WILLS: A legacy for heart research

We are determined to spare more families the pain of losing a loved one to these conditions.

Research funded by the BHF has helped halve death rates from heart and circulatory diseases over the past 50 years.

So much of our work has only been possible thanks to the amazing individuals who have remembered the BHF in their Will. These special gifts fund more than a quarter of all cardiovascular research in the UK.

In the past year, North East residents left more than £1.3million in their Wills to the BHF. I would like to honour these people and express our gratitude to their families for making research breakthroughs possible and helping to save thousands of lives.

But there’s still so much more to do, and there are 330,000 people in the North East living with cardiovascular disease right now.

Some 35 per cent of over 65s polled in the North East would consider leaving a gift in their Will to charity. I would like to say a huge thank you to all those who have already decided to support the BHF in this unique way and encourage more people to consider doing the same.

A gift of any size will enable the BHF to continue to fund pioneering research so we can beat heart and circulatory disease for good.

To find out more, visit bhf.org.uk/wills

Deborah Henderson,

BHF researcher at Newcastle University