The Healthy Hearts Fund will help provide the extra resources and support needed to create healthier communities across the BCHC footprint of Birmingham and beyond.

The Healthy Hearts Fund promotes behaviours linked to our services that improve both physical and emotional health. This could be through reaching more people with information on healthy eating, the importance of keeping active, good sleep hygiene, emotional health, tooth care, foot care, supporting the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and much more.

"Currently people living in Birmingham have a lower life expectancy (4-5 years) than the rest of England and a higher number of deaths due to cardiovascular disease (57.3 per 100,000 population). With your support we can provide extra community awareness sessions and further resources across the BCHC footprint, raising awareness of the importance of healthy living amongst our patients, their carers and the staff who support them" - Sarah Binks, Charity Manager.

Statistics taken from The Birmingham Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy Creating a Bolder, Healthier City 2022-2030.

Take a look at how your donation could make a difference:

£10 could pay for a resuscitation pillow promoting CPR life saving techniques

£25 could fund a 'keeping healthy resource pack for a local family

£100 could pay for an ageing well awareness session at a community hub

£250 could fund an active sports session at a family fun day

£1,000 could pay for an AED, cabinet, and electrical installation at a community base

The Healthy Hearts fund supports all projects that promote healthy living additional to that funded by the NHS; this includes but is not limited to those listed above. By supporting our Healthy Hearts appeal, you will be helping BCHC to create a healthier Birmingham.