The UK must confront heart diseases.
Every five minutes, someone dies from heart diseases in the UK.
It’s likely that heart diseases will impact your life one day.
We need to tackle this problem head on. And we need to start today.
Your donations fund lifesaving medical research to find new treatments and cures, and support people across the UK to keep their hearts healthy. But people are still dying.
We know we can do more but we need your help. Until there are no more deaths from heart diseases.
OUR MISSION
Together we will prevent, treat and cure heart diseases through research, education and community support.
Until there are no more deaths from heart diseases.
OUR VISION
Until there are no more deaths from heart diseases.
OUR VALUES
We are:
Trustworthy: We do what we say we will and explain if we can’t. When people choose to give us their money, we ensure we spend it wisely and for maximum effect. We are clear about what we expect from our people, and we support them in work and life.
Ambitious: We want to bring an end to all heart diseases and on our way there we want to help as many people as possible. We want to raise more to do more, and we will innovate so that we can make change.
Passionate: We believe in what we are doing, no one should die from heart diseases. We know what we do makes a difference.
We inspire and invest in life-saving medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease, as well as supporting ground-breaking training and education.
To date, we’ve invested over £30m into research all across the UK.
“The intention of founding Heart Research UK was to fund research into the risks which would lead to safer surgery.”
Mr Watson, Heart Research UK Founder
We know research works, and we focus on benefiting patients as soon as possible.
Many peoples’ loved ones are around for longer now because we have driven advancements in prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease.
Masterclasses
Always looking to the future, our unique Masterclasses give clinicians and health professionals opportunities to gain the latest skills, knowledge and hands-on experience to become the experts of tomorrow.
Healthy Heart Grants
Our Healthy heart Grants are awarded to community groups and projects across the UK that actively promote heart health and healthy lifestyles. Since 2001, we have awarded almost 30 Healthy Heart Grants, benefitting the hearts of over 70,000 individuals and countless wider community and family members across all regions of the UK.
Thanks to our incredible supporters, we’ve come a long way. But there’s more to do.
We know research works. Together we will prevent, treat and cure heart diseases.
Since Heart Research UK was created, we have relied on the generosity of the public to fund lifesaving medical research and to support people across the UK to keep their hearts healthy. Incredible supporters power this work, by donating, fundraising, and sharing their stories and experiences with us. We are so grateful to each and every one of them.
