Welsh Hearts Competitors

Far too many of us have felt the pain of losing someone we love to cardiovascular disease, the world’s biggest killer. With your support, British Heart Foundation (BHF) powers groundbreaking research to save and improve lives. Since 1961, your support has helped us fund scientific breakthroughs that are keeping more families together today, from pacemaker technology and portable defibrillators to proving that statins can help save lives. And with your support, our ambitions for the years to come are even bolder. Every three minutes someone loses their life to cardiovascular disease in the UK. We’re dedicated to powering advances in cardiovascular science and healthcare that will bring us closer to the day that everyone has a healthier heart for longer. But we can’t do it without your support. Together, the next breakthroughs in diagnosing, treating, and preventing cardiovascular disease are in reach.

Heart Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fighting the single biggest killer of Australians – heart disease. For 60 years, we’ve led the battle to save lives and improve the heart health of all Australians through our work in research, support and prevention. Our vision is an Australia free of heart disease.

The Heart Foundation is New Zealand’s heart charity, leading the fight against our country’s single biggest killer – heart disease. We provide nationwide programmes, support, and resources to individuals and families in every community across New Zealand. Our purpose is to stop all people in New Zealand dying prematurely from heart disease and enable people with heart disease to live full lives. We want all people in New Zealand to live long and healthy lives, free from heart disease and safe from the sudden loss of a family member. Enabled by the support of our donors, we: • invest around $4million annually in heart research and world-class training • run nationwide heart disease education programmes in workplaces, communities, schools and early learning centres • provide online and phone support for people in New Zealand living with heart conditions • work with food industry to improve the quality of the New Zealand food supply • support health professionals in preventing and managing heart disease • build awareness and understanding of heart health through public campaigns and resources • advocate for measures that will improve the heart health of all people in New Zealand.