Fundraising
BHF announced as charity partner for the AJ Bell Great Run Series
We are delighted to have been chosen as the official charity partner for the AJ Bell Great Run Series.
The partnership will run for two years and together in the first year alone, we aim to raise at least £1.5m to be invested in improving the heart health of the nation.
The Great Run Company motivates more than 250,000 people to take part in major events in the UK, raising millions of pound for charity every year. As well as the Great North Run, the largest half marathon in the world, the AJ Bell Great Run Series portfolio includes five other events across the UK - from the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow to the Great South Run in Portsmouth.
Helping to improve the heart health of the nation
Investment platform AJ Bell were announced as Title Partners for the series in January this year, as part of a five-year partnership.
Working with AJ Bell and the Great Run Series we are committed to using the partnership to help inspire thousands of people to take on challenges to improve their heart health while raising vital funds for lifesaving research and health initiatives directed at the communities where they’re needed most.
Our Chief Executive, Dr Charmaine Griffiths, said: “The BHF has been spearheading the fight against heart and circulatory diseases for more than six decades and our success means that where once seven in 10 people died from a heart attack, now seven in 10 survive.
“But the fight isn’t over and right across the country families are losing loved ones to a devastating condition such as a heart attack or stroke every day. This is why I am delighted that the BHF has been chosen for this exciting partnership – collaborations like this are simply indispensable to our mission to save and improve more lives.
“Together we will help keep hearts beating across the whole of the country.”
Proud to be partnering with the BHF
Charlie Musson, Acting Managing Director at AJ Bell said: “The British Heart Foundation is a lifesaving charity that is helping the world beat cardiovascular disease. Exercise and healthy living can be one of the most effective preventative measures for heart and circulatory diseases and so we are proud to be partnering with them as the official charity partner for the AJ Bell Great Run series.
“Thousands of participants already run in aid of the BHF and we can’t wait to see this fundraising expand further in order to fund the brilliant initiatives that help prevent and cure heart disease.”