About

Everything you need to know about how we are leading the charge against heart diseases

Until there are no more deaths from heart diseases.

This is our mission, our challenge and our commitment.

But we can only do this with the help of kind and generous people like you who want to make a difference. Your support can help fund pioneering medical research, vital community health projects and masterclasses for tomorrow’s heart experts. Together, we can save lives.

David Watson and Heart Valve 2009

Our History

Since 1967, we’ve been at the forefront of improving the detection and treatment of heart diseases. Find out more about our life-saving work and major milestones.

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How Your Support Helps

Everyone who supports our work powers life-saving medical research, vital community projects and masterclasses for tomorrow’s heart experts.

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Our Partners

Meet the range of partners who support our life-saving work.

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Our Latest News

Find out more about how we are preventing and treating heart diseases, our research projects, the amazing people who power our work, and much more.

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July 2, 2025

Have Your Say – Help Improve Heart Failure Research

We’re teaming up with Teesside University and the Pumping Marvellous Foundation to talk about heart failure and physical activity and we want to hear from you. Whether you’re living with…

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November 6, 2025

Resilient Wellness UK CIC

Project title: AfroVital Hearts Region: Barking & Dagenham and Newham, London Award amount: £14,500 Award date: October 2025 The Problem Newham has the UK’s highest T2D rate and Black African…

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October 24, 2025

The Pars Foundation

Project title: PARS BEAT Region: Dunfermline, Scotland Award amount: £13,800 Date: October 2025 The Problem Coronary heart disease is amongst the biggest problem for adults living in Dunfermline. 15% of…

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October 13, 2025

CAF Research

Three-quarters of UK businesses did nothing to support charities last year… but together, we can change that. According to a recent CAF survey, only 25% of UK businesses supported charities…

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Careers

Looking for an inspiring and rewarding role? Check out our latest vacancies. We offer competitive salaries, great benefits and superb development opportunities.

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Policies

Learn about how we govern ourselves to ensure we’re accountable and transparent, and provide a high-quality service to everyone who comes into contact with us.

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Annual Report

Read our latest annual report to learn about some of our recent highlights and how our supporters’ kindness and generosity is helping to save lives across the UK.

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Got a question?

If you have a question then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re here to help.

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