BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION | How We Can Help

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This is aimed at showing you how The British Heart Foundation (BHF) can help you and how you can also get involved in making a difference to health services for heart patients.

HEART HELPLINE | 0300 330 3311

For support and guidance on anything heart related. You can call this helpline if you are a patient, carer, family member or health professional.

Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

BHF Genetic Information Services | 0300 456 8383

This helpline provides information for people who have an inherite heart condition in their family – about screening and other charities and services that may be able to support and help you. This can also help you access a specialist clinic for inherited heart conditions.

Open 9am to 5pm Mopnday to Friday.

HEART MATTERS:

Heart Matters is a FREE service for anyone who has, or is at risk of developing, a heart condition and for anyone who cares for someone with a heart problem.

As a member, you will recieve regular issues of Heart Matters Magazine and mailings on heart health, delivered straight to your doorstep. You will get exclusive access to the members only area of the website where you can use some great online tools like personalised lifestyle check and recipe finder. If you have an email address, you can recieve motivating emails to get latest news.

Heart Matters members can phone the HelpLine to speak to speak to cardiac nurses and heart health advisers to support you by giving you information on anything heart related or simply to listen if you need someone to talk to.

www.bhf.org.uk/heartmatters

GETTING INVOLVED:

Heart Support Group Toolkit – Getting Going & Keeping Going:

A guide for anyone who is thinking about setting up a heart support group in their local area. It contains all the information you will need, along with affiliation forms, promotional leaflets and posters to help get your group off the ground.

For more information on Heart Support Groups, see www.bhf.org.uk

Hearty Voices:

The Hearty Voices Programme provides free one-day training to help heart patients and their carers make their views heard and influence their local health service. For more information see www.bhf.org.uk/condition

Hearty Voices Leaflet:

Provides information on the Hearty Voices programme, and how you can gain access to FREE training, support and information bulletins.

HEARTY VOICES POSTER:

Can be used to advertise Hearty Voices in your area. It gives space for adding contact information for people who want to find out more about Hearty Voices or book a place on a training day.

GET A HEART GRANT PROGRAMME:

The Help a Heart Grant Programme is a small grants programme for groups of heart patients, carers and people at high risk of developing heart disease in local communities. The BHF awards grants of up to £2000 to organisations and groups in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales who will make a real difference to the community.

HELP A HEART GRANT APPLICATION PACK:

This application pack is all you need to apply for a grant and will take you through the process step by step.

HELP A HEART GRANT LEAFLET:

Provides information about the Help a Heart Grant Programme and how to apply for a grant.

HELP A HEART GRANT POSTER:
An eye catching poster to advertise Healp a Heart Grants in your area. It gives space for adding contact information for people who want to find a grant.