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You can help heal hearts this Christmas by taking part in a BHF festive fundraisers. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the BHF needs the public’s support more than ever to enable it to continue our life saving research and provide vital support to the 7.4 million people in the UK living with heart and circulatory diseases.

We're helping people with long term health conditions get active by joining We Are Undefeatable.

The BHF funded research to find out whether walking with Nordic poles could help people with peripheral arterial disease exercise more easily.

Len Drane, from Treharris, thought he was a fit and healthy, rugby-playing, father-of-three when he had a heart attack playing golf in 2004.

Three of the UK’s largest charities are seeking public support for first aid to become a compulsory part of the school curriculum, following new research which shows more than nine in ten adults (95%) would not be able to save lives in first aid emergencies.

Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has a special bond with one of the world's top cardiac surgeons

What's your heart age? Find out with this calculator from NHS Choices and the British Heart Foundation

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Date

23 May 2026

Location

Edinburgh

This popular running festival has a distance for all with a Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, 5K and Team Relay going through Edinburgh city centre to Musselburgh

The heart care waiting list saw the biggest monthly fall in five years in May, latest figures from NHS England show.