Clare - Public Hearts Defibrillator Campaign CIC is crowdfunding
Weʼre raising £8,000 to fund community heart screening services, making them more accessible to 14-35 and help address health inequalities in Cheltenham.
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To celebrate five years of its not-for-profit community work, Public Hearts announced Phase 2. Starting in 2024, Public Hearts Defibrillator Campaign is opening a Community Cardiac Screening program with Cardiac Risk in the Young.
Each week in the UK, 12 young people age between 14 and 35 die from sudden cardiac arrest. On 25 April with Cardiac Risk in the Young, up to 100 young people will have an ECG screen to detect potentially inherited heart conditions.
Currently there is no automatic framework to offer cardiac screening in the UK, unless there has been a young sudden death in the family. The family is then entitled to be screened on the NHS. This can be a long wait, extending the length of timely diagnosis and prolonging the uncertainty and for individuals and their family.
The first date was 25 April 2024 9-4pm at The Schoolhouse Café where 101 young people (13-35) from the local community and residents of St Paul’s came to be screened. It was a great success and we are already looking forward to our next date!
Facilitating community cardiac screening actively promotes getting to the heart of the community, facilitating access for all and life-changing and lifesaving information that could improve the health and lives of individuals, families, neighbourhoods and the potential of future community health services. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) affects 1 in every 250 people worldwide so its impact is far reaching, and close to home.
It's as easy as ECG - and it could be life changing and lifesaving.
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- 3 months ago
Clare - Public Hearts Defibrillator Campaign CIC
3 months agoWe did it! On Thursday 25 April at The Schoolhouse Cafe in St Paul's Cheltenham, Public Hearts Heart Screening Day made a great start thanks to Cardiac Risk in the Young, screening 101 PEOPLE 14-35 IN 1 DAY. Everyone who signed up aged 14-35 had their heart screened by a 12 lead ECG with a CRY ECG Physiologist and their results read confidentially by a Cardiac Risk in the Young consultant cardiologist.They also received a Public Hearts gift bag with vital CRY heart and Public Hearts defib information.
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- 6 months ago
Clare - Public Hearts Defibrillator Campaign CIC
6 months agoWelcome to Heart Month! Public Hearts is launching a Community Cardiac Screening program to help address the health inequalities in the most underrepresented areas of Cheltenham. Screens can be booked through CCP Social Prescribers and Community Outreach Teams To book directly please call 01242 371 999 and we'll share the details to enter. The link for all Public Hearts Cardiac Screening bookings is https://www.testmyheart.org.uk/events/publichearts/ To book directly please call 01242 371 999 and we'll share the details to enter.
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Tandem Consultancy
May 3, 2024
Such an amazing cause, we’re proud to be supporting Clare with this great initiative!
£100.00
Lynne. B
Apr 27, 2024
An amazing initiative and here's to the next one.
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Anonymous
Apr 26, 2024
Thank you for this important work. The first screening day in Cheltenham was excellently organised. I hope funds can be raised to do more in the future.
£20.00
Daniel Bowles
Apr 26, 2024
Doing a great job :) thank you!
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Adam C
Apr 26, 2024
Just come back from the CRY screening in Cheltenham; fantastic experience, lovely people, doing good for the local area. Keep it up! 🙂
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Becki
Apr 25, 2024
Thanks so much for the screening event at School House Cafe. So welcoming and well organised ❤️
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Apr 25, 2024
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Clare - Public Hearts Defibrillator Campaign CIC
Cheltenham
To support the 77 publicly accessible defibs Public Hearts Defib Campaign CIC has installed,we are expanding our community services to a heart screening program for 14-35 year olds.Both actions can increase out of hospital cardiac arrest survival rates and raise awareness