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spring | summer 2013

Adrian Purtell
Our first sports Ambassador see p3

this issue

Our founder retires 2 | Research grants 4-9 | Geoffs bike ride 13 | London Marathon 16-17 | Healthy curries 22 | Ben Nevis challenge 24 | Golden girl Hannah 26 | Healthy heart grants 28-35

Contents
Our sports ambassador 3 | Research grants 4 | Masterclass 5 | Project updates 6-8 | Childrens rehab 9 | Special people 10-12 | Geoffs bike ride 13 | Virgin London Marathon 16-17 | HRUK in the Midlands 18-21 | Healthy curries 22 | Brownie badge 23 | Ben Nevis challenge 24 | Company help 26-27 | Healthy heart grants 28-35 | How you can help 36 |

Special People

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Birthday

Fond farewell to HRUK Founder

Reaching his 90th birthday, was not just a celebration for David Watson, it was one for Heart Research UK, too. Together, we toasted his 45 years of service to the charity he set up, as the National Heart Research Fund, in 1967. Back in those days heart surgery was risky and difficult. We could put a man on the moon but little was being spent on research into heart disease and finding better treatments for what was, by far, the biggest killer in the UK. Mr Watson, a working heart surgeon, was tired of telling patients and their loved ones that there was nothing more he could do for them and decided something had to be done. His solution was to start a charity for the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease but, most importantly, for research into making heart surgery safer. Now Heart Research UK, the charity he founded in 1967 has played a major role in the fight against heart disease.

We started our lovely day with a gathering of past Trustees and friends, the current team and Board, at the HRUK headquarters in Leeds.

Development of a pioneering heart valve

A 45 year-old malt gets a smile

The MBE awarded to him in 2011

Special People

Adrian Purtell, our first sports Ambassador

We are very proud to announce our first-ever Heart Research UK sports Ambassador, Bradford Bulls Super League player, Adrian Purtell. Delighted, too, because Adrian has not only recovered from a heart attack in 2012, he is now back playing the sport he loves. His message to those who have been through a similar experience is:

Just stay positive. From the start I was upset at the prospect of not playing again but I did come to the view that if it happened it would not be the end of the world as I was still alive.
The moment he stood on the touchline waiting to come on for his first start against Hull Kingston Rovers at Odsal Stadium in March was very emotional.

Rewind to the Super League Magic Weekend at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester in May 2012 when Adrian complained of chest pains after playing in Bradfords defeat against Leeds. He became so unwell on the coach journey home that it diverted to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary on the club doctors instructions. Once wired up to an ECG, it confirmed Adrian had had a heart attack. There was disbelief that a fit young sportsman like Adrian could suffer a heart attack. Feeling alone in his hospital bed, he struggled to come to terms with the news.

The crowd were fantastic and gave me a standing ovation which was a very special moment for me, said Adrian.
His experiences make him the perfect choice to be our first Heart Research UK Ambassador, particularly, to help us educate people to live more active and healthier lifestyles.

I didnt really know how to take it. Was I going to play again, was I going to live? The first doctors I saw werent able to give me the answers I needed.
Adrian went through a series of MRI scans and regularly saw specialists in London where he was told there was slight scarring but the heart was otherwise functioning normally the sort of news he wanted to hear. The next few months saw the 28-year-old Aussie on the road to recovery and fitness as he pushed himself to a position where the specialists gave him the allclear to pull on his Bulls shirt again. As an athlete, Adrian was already looking after his body so he hasnt had to make dramatic changes to his regime, apart from cutting out the snacking, and eating oily fish once a week.

I can testify to the excellent treatment I received and it would be good to make sure that a great charity like Heart Research UK has the necessary support to continue funding medical research that helps to save lives.
Adrian has been true to his word and was our star attraction at the Yorkshire Helping Hearts Ball. Hes also on hand to support many of our Healthy Heart activities, helping people to live healthier, happier, longer lives. 3

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Researchgrants
HRUK Update On (NET) Grants
Our latest Novel and Emerging Technologies Grant was awarded to Professor Andrew Taylor of University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. This innovative project shows how engineers and doctors are working together to tackle heart disease and congenital heart problems. Professor Andrew Taylor University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust/ 186,101 - 36 months Producing realistic models of heart defects to improve outcomes for patients and for device testing

The Project Rapid prototyping is an advanced engineering technique that can create a three-dimensional (3D) model from digital images using a layer-bylayer printing process. This versatile technology has a wide range of uses, from industrial design to archaeology and forensics. It is also useful in medicine in areas such as bone modelling, teeth implants and cardiology. These models can help with surgical planning and allow medical staff to practice and implants to be refined. However, cardiac models produced so far have been over-simplified and made from rigid materials and so do not have life-like properties. Also, most of these models have been based on adult patients, although children born with heart defects and adults, who have had very complex surgery for such defects as infants, would especially benefit from the additional information provided by these models. The Work This project combines cardiology and engineering and will create a library of realistic 3D cardiac models based on 60 different conditions and heart defects that are present from birth. These detailed structural models will be made available to surgeons and cardiologists and are expected to bring a number of important benefits.

The Benefits Patients with congenital heart disease often need to undergo complex procedures to correct the defect. These models will be unique to each patient and will help clinicians to select which patients are most suitable for particular treatments. Also, the models may help with surgical planning, allowing clinicians to establish and rehearse the best way to carry out a procedure, thus reducing time in the operating theatre and improving outcomes for patients. These models may also contribute towards the development of better treatments, including new devices and potentially surgical procedures. They will also provide an important educational and training tool for surgeons, cardiologists, researchers and medical students.

Research Grants

Master Class

Our Unique Master Class Series

In 2012, we decided that, as well as funding medical research we would like to do our bit for clinicians who are helping hearts - doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians and more to hone their skills and improve their knowledge in their specialised fields. Thats when we came up with our unique Master Class series, designed to fill gaps in existing training or offer additional, targeted courses, all paid for by Heart Research UK and, free to attendees.

Building on Master Class Success

Last years Heart Research UKs first-ever Master Class was such a success that we ran another. Again led by David Taggart, Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Oxford and Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at John Radcliffe Hospital. Trainee cardiothoracic surgeons, from across the country learned the latest techniques in coronary artery bypass surgery from UK and European experts. The beauty of bringing them all together is that they can now use their newfound knowledge of state-of-the-art techniques from this Master Class in their own local hospitals all paid for by Heart Research UK. Why? because we want more patients, locally, not just in centres of excellence, to benefit from their local clinicians improved expertise. We were delighted to welcome some of Europes most respected lecturers, cardiologists and surgeons. From Belgium, Prof Paul Sergeant, Leuven and Prof Davide Glineur , Brussells; Prof Massimo Lemma, Milan; Prof Giuseppe Tavilla, Nijmegen in the Netherlands; Mr Joseph Zacharias, Blackpool and, of course the eightstrong team from John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford including the class organiser, Prof David Taggart. We were also joined by Prof Steve Westaby who added light relief at the end of the first day with amusing anecdotes and reminiscences from his life as a pioneering heart surgeon. Thanks to the trainees from Bristol, Blackpool, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, four hospitals in London, Manchester and Southampton who gave up their weekend to add to their knowledge, skills and expertise.

Next Master Class

A new Master Class in 2013 at the Cardiac MRI Unit, at Leeds General Infirmary will, indeed, be a first as it will have live cases and hands-on scanning experience for all delegates. Led by Consultant Cardiologists, Dr Sven Plein and Dr John Greenwood, the class on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for Coronary Heart Disease is a great opportunity for radiologists and cardiologists to hear world-renowned specialists in their field. Places are free and allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. If you are interested in joining this Master Class, visit our website or contact Helen Wilson on 0113 234 7474.

More grant info on our website www.heartresearch.org.uk/research

Project Updates
Research Training Fellowships

Heart Research UK makes sure that the money donated by our supporters is being spent on medical research projects. We get regular progress reports from our researchers and, at the end of their project, a final report that spells out what they have and achieved. Here are the latest:

Over recent years, Heart Research UK has awarded special grants to high-calibre and talented clinicians through Research Training Fellowships which give them the opportunity to enhance their career by learning new techniques and gaining invaluable research skills. John Wild and Simon Duggan give us their reports.

