Today we are very pleased to announce that Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity is joining The Heart of West London Partnership. Led by Brentford Football Club, The Heart of West London partnership is a group of organisations working together to change the game for heart health.

The partnership includes Brentford FC, Brentford FC Community Sports Trust, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young, Resuscitation Council UK, Pablo London and A-K-A Day. It will save and enhance the lives of many people threatened by heart disease.

Richard Bowyer, Chief Executive of Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity, said:

The Heart of the Community Partnership is an incredible opportunity to save lives and improve the heart health of communities in West London. Everyone at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity is excited to partner with Brentford FC and other charities who are passionate about heart health, to change the game for people threatened by heart disease.

What is our ambition?

Cardiovascular disease affects us all and together we want to make a big impact. Every five minutes someone is admitted to a UK hospital due to a heart attack.

Heart and circulatory diseases cause around a quarter of all deaths in the UK, which is one death every three minutes. 7.6m people are affected by cardiac health in the UK and this is not just the middle-aged and elderly; every week at least 12 people aged under 35 die from an undiagnosed heart condition. We want to change this.

What are we doing?

Together we will be changing the game for those at risk of heart disease. Through raising awareness, encouraging exercise, promoting screenings, funding research and supporting families affected by cardiac conditions we will make a difference in fighting one of the UK’s biggest killers.

One area of focus will be increasing the amount of training available for CPR. The overall survival rate in the UK for a cardiac arrest, outside a hospital, is less than 1 in 10. Performing CPR can more than double the chances of survival in some cases. Our ambition is to ensure that everyone has the skills to save a life.

Find out more

We will have more news about ways you can get involved with this partnership soon, so keep an eye on our social media feeds and your inboxes for updates from Charity HQ. For now, you can visit our apppeal, where you can find out more about the partnership and its members.

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