February is National Heart Month and Graham Brady is joining the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to support National Wear Red Day on Friday 24 February 2012.
In National Heart Month, the BHF encourages people across the UK to think about their own hearts and the hearts of those around them. The nation’s heart charity also needs people across the UK to get involved with National Wear Red Day, and raise vital funds for the charity’s life-saving work.
By wearing red on National Wear Red Day and raising money, you will help the BHF to save lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information.
It is a common misperception that heart disease is more common in men than women when in fact it kills 1 in 3 women, as well as 1 in 3 men and kills three times more women than breast cancer?. Funds raised during National Heart Month can support the BHF to help the 2.7 million people in the UK currently living with heart disease.
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For more information about the BHF please contact Jemma Mahon on email mahonj@bhf.org.uk or call 020 7554 0171
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About the British Heart Foundation
? British Heart Foundation coronary heart disease statistics 2010
The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. But we urgently need help. We rely on donations of time and money to continue our life-saving work, because together we can beat heart disease.
February 2012 is National Heart Month. Red for Heart is the BHF’s fundraising campaign during National Heart Month. For further information about the BHF or Red for Heart please visit bhf.org.uk/red