Investigating the genes involved in abdominal aortic aneurysm Dr John Wild, University of Leicester - 49,000 An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a progressive ballooning of part of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. It extends from the heart to the abdomen and it is within the abdomen that this enlargement occurs. The wall of the aneurysm is weaker than a normal artery and may not be able to withstand the pressure of blood inside. The main concern is that the aneurysm may rupture, causing severe internal bleeding, which is fatal in more than 80% of cases. The risk of AAA increases with age and is more common in men, affecting up to eight in 100 men over the age of 65. The reasons why some people develop aneurysms are unclear. Recently, large multinational studies have been carried out where thousands of people with a particular disease have a set of DNA markers examined and compared to the DNA of thousands of people without the disease, to identify genetic differences. These studies, known as genome

wide association studies (GWAS), have been used to discover a wide range of genetic markers that have linked genes with particular diseases. It is hoped that in the future it will be possible to use this marker, along with others, to calculate the risk of a patient suffering from an AAA and improve the monitoring of aneurysms, so reducing the need for multiple hospital visits and costly radiological scans. By identifying those at risk at an earlier stage, patients may be given lifesaving aneurysm repair surgery to prevent the weakened aorta from rupturing. Results This research has shown the importance of the LRP1 gene in AAA and that this association is not due to lower blood levels of LRP1 in people with AAA. The Leicester team will now investigate the link between the LRP1 gene and AAA and the work has led to collaboration with other groups in the UK, Denmark and New Zealand.

My fellowship provided me with an excellent opportunity to conduct the research and I am extremely grateful to HRUK for all of their support in allowing me to do this.

Research Grants

Mr Simon Duggan, Bristol Heart Institute 117,000 During atherosclerosis, fat and cholesterol build up on the lining of arteries in the heart. This is called coronary artery disease and as the disease progresses the arteries of the heart become narrowed, restricting blood flow to the heart muscle which can cause angina and, in serious cases, a heart attack. Treatments such as angioplasty and heart bypass surgery can restore the blood supply to the heart but, in doing so, can lead to unwanted, irreversible heart damage known as reperfusion injury. Small structures inside cells called mitochondria act as the powerhouses of the heart, burning fuels such as glucose to provide energy for the cells and powering every heartbeat. However, under certain conditions these reactions can become unbalanced leading to harmful levels of these reactive by-products a state known as oxidative stress. Reperfusion injury is partly triggered by oxidative stress in heart cells which in turn damages the mitochondria. Coronary artery disease influences the level of oxidative stress in heart cells and, therefore, the mitochondria but, until now, research has been limited to studying normal hearts. This project has been investigating this further with a new experimental model which closely mimics coronary artery disease in humans. Results Using special techniques to monitor heart cell activity, Mr Duggan showed that, as coronary artery disease progressed, there were signs that the heart cells adapted and became more resistant to reperfusion injury compared with healthy hearts. Interestingly, this adaptation in diseased hearts was associated with changes in

the shape and activity of the mitochondria. The research provided crucial information and gives us a better understanding of the changes in the heart caused by coronary artery disease. In the future, this may lead to better treatments that target the mitochondria, to protect the hearts of patients undergoing heart surgery and angioplasty.

I was honoured and grateful to receive this prestigious Heart Research UK Fellowship. I would like to thank HRUKs generous donors and, also, acknowledge the continued guidance, support and inspiration of my academic supervisors Professors Saadeh Suleiman and Gianni Angelini.

Apply for a grant www.heartresearch.org.uk/grants

Developing a new technique for testing anti-arrhythmic drugs

Dr Christopher George at Cardiff Universitys Wales Heart Research Institute was awarded a 230,000, Novel and Emerging Technologies Grant to develop a new way of screening antiarrhythmic drugs.

Why the project was needed Problems with the heart rhythm, called arrhythmias, can result in un-coordinated heart muscle contractions. Depending on the severity and type, cardiac arrhythmias can lessen the quality or length of a persons life. In some cases, it can even cause sudden death. Cardiac arrhythmias are extremely common and can be treated by a range of drugs known as anti-arrhythmics. However, sometimes these drugs are not very effective, and in some cases they can actually make things worse. So why is it proving so difficult to find better drugs and eliminate those that have harmful side effects? The problem is that there are no good early warning systems for testing whether antiarrhythmics will be effective or whether they will make things worse in any given situation. Therefore, to find new and better drugs, we must develop better ways of screening them. In heart disease, the organisation of calcium signals in heart cells becomes disrupted and normal heart rhythm breaks down. What they did Dr George and his team developed a test that measures these calcium signals in normal and diseased situations. They also studied how anti-arrhythmic drugs interfere with the pattern and organisation of the calcium signals. Using sophisticated microscopes, they looked inside large networks of heart cells that had formed beating units in the lab and measured the patterning of the calcium signals after they had been treated with anti-arrhythmic drugs. The team developed a way of analysing this information to tell whether the calcium signalling profile suggested that a drug was likely to be safe or not.

How it will help This information puts us in a much better position to identify drugs that may cause arrhythmias and damage the heart. Importantly, we can use this knowledge to begin designing new drugs that do not disrupt the calcium signals. This may lead to new heart drugs that are not only safer, but that will work much more effectively to restore normal heart rhythm in patients.

Dr George said: The NET grant from Heart Research UK allowed us to take important steps towards redefining the way in which we assess the efficacy and potential hazards of cardiovascular drugs. The award gave us the time and resource to design new approaches for interpreting the tell-tale signals that drugs produce in populations of heart cells. By decoding these signals, and looking at the way in which signals from multiple cells weave together, we can now identify whether a drug is likely to be harmful or beneficial, even if the cells show no outward sign of damage or distress. This new advance will help develop the next generation of better, safer cardiovascular drugs.

Research Grants

Childrens Rehabilitation
Currently, if an adult suffers a heart attack or is hospitalised through heart problems, they leave fully informed about the type of diet, exercise and general lifestyle regime they should follow as well as being offered a full rehabilitation programme - but with youngsters, this rarely happens. Here Richard Horn from the Childrens Health & Exercise Research Centre at the University of Exeter explains how a new project will develop a rehabilitation toolkit for children who have undergone heart surgery or who are living with a congenital heart condition, thanks to a 42,000 grant from Heart Research UK. Improving exercise advice for young people with a congenital heart condition For children and adolescents, taking part in sports and other physical activities should be an enjoyable part of daily life. There is now a great deal of scientific evidence that regular exercise in childhood has many benefits, including healthy development of the musculoskeletal system, body composition, coordination, flexibility, social skills and psychological wellbeing. There is also considerable evidence that a sedentary lifestyle carries long term risks to health. Clearly, it is important that all children, including those with an underlying medical condition, are encouraged to participate fully in sporting activities. Unfortunately, for many children growing up with a heart condition, taking exercise may be a source of stress and anxiety. How do you know if a particular activity is advisable? What intensity of exercise is safe? Is it possible to modify, or opt out, of sporting activities at school, without drawing attention to what many feel is private medical information? Could exercise help to reduce the symptoms caused by a cardiac condition? Most people rely primarily on health care professionals, such as cardiac consultants and specialist nurses, to provide them with advice about exercise. However, several studies have revealed a significant mismatch between the medical opinions of clinicians and the understanding of young people and their parents. This breakdown in communication results in many young people leading a sedentary lifestyle, unnecessarily restricted from participation. Perhaps more worryingly, there is also evidence that some children, unaware of recommended restrictions, are taking part in physical activities which are potentially harmful to their health. My project is based at the Childrens Health and Exercise Research Centre in the University of Exeter, with links to the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and aims to improve the advice about exercise given to children with a congenital heart condition. Having reviewed all the relevant scientific literature to review the evidence for promoting a physically active lifestyle to children with specific cardiac conditions, I am also conducting a survey of health care professionals to assess the current information about exercise and to determine what obstacles may be preventing clinicians from providing more detailed, comprehensive advice. Also, I will investigate the experience of patients and their families, to develop a clearer understanding of the current gap in provision. For the vast majority of children, physical activity at an appropriate level is not only safe, it is positively beneficial and should be seen as an enjoyable part of everyday life. By improving the understanding of how an individuals heart condition affects their ability to exercise safely we hope to promote a more active lifestyle and help children to live healthier, happier, longer lives. 9

