KEIGHLEY-district community groups could receive grant aid of up to £10,000 to help people look after their hearts. Heart Research UK and Subway have once again joined forces to offer funding for projects that promote healthy hearts and reduce the risk of heart disease. Schemes should deliver initiatives such as promoting healthy eating and cooking skills and encouraging people to become more active. The normal criteria for applying has been adapted due to the pandemic – applications will be accepted for projects that can be carried out remotely and for the funding of equipment only. Kate Bratt-Farrar, for Heart Research UK, said: “Through our partnership with Subway, we hope to encourage people to make healthier choices and give them practical help to do so. This grant is available to ensure everyone can benefit from a healthier, happier and longer life. We’re looking for new and innovative projects that really have an impact.”
A project investigating the long-term cardiovascular impacts of Covid-19 has been awarded a grant. The investigation at Newcastle University, exploring the long-term inflammation of the heart following Covid-19 infection has been awarded a grant of almost £150,000 by national charity Heart Research UK. Around 10 per cent of Covid patients in the UK will suffer from long-Covid, where symptoms continue for more than three months. In addition to causing chest infection and breathing problems, Coronavirus can also affect the heart, which is associated with poorer survival chances. While older patients, men and those with cardiovascular disease are at highest risk, all of these subgroups also have a weaker adaptive immune response in common.
Left, Professor Timothy Betts with the revolutionary heart rhythm technology A PROJECT at a teaching hospital to test how effective smart devices are at detecting heart rhythm problems has received a grant of almost £150,000 from a national research charity. The project, carried out by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has received the grant from Heart Research UK to push new technologies with hopes of finding better ways of detecting and treating atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common heart rhythm problem. It causes an irregular and fast heartbeat, which makes the heart pump poorly, and is thought to affect around 2m people in the UK.
17 December 2020
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Robert Smith, of alternative rock band The Cure, has become a Patron for national charity Heart Research UK.
Robert, who is the only continuous member of the legendary band that he co-founded in 1976, has announced his patronage after supporting the charity’s anonymous heART project for the last two years.
The anonymous heART project sees hundreds of anonymous artworks auctioned on eBay, and Robert’s two pieces have raised over £10,000 for the charity’s pioneering research.
Robert, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year as a member of The Cure, is working with the charity on a number of exciting projects, due to be announced in 2021.