded by the British Heart Foundation has found that having diabetes increases the risk of dying from the effects of a heart attack by around 50 per cent

RESEARCH

University of Birmingham | Professor Yotis Senis

Professor Yotis Senis is studying platelets, which are the cells that help our blood to clot. Platelets are small cells that plug holes in damaged blood vessels and prevent excessive bleeding. But they can also form clots inside blood ve...

Our chief executive joins a major new commission which looks to better understand the connections between health and wealth.

Scientists funded by the British Heart Foundation at the University of Bristol and University of Cambridge have created a new heart valve with potentially greater benefits than current artificial valves.