More grant info on our website www.heartresearch.org.uk/research

Dannys inspiration
Sports journalism student, Danny Roberts, attended our photocall with Adrian Purtell to announce the rugby player becoming a Heart Research UK ambassador. Danny, whos studying at Leeds Trinity University, has an avid interest in all things sport and is a firm believer in leading a healthy lifestyle. He currently writes freelance articles for Forty-20 rugby league magazine, appears on Bolton FM as a rugby league correspondent and is the media liaison officer at Westhoughton Lions RLFC. Adrian Purtell is just one of the many amazing people to overcome heart problems and the first of, what I think will be many, willing, high profile ambassadors for Heart Research UK. Having met both Adrian and Heart Research UKs National Director, Barbara Harpham, and Communications Manager, Chris Child, I know that this partnership can only inspire their many followers to lead healthy lifestyles. In some cases, heart attacks can be freak occurrences, as in Adrians case. However, leading a healthy lifestyle is something that Heart Research UK is keen to promote and something that I think we should all take heed of. Having a heart attack doesnt have to be the end of life as you know it, with charities such as Heart Research UK leading the way in researching how to help people suffering heart conditions, we can all rest easy knowing that help is available to anyone that may need it now or in the future. Seeing Adrian overcome this adversity to play for Bradford Bulls once more is inspirational to all and, since meeting Heart Research UK, I have been inspired day-in-dayout to live and eat healthily and stay active. I think Heart Research UK has taught me and many others that if you live a healthy heart lifestyle, you can avoid these occurrences. Whilst writing this piece, Ive thought of a phrase that, I believe, sums up Heart Research UKs message: If you look after your heart, your heart will look after you.

Come dine with Helen

Helen Khan, from Bristol, has already raised over 500 for Heart Research UKs pioneering research by putting on two dinners and encouraging online donations. After a series of heart operations from a young age, at 18, she was diagnosed with infective endocarditis, has had three open heart operations and, at the age of 38, lives with an artificial mitral valve replacement.

Having experienced open heart surgery and the fantastic care the Bristol team have taken of me, I have been inspired to raise money for Heart Research UKs research projects. As a patient Ive seen such progress in cardiac care over 20 years that was made possible with funding from charities like Heart Research UK.

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Fundraising challenges

Kilimanjaro challenge for our brave walkers

Family heart attacks prompt challenge Heather Laing remained positive after her mother and grandmother suffered heart attacks by deciding to climb Africas highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. Heather, a doctor from Portsmouth, and her two school friends Carrie and Kate, set out on a trek of a lifetime in memory of Heathers grandmother, who died in 1990 when Heather was just two years old. Heathers mother also suffered a heart attack three years ago but, thankfully, has made an excellent recovery with no problems since. to reach the glaciers that led up to Uhuru. Looking back, Heather described their adventure as an amazing experience.

I loved every part of it and still smile every time I think about it. Im looking forward to the next adventure and want to do the Inca trail in 2014.
Heather (centre) with Carrie and Kate

The six-day trek took in the Rongai route up Kilimanjaro and passed through farmland to forest to alpine moorland and harsh, dry desert 3,000 target for Melanie Prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease is close to home for Melanie Langer after her father suffered a fatal cardiac arrest and other members of her family live with heart disease. Inspired by Heart Research UKs work, Melanie was excited by the potential of research to not only save lives, but also improve the quality of life for those who are living with heart conditions. Four years ago, Melanie set an ambitious goal to raise 3,000 for Heart Research UK and, since then, she has been amazed at how many people have got involved in her fundraising. Peoples response to this cause has been fantastic and I think the fact that we have been able to raise this amount speaks volumes for how HRUK is highly valued, said Melanie. Friends have been helping her reach her target with lots of local events and activities. Even the local golf course got involved, allowing the use of their pitch and putt course for three consecutive years to host an annual pitch and putt tournament.

Heather chose to support Heart Research UK because she feels that, although research into heart disease has progressed and brought about more effective treatment, it still needs more support than ever.

Melanie at the summit

Melanie was also sponsored to climb Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this year, close to the fifth anniversary of her fathers death. It was an emotional experience, The journey to the summit was challenging but to raising funds for Heart Research made it a meaningful and rewarding experience. Thanks, everyone, for helping me to reaching the 3,000 target. Its been a team effort and an achievement we can all be proud of.

To raise money for us see our website www.heartresearch.org.uk

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Helping hearts in Brighton

Were very grateful to John and Marie Carey who raised over 1 ,500 for Heart Research UK running the Brighton Marathon. Johns father unfortunately suffered with heart problems later in life and Maries mother is sadly terminally ill with chronic heart disease.

Running 26.2 miles is a very, very long way but we wanted to challenge ourselves as well as raising money for a charity which is important to us. Its not just the elderly who are affected by heart disease and we tragically also lost a dear friend, in the prime of his life, a couple of years ago. We understand that times are difficult for many of us at the moment, but even the smallest donation will go a long way to helping fund HRUKs pioneering medical research.

Theyre still taking donations at:

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/MarieCarey1

The Art of Nigel

Nigel Jeavons from Brentwood, Essex, is not just a full-time kitchen designer. In his spare time, hes an accomplished artist who has created a piece, You and Me, currently being sold on Easyart.

Nigel feels its important to continue helping hearts, as his father and grandfather both died from heart failure at the age of 67. A generous 50% of his sale royalties is going to Heart Research UK.

His donation will really help us to continue our work into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease. Have a look at this and more of Nigels work on Easyart, a site that prints it on demand after purchase, then directly dispatches it to the customer. Look also on the Saatchi websites.

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Fundraising challenges

Geoff Major bike ride

Seventh heaven for Geoff Geoff Major never does anything by halves. The fundraising adventurer has already raised money for Heart Research UK on a ski-trek to the North Pole and back as well as cycling across Cuba and, later this year, hes trekking across the Sahara Desert. So when he tackled a mini challenge in between his North Pole and Sahara expeditions, we knew it would be something unusual a ride across Yorkshire on a circular bicycle built for seven. Geoffs four-day UK Mini Tour, travelled 160 miles across Yorkshire covering an average 40 miles per day over four legs - from York to Manchester and Boltons Hospice and back. Geoff was there the whole time and, along the way, was joined by 24 other people, including Heart Research UKs Chris Child, and Finance executive, Karen Murphy, cycling from York to Wetherby with Lifestyle Officer, Katharine Greathead, and PR Officer Faye Keatley pedalling into Leeds. Geoff started supporting Heart Research UK because a family member had a heart attack but survived thanks to a triple heart bypass operation that Geoff believes would not have been possible without the pioneering work of Heart Research UK.

Although great progress has been made, heart disease remains one of the UKs most significant health issues but I have seen, first-hand, the benefits to my family.
But it doesnt stop there. The bike ride is one of his two challenges for 2013 and this tour is simply a training exercise for two bigger tours that Geoff plans to complete on the seven-seater Conference Bike in the future. In between hell be doing a 105km trek on foot across the Sahara desert in October. Good luck Geoff!

The 8,000 bike, known as the Conference Bike was donated free of charge for Geoffs challenge by the Get Cycling bicycle shop in York who encouraged him to also raise funds for their charity of the year, Disability Action Yorkshire, Muscular Dystrophy and Heart Research UK.

