Become a heart hero with BHF campaign

SAIF has joined the fight against heart disease, after new President Paul Bowley announced the British Heart Foundation (BHF) as his charity of the year, to help fund the BHF’s life-saving research.

Heart and circulatory disease kills nearly 160,000 people in the UK each year, stealing them away from families and loved ones. Money raised through this partnership will help BHF researchers identify revolutionary new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat these devastating conditions.

Paul Bowley said: “The BHF is leading the fight against heart disease and we are very pleased to be supporting the charity’s vital work. We have a great track record in raising funds for our charity partners and I know together with our members we will have a fantastic year with the BHF.”

In last month’s issue of SAIFInsight (April 2017), Paul revealed that in 2015 he suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital and had two stents inserted.

Janet Woodall, Fundraising Manager in Hertfordshire at the BHF, added: “Heart disease is heartless. It can often strike without warning, tearing families apart in an instant, which is why we’re determined to do everything we can to beat it.

“We urgently need more funds to help end the devastation it leaves behind and save lives, which is why we’re absolutely thrilled to have been chosen as SAIF’s charity of the year. Every pound raised throughout the partnership will help make a difference to the millions living with the terrible burden of heart and circulatory disease.”

For more than 50 years the BHF has pioneered research that’s transformed the lives of people living with heart and circulatory conditions. The charity’s work has been central to the discoveries of vital treatments that are changing the fight against cardiovascular disease.

But so many people still need help; from babies born with life-threatening heart problems to the many mums, dads and grandparents who survive a heart attack and endure the daily battles of heart failure. Join the BHF fight for every heartbeat in the UK. Every pound raised, minute of your time and donation to the BHF shops will help make a difference to people’s lives.

For more information on the BHF, visit bhf.org.uk

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