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Ethnicity and heart disease

Picnic table

Your ethnicity can affect your risk of heart disease. Find out how you can reduce that risk.

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How we help

Heart helpline

Heart Matters
Heartstart UK
Heart Support Groups
Health at Work
Hearty Lives

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Events, fundraising & campaigning

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  • In your area
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Cycle Clock2Rock

London Paris BikeRide group cycling

Join us on our inaugural Clock2Rock bike ride and cycle from London to Gibraltar for the adventure of a lifetime.

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Our events

BHF Events

Walk, ride, run or swim to help raise vital funds for us. And find out about our new cycling events...

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New bike rides coming soon
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High street & online shopping

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A taste of Britain

Everyday British cookbook

Our Everyday British recipe book gives a healthy twist to those traditional British meals

Buy our cookbook

Book a collection

Book a collection

We'll collect your unwanted furniture and electrical goods to sell in our stores.

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What to donate
Research

The heart research you fund

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  • Meet our researchers
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£2 million to keep hearts beating

Professor Kinya Otsu

Your donations have raised over £2 million for new Professor Kinya Otsu's research into stopping heart cells dying.

Life-saving heart research

Our research successes

Research

We invest in world-class research into heart disease. Find out how far we've come in 50 years, and how far we still have to go.

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Community

Connect & share experiences

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In your area

Heart Town launch in Bromley

We're working with UK towns and cities to get communities heart healthy.

Find out about Heart Towns

Our online community

Our Online Community

Share experiences, stories, tips and ideas in our community.

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About BHF

Who we are & our mission

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Where we're at

50 years of heart health

Explore 50 years of the fight against heart disease, and find out where we're going in the future.

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Where we are

Where we are

From shops to events, Heart Nurses to Professors, find something near you on our map.

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Community Directory

Meet the members of the BHF community

Most loved posts

  • You can now 'heart' posts you like on our community (5)
  • Good addition Roberto - nice (4)
  • Starting a new relationship when you have a heart condition (4)
  • Hi, I thought I would just introduce myself (4)
  • Oooooh, I do have something (3)

Welcome to our community

 

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You can share your experiences, stories, tips and ideas with other people like you in our community.

Whether you are living with heart disease, supporting a friend or family member, or taking part in an event for us, there's a space for you.

It only takes a moment to register and if you've already registered for our website or Heart Matters online all you have to do is login and join the conversation right away in our discussion forums and groups.

If you have any questions you can email us or visit the where to start page. 

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Taking your meds ain't no laughing matter. Here's how you can take control of your heart health!

17th May 2012

Hello British Heart Foundation Community. Hope you're all feeling well! I've joined today to tell you about a new BHF campaign I've been helping them out with.

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Let's talk about sex

11th May 2012

Do you talk about sex with your doctor or GP? A new study shows that it’s best not to be shy about sex and that heart attack patients are more likely to return to a happy and healthy sex life with their partners after receiving guidance from their doctors. 

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Friends are treating me different and I want to scream

26th April 2012

Its 12 weeks since I had my heart attack & stent fitted, and my best friend who promised me she would treat me the same and 'no kid gloves' has become so weird.  She rode the blue light ambulance with me, and waited till my family arrived,Im so greatful she was there for me

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Heart Towns

8th June 2011

For anyone who currently lives in a BHF Heart Town or City. Let us know what you think of your new status as a Heart Town or City. What does it mean for you? What do you want to get out of it?

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Health at Work

7th June 2011

Welcome to the BHF Health at Work community group where you can exchange experiences, discuss challenges and share tips. For more tools and resources to promote workplace health visit www.bhf.org.uk/healthatwork.

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Chest pain kit - trainers group

15th March 2012

This group is for anyone using the BHF Chest pain kit to deliver lifesaving heart attack awareness messages to communities across the UK. Use this space to share tips, ask questions and exchange ideas with BHF’s Chest Pain Team and your fellow trainers.

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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