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Wetherby District Lions Club, Wetherby | 500 Quiz Peter Beaver, Bexley Heath | 10 Dry January Hazel Forrest, Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 20 Church Coffee Morning Thirsk School and Sixth Form College, Thirsk | 24.97 Annual Charity Fayre Brian Cooke, Loughborough | 30 Birthday Donation Hemel Hempstead Tangent Club | 200 Charity of the Year Burgh Charity Bingo Club, Lincolnshire | 78.96 Donation from winnings Preston College, Preston | 121.31 Digital and Creative Student Fundraising ASDA Killingbeck, Leeds | 50 - Community Charity Donation ASDA Morley, Leeds | 200 - Community Charity Donation ASDA Bradford | 200 - Community Charity Donation Anne McKay, Glasgow | 60 - Donation from Raffle virtualDCS, Leeds | 315 Donations from Buy Yorkshire raffle

Remembering loved ones

Heart Research UK would like to give a special thank you to those who have donated in memory of the following loved ones: David Sharp | Brain Howell | Mabel Roden | Victor Ashton | Roy Raby | Mr A Brooke | James Henderson | Ronnie Cust | Geoffrey Hutchinson | Leslie Kenningham | Albert Padmore | Lily Acklam | Alfred Minton | Amy ODonnell | Ralph Parish | Jane Holmes | Paul Anthony Waite | Les Williams | Mrs Marsil | Sir James McKenzie | Bessie Harvey | Ethel Whitteron | Diana Margaret Regan A special thanks to those who remembered the following with particularly generous donations: Raju Patel | Gordon Ramsey | Authur James Mee

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Special People

Shadwell Primary School Big Bake

At the end of their Health Week, pupils at Shadwell Primary School in Leeds deserved a little treat after being so healthy and, at the same time, raised 505.70 in a homemade cake sale for Heart Research UK. This is not the first time that the school has helped raised money for Heart Research UK. In previous years theyve also taken part in Heart Research UKs annual Sing for your Heart. HRUKs Lifestyle Officer, Katharine Greathead regularly goes into the school to speak about Healthy Hearts and how to keep them fit and well, inspiring the children to support Heart Research UK.

Lincolnshire Lionhearts
Its a real honour to have been chosen by the Lions District 105E in Lincolnshire as their charity of the year. Heart Research UK holds a special place in the Lions members hearts as friend and fellow Lion, Tim Barker, sadly died from a heart attack two years ago. His death had a profound effect on everyone and they have been working hard since 2012 to raise money. Over 200 Lions attended the District Convention where there were business sessions, workshops and seminars, promotional stalls for the various Lions programmes and initiatives, plus the Heart Research UK stall manned by Heart Research UK Fundraiser, Lynne Desborough. A Murder Mystery- themed evening and a Banquet & Ball were just some other highlights from their activities. District Governor, Michael Philips and his wife, Patricia, were also affected with family heart problems when their son, Christopher, suffered a heart attack, aged 40, and had two stents fitted, thankfully making a complete recovery. We became more aware of other friends, young children and members of the Lions family with heart-related problems and decided we would like to raise funds for medical research. We hope that funds raised from the District Governors wifes appeal for Heart Research UK will make a real difference. Lions are members of Lions Clubs International, the worlds largest voluntary humanitarian service organisation with 46,000 clubs and 1.3 million members worldwide.

MAD Ball
Dina Patel, Store Franchisee and Sandy Patel, Field Consultant for SUBWAY stores in the Reading area raised over 10,000 for the Heart Research UK and SUBWAY Healthy Heart Grant scheme a magnificent achievement. Their fantastic fundraising total was achieved through the Make a Difference (MAD) Ball held on Saturday 2 May at the Hilton Hotel in Watford. SUBWAY franchisees, friends and family were all there in support, and generous donations from Barclays Bank and Tesh and Jit Patel, SUBWAY Brand development agents, all helped to make the night a huge success. Dina Patel said:

We had a great evening and managed to raise a significant amount of money for a fantastic good cause. We have some exciting plans ahead including hopes to hold another ball next year. Wed like to thank everyone involved.

Want to raise funds for us? Please call 0113 234 7474

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Virgin London London Marathon

It was a fantastic day and lovely weather - for our 22-strong Heart Research UK London Marathon Team. The runners were greeted on the day by blissful sunshine to complete their 26mile run with 36,000 others from all over the UK and the world. The day was a great success with all our runners finishing in good time and good health. Congratulations to all our runners, you did HRUK and yourselves proud.

Stuart Obbard
4 hrs 30 mins
Stuart, 32, from Kent, ran the marathon for the first time this year as a number of his relatives have been seriously affected by heart disease and high cholesterol, including Stuarts dad who died of a heart attack in 2011, aged just 61. I am feeling proud of myself as I have now completed a life goal but it hasnt completely sunk in yet. Everyone that came out to cheer runners on did London and the country proud. As the saying goes it was The Great British Spirit. Would I do it again? That is easy.... Yes!

Louise Pinder
4 hrs 31 mins
Louise from Mirfield ran for the first time to combat her very strong family history of heart problems by staying fit and healthy as well as to give something back to Heart Research UK. I absolutely loved the whole day from the beginning to the end and the atmosphere on the course was amazing. The hardest bit was at 20 miles when my knee injury started playing up but I had to push on with it to the end as I had made a promise to myself I would run the whole way to repay all the people who had so generously donated to the charity.

Kat MacKenzie
4 hrs 23 mins
Kat, 32, from London took part in her first-ever London Marathon in memory of much loved Teesside skateboarder and friend, Steve Bingo Binks, who died from a sudden heart attack in 2011, aged just 35. Kat wanted to raise money so that others can avoid the same fate as Bingo. I had an absolutely fantastic time running the London Marathon to raise money for Heart Research UK and can count the experience as one of the best days of my life! I am so proud to have raised money through this challenge and already want to do it all next year.

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Virgin London Marathon runners

Marathon runners do us proud

Paul Langford
5 hrs 33 mins
Paul, 31, from Portsmouth ran the Virgin London Marathon for the third year in a row to raise money for Heart Research UK after heart-related illnesses struck family members. The crowds really helped to pull me through the last eight miles or so when the going got really tough. I made it to the end quicker than my previous two years and I managed to raise around 1600 for Heart Research along the way. It was one of my proudest days so far, without doubt..

Monika Tamics
6 hrs 18 mins
Monika, another first timer, whose father has suffered with heart problems for some time, has supported Heart Research UK in the past by running the Great North Run. The London Marathon is a must if you enjoy running. Until you have done one, you dont really know what to expect. I got injured quite early on and it got worse by every km, but it was an amazing experience and Im really proud that I managed to finish.

Well done to all of our other runners:

5 hrs 21 mins

Sophie Amor
4 hrs 45 mins

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Haj Atwal Anna Atwal Martin Carter

4 hrs 56 mins

4 hrs 44 mins 3 hrs 49 mins

Graeme Dearie
4 hrs 55 mins

Nigel Dewey Kevin Johnson Daryl Jones

6 hrs 16 mins

3 hrs 42 mins

4 hrs 41 mins

Maz Michaelas Simon and Ben Mortimer Kenny Murray Liam Nolan Thomas Pearson
5 hrs 46 mins

4 hrs 17 mins

4 hrs 23 mins 5 hrs 41 mins

Oliver Pratt
4 hrs 11 mins

Derek Wilks
3 hrs 41 mins

Tina Woods
5 hrs 5 mins

Fancy doing the Great North Run? www.heartresearch.org.uk/events/

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Helping hearts record at Deutsche Bank

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This must be a Midlands record, said Barbara Dinsdale, HR UK Lifestyle Manager, when more than 90 Deutsche Bank staff at the Birmingham Brindley Place and Baskerville House branches took the opportunity to have a healthy heart lifestyle check. It was all part of our long-standing relationship with Deutsche Bank, and was a great way, over the two days, to help them celebrate Earth Week. Its the sort of event that shows people just how healthy their current lifestyle really is and , along the way, teaches people about Heart Research UKs work. It was also a new experience and change from their normal office activities for new members of the Midlands team - Joanne Taylor and Maisie Hunspal - who helped with the one-to-one consultants, taking BMI measurements, blood pressure and completing questionnaires.

Chicken and egg at the Holiday Inn

Our new partnership with the Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham started with a surprise for John Lloyd, Regional Manager of Heart Research UK in the Midlands and Sheila Kelly-Trow from Gem Media. No, not the eggs, but meeting a giant chicken who presented them with their Easter treats before flying off to meet other Birmingham VIPs.

Wedding Bells
Weddings are about love and your heart so it not unusual to find Heart Research UK exhibiting at the Wedding Show hosted by Smallbrook Holiday Inn. It was an ideal opportunity to raise awareness of the charity, as well showcasing Mother of the Bride outfits from HRUK supporter B.O.W (Beautiful Occasion Wear). Britains top watercolour artist, Sue Howells also donated a limited edition Love Your Heart print for the raffle which was won by the DJ performing at the event. He was so pleased that he very kindly donated the prize back to the charity as well as offering his services and raffle prizes at other HRUK events. We had another lovely offer, too, when fantastic magician, John Parkin, also generously offered his services at future HRUK events.

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Community matters to Waitrose

In one month, two Waitrose stores raised nearly 1,000 for Heart Research UK to add to the thousands already raised in our on-going relationship with local stores. A bag pack at Harborne Waitrose by HRUK Midlands staff and volunteers on Good Friday, one of the busiest days of the Easter period, raised a fantastic 750.00. HRUK was also chosen, not for the first time, for the Waitrose Community Matters Scheme at the Sutton Coldfield branch in February, giving 200 for projects in the Midlands.

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Ladies Lunch at Chamberlains

Family-run Chamberlains restaurant warmly welcomed over 20 ladies to a special Fish and Chip lunch with talks and raffle and, at the same time, helped to raise a brilliant total of 848.00. Our latest event at their popular restaurant was organised by Heart Research UK and Sheila Kelly-Trow from local magazine, Gem Media. John Lloyd, our Regional Manager explained how Heart Research UK raises money locally and spends it locally and has paid for a project at Birmingham Childrens Hospital. Guest speakers, up and coming childrens author, Carmen Capuano, and personal stylist Libby Walton from Styling You, made it the perfect Ladies Lunch. A big thank you to Angela Houston from Floral Scenter of Station Road, Harborne for donating a beautiful basket of flowers and to Vivien Siberry-Scott from Jewellers, Sutton and Robertsons of Corporation Street, Birmingham who donated a lovely pair of cufflinks for the raffle. Look out for more HRUK events held at Chamberlains over the coming year including a Family Fun Day. For every healthy options meal bought the grilled fish salad - Chamberlains give a 50p donation to Heart Research UK.

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Contact our Midlands office on 0121 454 1799

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Heart and Soul for Ethan

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Fans travelled from as far away as Hartlepool to Calthorpe Old Boys Club in Digbeth, Birmingham for their musical passion and raised money for HRUK and Ethans Gift. Many even dressed up for their trip down memory lane. Organised by Andrew Marshall, father of the late Ethan Marshall, who was just three when he died from heart problems, Heart and Soul was an enthusiasts perfect night of Northern Soul. More than 100 guests, along with Andrew and other family members and friends, danced the night away and raised 2,000. Andrew was overwhelmed with their support and said how all proceeds from the dance would go towards projects at The Birmingham Childrens Hospital Cardiac Unit. John Lloyd, Midlands Regional Manager, HRUK, said: It was a great way to remember Ethan. The generosity of

all those who came along reflected just how much they cared.

Check

www.heartresearch.org.uk /midlands/

for the next Northern Soul night in the autumn.

Father and son team

Congratulations to father and son Simon and Ben Mortimer from Birmingham who completed the Virgin London Marathon 2013 in just over four hours and 17 minutes. Simon, a solicitor in Birmingham City Councils criminal prosecutions team, and his son Ben, events assistant at St Philips Chambers in Temple Row, are hoping to raise 4,000 for Heart Research UK. You can still contribute on:

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Thanks
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Mr & Mrs Martin and Vivienne Smith, Manchester 500
60th birthday donation their son recently had surgery for aortic stenosis and an aortic mechanical heart valve. We realise that without the research that a charity like yours carries out he may not have been fortunate enough to have had this surgery, they said.

Thank you for the kind donations in memory of the following: Dorothy Arnold, 1000 | Eddie Smith, 112.29 | George Nixon, 50

Trip to the Lords

We recently auctioned a trip for four to the House of Lords and it was won by Mrs Heidi Kubik with a bid of 300. She was shown round by Baroness Frances D Souza the Lords Speaker who gave them tea. In addition Heidi wanted to take her mum and donated a further 100. Said Heidi: Baroness

de Souza was absolutely charming. We had a fabulous day and learnt so much.

Dinner at Emporio Maria

Emporio Maria Italian restaurant in Harborne hosted a dinner. A big thank you to all of its staff, GEM Media who arranged the dinner and to everyone who came along to this really enjoyable night that raised 511.

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Look what weve been up to

Curry can love your heart
Curries have become a much loved part of the British diet so we, at Heart Research UK, were delighted to support Abdul with something that would encourage people to eat a healthier version of their favourite Asian dish, especially healthier options at his Indian takeaways. Abdul didnt want to simply add less cream and went through the process properly, developing a range that delivered on taste and quality, while also being healthier. He created four special dishes, analysed by a food scientist to ensure they meet the requirements of reduced amount of salt, saturated fat and calories in his healthy options range Lamb Nihari, Chicken Khyber, Chicken Massala and Chicken Balti. Theyre a must for health conscious curry lovers.

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Most of us love a curry but does a curry really love us? Abdul Ghafoor, who runs Abduls Indian takeaways in Wakefield and Pontefract, recognised a gap in the market and wanted to change perceptions of fast food such as curries always being classed as bad for you.

Hartley is a star performer

Our hearty mascot Hartley has been out and about getting himself in the limelight over the past few months. His first outing was in a half-time friendly match with other mascots including Towns Terrier at the Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City game. Our thanks go to Lupton Fawcetts Samantha Thorpe for being Hartley on that cold February day. She really got into the spirit of the occasion. Hartley joined the Castleford Tigers Healthy Heart Grant recipients on the pitch at their game against London Broncos. The clubs Community Trust has been running a project to teach schoolchildren how to look after their hearts. Keighley youngster, Josh Hudson put his heart condition to one side running the Sue Ryder Mascot Gold Cup at Wetherby racecourse dressed as our mascot Hartley. Josh has been through a lot during his young life having a series of operations after being born with the rare transposition of the arteries in his heart. He is one of the few people to live past the age of eight with this condition and hes still to have surgery to correct a leaking heart valve. Well done and thanks, Josh who raised over 100.

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We had a ball

This years Helping Hearts Ball, held at picturesque Oulton Hall, was a night of glitz and glamour, raising thousands of pounds for HRUK. After a champagne reception, National Director, Barbara Harpham, welcomed the guests and at the end of the meal our new sports Ambassador, Bradford Bulls Rugby League player Adrian Purtell, told everyone about his amazing return to the field following his heart attack.

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Brownies helping their hearts

We all know how important it is to get good healthy heart messages out there to young people and Brownies up and down the country are discovering that youre never too young to look after your heart by completing their Healthy Heart activity badge. Teaming up with Girlguiding UK, we helped to create the Healthy Heart activity badge that teaches the youngsters how to keep their hearts healthy through good diet, exercise and not smoking. Its the perfect way to educate children and also hope that they pass on good healthy practices to their friends and families. More than 20,000 Brownies across the country have already completed the badge which has been running for five years. The 6th Wetherby Brownies in Yorkshire is one group which has just completed the badge. The 21 youngsters had to create healthy heart posters, plan and prepare a healthy packed lunch, understand the importance of exercise, create healthy heart games and learn about the dangers of smoking and the damage it does to the heart. Group leader, Fiona Jones, said she felt they almost had a duty to help the girls live a healthy lifestyle to pass on good habits to the next generation. Hilary Cooper Chief Commissioner for Girlguiding North East England said:

It is very important for all the Brownies to have an understanding of how they can live the happiest, healthiest life possible and this badge is a fun way for them to get the message and then to spread it to lots of people they know.
Brownie leaders wanting to know more about the Healthy Heart badge should contact our Lifestyle team for a support pack on 0113 297 6206

For more people stories www.heartresearch.org.uk/

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events
HRUK
At 1,344 metres (4,409 ft) above sea level, in the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William, Ben Nevis has spectacular and dramatic views of the Highlands & Western Isles and were very excited to bring you our very first Ben Nevis Challenge on 11-13 October. Theres no climbing involved, you will follow a path, over uneven terrain at times, rising gradually in places with steeper and rocky sections and guides will be on hand throughout the day to support and assist you.

Run, walk, sing for your heart

Climbing Ben Nevis is a real challenge, not something to be taken lightly but what an achievement! By taking part, not only will you be helping a very worthy cause but youll be committing to an active and healthier lifestyle in the process. I am excited to be supporting Heart Research UKs first Ben Nevis Challenge and I wish all the hikers the best of luck with their adventure. The weekend starts with a coach transfer between Glasgow and Fort William on the Friday afternoon, then two nights hotel accommodation in Fort William including all meals and a celebration party on the Saturday evening as well as full support from Heart Research UK with t-shirts, sponsor forms and fundraising ideas and top tips. All this for a non-refundable entry fee of 50 and your pledge to raise a minimum of 500 (not including Gift Aid) for Heart Research UK - 200 of this to be raised by 15 September 2013. Go on, get your walking boots on and put your best foot forward and register now for this fun weekend where youll reach the summit of the highest mountain in the UK and help us to raise much-needed funds for the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease.

How about a Ben Nevis challenge?

Were delighted, too, that famous mountaineer, Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, will be supporting our walkers on their trek to the top of Ben Nevis.

Contact Lynne, for further information or to register, on 0113 234 7474 or email

fundraising@heartresearch.org.uk.

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HRUK SUBWAY Helping Hearts family 5Ks

Following on the success of the first HRUK Subway 5km event in Belfast last year, weve once again teamed up with SUBWAY to bring you, not one but six, HRUK SUBWAY Helping Hearts Family 5K fun runs all over the UK. Roundhay Park, Leeds, the home of HRUK, was the first in the series and hundreds of local families ran, strolled and pushed prams all the way to the finish line, to raise funds for Heart Research UK. Star guest, SUBWAY Famous Fan and Olympic gymnast, Louis Smith, was also there to inspire local families to get healthy and active.After the fun run, competitors were greeted by family and friends to enjoy a free family fun day, entertainment, family games, face-paint and a picnic. Following the first event in Leeds, the HRUK SUBWAY Helping Hearts Family 5K will be touring the UK heading to Lanarkshire (7 July), Cardiff (11 August) Maidstone (1 September), Belfast (8 September) and Manchester(29 September). The races are open to the whole family, whether you are a novice or just want to beat your personal best. The events are free for children and 5.99 for adults, with all money raised going towards the Heart Research UK and SUBWAY Healthy Heart Grant scheme. For more information or to register please visit

www.heartresearch.org.uk/events/subwayfamily5k
See you there!

Start planning to Sing for your heart

Christmas is a long way away but its never too early to start planning what youre going to do for Sing for your Heart 2013. Our festive fundraiser gets better and better and thanks to last years wonderful singers and music makers, we managed to raise almost 20,000. This year the target is 25,000 so wed love to hear from you and what youve got planned. Contact Kathy on 0113 274 3434 or events@heartresearch.org.uk for a pack or download from www.heartresearch.org.uk/ singforyourheart Hundreds of talented performers in choirs, bands and music groups or individuals who just want to feel good, from all over the UK, come together at events to Sing for your Heart. Look out for the smiling faces at Heart Research UKs own events in stations and shopping centres in Bradford, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Sheffield, Birmingham, York, Nottingham, Newcastle and many more organised by people like you up and down the country. Hull-based All For One Choir raised almost 4,000 at their Christmas concert last year at Hull City Hall. Choir founders, Helen and Paul Garnett said: Weve supported Heart Research UK for five years and look forward to working with them in the future. In 2012, they teamed up with the Fell Family to raise money for a HRUK project that could help with Sudden Death Syndrome which sadly took the life of Josh Fell in 2011. 25

Interested? For details visit www.heartresearch.org.uk/events

Company Help
Golden Girl Hannah
The sixth limited edition Damart Love Your Heart charity t-shirt celebrity model is Yorkshires own double Paralympic gold medallist, Hannah Cockroft. We had a lovely afternoon on her photo shoot for the Damart catalogue where she told us, Im really proud to be the face of this campaign and support the fantastic work that Heart Research UK does. By buying this versatile t-shirt you, too, will be helping a great cause. Please help make a difference and buy one today. The t-shirts were designed by staff at the Yorkshire-based, homeshopping and online fashion brand, Damart, who has supported Heart Research UK for over six years. The shirts are made of an innovative cooling textile called Ocealis and are on sale now. The company was delighted to be working with Heart Research UK for a sixth year and was inspired by Hannahs Olympic achievements, said Damarts Phil Anderson.

Damart hopes to raise as much money as possible as well as increasing awareness about heart disease to help our customers, staff and people around the UK look after their hearts and lead a healthy life, like Hannah.
All profits will go to Heart Research UK and, especially, to our childrens rehabilitation project to help youngsters live healthier, happier, longer lives.

To order your limited edition Heart Research UK vest top visit www.damart.co.uk or call 0871 423 0000.
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Support from companies

Healthy Heart Mark companies

Its always encouraging when large companies join our Healthy Heart Mark scheme for employers to help their staff to live healthier lifestyles. They show how companies can take responsibility for looking after their employees and make helping hearts part of going to work.

UKAR
Mortgage service provider UKAR (UK Asset Resolution), with offices in Crossflatts, Bradford, Doxford, Sunderland and Gosforth, Newcastle began working on becoming a Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Mark employer in 2011. More than 400 UKAR employees had one-to-one healthy heart lifestyle checks and the company led activities such as Zumba exercise sessions, healthy eating workshops and a lunch-time pay and weigh club. Health Champion, Vicky Young told us: Weve had a tremendous response from colleagues since we decided to become a Healthy Heart Mark employer. We will continue introducing a number of initiatives to help all colleagues have healthy hearts, as well as improving their overall health during the year. The icing on the cake for us is that UKAR were so pleased that they voted, across all their three sites, to make Heart Research UK their nominated Charity of the Year in 2013. Theyre also collecting for our Treasure Chest appeal and may well be on a zip wire or fire-walking for us.

Bronze heart mark award for Drax

Drax based near Selby, owner and operator of the countrys largest power station, have earned their bronze Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Mark Employer Award. Here are a few of their activities for healthy eating, exercise and quit smoking initiatives to improve the health of their staff: Fruity Friday to encourage staff to eat more fruit highlighting the benefits of eating oily fish and introducing it in the staff restaurant a Walk to Work week and lunchtime walks on-site yoga sessions a golf team-building day signing up staff to run the Escrick 10k event supporting staff to quit smoking Next stop - silver.

Join our Healthy Heart Mark scheme call 0113 297 6206

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Celebrating 10 Years of Helping Hearts in the Community
Weve been awarding Healthy Heart Grants for 10 years, given out over 1.2m and encouraged people in local communities to reduce their risk of heart disease by changing their lifestyles. What better way to mark the milestone than by holding a special celebration to showcase our projects and the contribution theyve made to helping hearts across the UK. Lets not forget, too, SUBWAY who have, for the past four years, worked with us and donated an additional 90,000 a year for more Healthy Heart Grants, chosen regionally by their franchisees to help hearts in local communities, from money raised by SUBWAY staff and customers. Along the way, there have been many success stories; from a man who gave up smoking and bought his mother a gold watch with the money he saved, to children who walk to school every day, to making sure people know the healthiest foods and best exercise to keep the hearts of those they look after and care for, healthy. Heres to the next 10 years.

Latest HRUK Healthy Heart Grants

Wakefield - Featherstone Rovers Foundation Kick Start Your Heart, 9,900
Featherstone Rovers first team players will be helping to kick-start heart-healthy lifestyles in the Featherstone, Airedale, Ferry Fryston and Knottingley, areas with high levels of childhood obesity and high smoking rates. Children aged seven to 11 years in 12 primary schools will learn about their amazing heart muscle, the lifestyle habits that could put them at risk of heart disease and the small changes they can make to keep their hearts healthy.

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Manchester - Lancashire County Cricket Club Foundation Lankys Guide to a Healthy Heart, 9,300
Lancashire County Cricket Club Foundation (LCCCF) will be working to address the high health inequalities in the Trafford area surrounding the club. To help instil heart-healthy lifestyle habits at a young age, pupils from 30 local primary schools will take part in a Heart Health workshop at the club to learn about healthy eating and cooking, take part in a fun coaching session and get the chance to ask players questions about their health during a stadium tour.

Bury Jigsaw Heart Smart, 8,000

Jigsaw, the only charity in Bury that provides sporting activities for disabled people, will work with over 50 young disabled people and their carers to improve and maintain their heart health. From shopping trips, cooking sessions, nutritionist-led interactive information sessions to Heart Art workshops, participants will have plenty of hands-on opportunities to acquire the skills to cook and eat for heart health and the confidence to maintain a healthy lifestyle independently.

London - Centre of the Cell In a Heart Beat, 9,300

Children and adults living in the Tower Hamlets community, which has a high proportion of BME residents who are more at risk of heart disease, will get the unique experience of stepping into the Centre of the Cell pod, suspended above the biomedical laboratories of the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London. In a Heart Beat workshops will be given in nine schools and three community centres to further explore heart disease.

Cambridge, Centre 33 Happy Hearts, 5,000

Many young carers in the UK are responsible for shopping and family meal preparation but a lack of skills, finance and time can easily lead to an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise. Centre 33 are working intensively with 20 young carers, aged 8-18 who live in rural South Cambridgeshire, to motivate them to lead heart-healthier lifestyles. Through fun, interactive workshops on healthy eating, exercise and managing stress, they are learning to prepare healthy meals on a budget, try out different sporting activities, how to manage stress and develop their own heart goals.

Hertfordshire, Saracens Sport Foundation Just Beat It!, 9,300

Mothers with children aged between six months and four years old are being encouraged to take care of their hearts, and those of their children, through an eight week programme of workshops held in five Children and Community Centres in Hertfordshire. Topics include The Heart at Work about the heart and risk factors for heart disease Fuel Your Heart, on healthy food for the heart and practical cooking skills and Bigger and Stronger, where the importance of physical activity is stressed and dance sessions (Jazz to Street Dance) - all provided to ease them back into exercise.

To apply for a grant visit www.heartresearch.org.uk/grants

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Our Healthy Heart Grants - helping to change peoples lives
Our Healthy Heart Grants are all about getting more people across the country to stop taking their heart for granted and make positive lifestyle changes for a healthier, happier longer life. Here are a couple of recently completed projects that have inspired people to lead hearthealthier lifestyles:

Fuel, Move and Love Your Heart in Kings Norton, Birmingham

Eight to 22 year olds living in the Kings Norton Estate in Birmingham were inspired to take care of their hearts by eating more healthily and exercising more through the Love Your Heart project run by Kings Norton Catch 22. The Fuel your heart cooking sessions were very popular and 94 young people learnt to cook healthily, try new recipes and entertain members of the community at a celebration meal. Young people also got the chance to get fitter through circuit training, skipping sessions and other sports in local parks in the Kings Norton estates. Through this project, 44 young people have gained an AQA qualification in Cooking and serving a meal for a peer group and Walking for pleasure. A Love Your Heart community fun run raised awareness of the project while giving young people the chance to test their stamina. A local group, Friends of the Walkers Heath Park, is now looking to set up a running group for local residents as a result of this event.

Heart health is centre stage at Techniquest, Cardiff

With the London Olympics in full flow, last summer was the perfect time for Techniquest, to deliver its Heart of a Champion show in its science theatre in Cardiff. The audience, across all ages, was taken on an interactive journey exploring the role of the heart in an average person compared with that of a professional athlete, whilst raising awareness of their own heart health. During the show, 9,300 people listened to heart beats, saw how the heart pumps blood at different rates, learnt about getting energy intake right and willing volunteers even took part in a relay race through wide and narrow (diseased) arteries. A Heart of the Champion trail was developed alongside which guided visitors to six exhibits linked with heart health. Feedback forms showed that the show was very well received with 71% feeling encouraged to make heart healthy changes to their lifestyles. 30

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Yorkshire region Carlton (London) region

Helping Hearts with HRUK & Subway healthy Heart Grants

There are sixteen Healthy Heart projects currently running across the country thanks to money raised in SUBWAY stores. We at Heart Research UK are really grateful for their support and involvement with this scheme. Among recent awards in SUBWAY regions are:

Heart Grants

Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme Love Hearts project - Sheffield, 5,200

Football stars from Sheffield Wednesday are helping children in some of the most deprived areas of the city to learn about heart-healthy lifestyles. The 2011 Sheffield health census showed that obesity in 10-11 year olds has steadily risen to 18%, and in deprived areas this increases to 22%. The Love Hearts project aims to teach children how to look after their hearts through heart-themed games, cooking, dancing and fitness activities.

Charlton Athletic Community Trust My GOAL is a healthy heart - Greenwich, 10,000

Players from Charlton Athletic have been visiting primary schools across Greenwich as part of a new project aimed at improving the heart health of local children. The one-year programme will help the schoolchildren gain the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour that lead to healthy lifestyle choices. The programme has already had a boost thanks to Charltons 23-year-old midfield player, Scott Wagstaff, agreeing to be an Ambassador for the project. Wales

York City Knights Foundation Run for a Healthy Heart- York, 4,697
Ten primary schools are being encouraged to Run for a Healthy Heart through a programme of classroom activities and physical activity sessions. Pupils aged 7 to11 will have an interactive two-hour session with York City Knights players and coaches to learn about the heart and how to eat healthily, not smoke and exercise regularly.

Port Talbot Town Community Sports Lion Heart - Port Talbot, 10,000
One of Waless youngest-ever international footballers, Ryan Green, from Port Talbot FC has been putting his heart into a new project, the Lion Heart programme which aims to improve the heart health of pupils aged 8 11 in every primary school in Port Talbot. Using the facilities of Port Talbot Towns The Gen Quip Stadium, pupils will learn how to live a heart-healthy lifestyle, enjoy a fun football coaching session on the pitch and record activity levels using pedometers.

HRUK & SUBWAY healthy heart grants

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Development Trust ICT Healthy Hearts School Visits - Inverness, 10,000
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Development Trust has been taking a programme of heart-healthy activities to 40 rural primary schools in the Inverness area. Over four weeks, 10-11 year old girls and boys have been getting their hearts beating faster through footworx sessions - exercise classes done to music based on the basic movement patterns placed upon the body during a game of football. Meridian region

Thanet Community Development Trust The Kitchen Healthy Hearts Ramsgate, 10,000
Heart-healthier lifestyles are being encouraged among families in the Thanet community through healthy cooking workshops and family sports days. Ten families at a time will take part in four-hours of cooking activities, learning to prepare heart-healthy food on a budget with less fat, salt and sugar and more fruit, vegetables and oily fishas well as getting their hearts beating faster and learn about the benefits of exercise.

HRUK & Subway Healthy Heart project reports

Its always interesting to know what happens with the projects we give awards to, especially as our intention in awarding the grant is to ensure that the project does have some positive effect on its target community. Disabled group in Rotherham now a shadow of their former selves Disabled adults at Little Arches Residential Home in Rotherham have shown exactly how a Heart Research UK & SUBWAY Healthy Heart Grant of almost 10,000 can make a difference to their lives as they have become a shadow of their former selves. The Every Player Counts programme, run by Rotherham United Community Sports Trust (RUCST), involved disabled adults in the town in sports, exercise and living a healthier lifestyle. RUCST launched the programme to tackle the shocking statistic that over 90% of disabled people do not take part in any kind of sporting activity. The specially adapted activity sessions have focussed on building fitness through a range of sports and exercise. Now, results taken from three of the residents show that they have lost almost six stones between them, reduced their waist size and each has lost over 10% of their body fat all factors that will lessen their chances of getting heart disease. The residents, Jo, Christine and Sylvia are just three of the 80 adults who have taken part in the Heart Research UK and SUBWAY project in the past year.

Sylvia Fox, 61, lost nearly three stones and 15% body fat during the project and is no longer classed as a diabetic and no longer has to take medication. Jo Reed is 32 and has been living in Little Arches for two years and has lost nearly a stone as well as reducing her body fat by 10%. She is no longer out of breath and can walk a lot further.

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Christine Hunt, 67, lost two stone and reduced her body fat by 11% during the project. She really enjoyed the keep fit sessions and has had the chance to take part in sports, something that she has never done before.
To help the residents control their portion sizes, Little Arches owner, Angela Briggs, bought smaller plates and provided them with lots of fresh fruit and vegetables a mixed, balanced and heart healthy diet.

Leon Wormley, Disability Development Officer at Rotherham United Community Sports Trust, says: We are delighted that our programme has been so effective and has really changed the lives of the residents at Little Arches. The statistics show that disabled people simply arent getting involved in sports because of the barriers they face. We have broken these barriers in Rotherham by adapting our sessions to meet individuals needs and its great to see more disabled people getting involved and taking part in regular exercise to keep their hearts healthy.

Happy hearts in Wales Scope Wales was awarded a 9,500 grant for their Calon Hapus project which means Happy Hearts in Welsh. In 2011 they delivered an inspiring, tailored programme to help disabled adults increase their activity levels, eat more healthily and care for their hearts. The 12-week rolling Happy Hearts programme was held at Scopes three centres and, thanks to the wholehearted approach of the centre managers, over 100 disabled adults have benefitted - twice as many as originally planned. And theyre all delighted with the results. The Sully Centre in Penarth, held a weekly Fit Club, with local physiotherapists, which led to body fat loss, reduced blood pressure, improved lung capacity and increased understanding of a heart-healthy lifestyle. Wheel Chair Keep Fit classes, Boccia, Kurling and swimming at the Cwmbran Stadium energised participants and heart rate monitors helped them look at the effect and benefits of exercise. Participants also cooked for a healthy heart with a dietician and the onsite tuck shop was completely revamped to offer healthier alternatives plus smaller portions.

Adele Gilmour, from Scope Wales: Overall the project has been a real boost to our day- to-day work. It has enabled us to deliver a programme of activities which, in the long term, will support disabled people to make significant changes to their lifestyles which should benefit their heart health. Jane Coia, Cwmbran Centre Manager: There was some excellent learning and excellent results for us. We will continue to use the heart health learning with service users and not lose focus of healthy hearts.

Pictured with Chris Child and Faye Keatley from HRUK are Paralympians Kyron Duke and Rhys Jones who joined adults at the Cwmbran Centre

For more information www.heartresearch.org.uk

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Stepping out for heart health
With the better weather and memories of last years wonderful Olympic achievements still fresh, nows the perfect time to bring out the champion in you and give your heart and body the best. Being physically active leads to a better quality of life; it reduces your risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke and some cancers by up to 50%. Regular exercise will: strengthen your heart muscle, arteries and bones shed that spare tyre and help you out-run diabetes maintain and promote healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels lift your mood and boost your energy levels help you breathe better and sleep like a baby

Lets not kid ourselves. 40% of men

and 30% of women self-report doing the recommended amount, yet when an accelerometer was used to follow how physical activity is really done, only 6% men and 4% women were doing enough. Its all about putting your heart into whatever activity you do so it counts and benefits your heart and body.

Like it a bit vigorous? If you enjoy squash

or something a bit more intensive, you can get the same benefits by doing 75 minutes spread across the week. But dont rest on your laurels, push your fitness levels and make sure you dont lounge around the rest of the time. Here are some activities and their intensities:
Activity Light Strolling (2mph) Hoovering Moderate Golf walking, pulling clubs Brisk walking (4mph) Cycling (11mph) Vigorous Aerobic dancing Swimming (slow crawl) Running (8.5mins/mile) Energy expended (Kcal/hour*) 150 210 260 300 360 380 480 690

Its reckoned that if an exercise pill were available, the worlds health could be quite different.

How much? The UK Chief Medical Officer

recommends daily activity totalling at least 150 minutes each week for adults. This could mean 30 minutes on five days, although several chunks of 10 minutes or more also count. The exercise needs to be at moderate intensity: this means youre breathing faster, your heart rate is increased and you feel warmer, even breaking into a sweat on a hot or humid day.

*for a 60kg person; Department of Health 2004

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Dont sit on it even if you do the recommended amount of exercise, spending a large amount of time sitting can increase your risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other conditions. So beware of screen time make sure your work and home environment help your heart.
Its never too early or too late to start Early steps shed that post-pregnancy weight and regain your fitness by pushing the buggy around or carrying your baby in a specially designed sling, Toddlers teach them that being active is fun and help them acquire the key skills theyll need to enjoy sports later on like throwing, kicking a ball, skipping along or swimming. Children dont rely on school PE, get out and about as a family, sign up for a new activity together and get on your bikes. Active adolescence being active through your teens and into adulthood can set the pace for life-long social and team building skills. Team sports, five-a-side football, hockey or netball, will increase fitness levels - and bring new friends.

Golden years - research shows that men and women aged around 50 who did the recommended amount of weekly exercise had lower markers for inflammation, which plays a key role in the development of many conditions, including heart disease. Move more to find the fitter you Start small, maybe five minutes at a time and gradually lengthen the sessions. Push yourself to increase the pace and intensity. Vary what you do so you dont lose interest and involve more muscle groups. Exercising with a friend or team may help you stay on track. Gadgets help. Music with a high tempo beat can help you maximise your routine. A pedometer or phone app can help you track your fitness progress and distance covered. Focus on a challenge like the Yorkshire Three Peaks, a half or full marathon or even a 5k or 10k fun-run if youre a beginner and raise money in the process to help more hearts.

Remember - back up your active lifestyle with good quality,

heart healthy food rather than empty calories and dont undo all that good work with smoking or drinking in excess. Eating fruit and vegetables, exercising and avoiding smoking could reduce your risk of a heart attack by 80%.
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More info www.heartresearch.org.uk/hearthealth/exercise

Raised locally, spent locally

More and more people are affected by heart disease every day. Every 20 mins someone has a heart attack and 2.7 million people are living with heart disease with loved ones helping them cope. We at Heart Research UK appreciate our supporters and thats why we spend the money they raise in their local communities, hospitals and universities. There are many ways you can help.

Leave a lasting legacy

One of our most important sources of income comes from people who have been kind enough to remember Heart Research UK in their will. Legacies help us to fund pioneering medical research and people to live happier, healthier, longer lives. If you would like more information about leaving a gift in your will or competing a codicil form, please contact Michael Clark on 0113 297 6203 or email treasurer@heartresearch.org.uk

Donation in lieu of flowers

Many families now request donations to charities in lieu of funeral flowers which does not mean that there will not be any flowers at the funeral, just that floral tributes are limited to immediate family and others are invited to make a donation to charities, like Heart Research UK.

In Memory Funds

One of the simplest ways to support Heart Research UK is a one-off donation. Well respect that you may just want to give once - and will never give your details to others. You can make a donation using a credit or debit card but if you prefer you can also contact us on 0113 234 7474. This is not the usual give us your gold and silver request. Wed actually like you to give us your old, unwanted jewellery - broken beads, old watches, odd earrings, costume jewellery, or whatever you have in your jewellery boxes or at the back of a drawer. Its a great way to recycle and a popular way of raising funds for HRUK. Well send you envelopes for you and your friends or you can post it to Heart Research UK, Freepost RLYL-AGUE-SSBZ, Suite 12D, Josephs Well, Hanover Walk, Leeds, LS3 1AB. Beaverbrooks the Jewellers will also accept them in their shops across the country.

Make a donation

In Memory Funds are a special way of remembering a loved one. Often relatives and friends want to continue giving over a number of years and all donations are held in a separate fund, sometimes to be used for a specific reason. For more information contact us on 0113 234 7474 or email info@heartresearch.org.uk for more details. A regular gift is a great way to support us. It means we can plan for the future and just a small amount each month really adds up. You can set up a Direct Debit easily and securely online on our website. Alternatively, you can arrange a standing order from your bank or building society account via online banking or pick up a form from your bank or building society. employer operates a scheme. It is the easiest, most cost effective way for you to regularly support Heart Research UK.

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