Tag: British Heart Foundation
New charity shop opens at Cameron Toll
Edinburgh shoppers can bag top brands at bargain prices at the newest charity shop.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has opened its sleek new store in Cameron Toll shopping centre, with capsule collections on offer...
Adventurer heading for the Antarctic two months after open heart surgery
An adventurer who had open heart surgery in August is preparing to row one of the world's most dangerous crossings in Antarctica just after Christmas.
Jamie Douglas Hamilton has few records left to break. He...
Supermarket workers raise cash for two charities
Tesco workers are walking from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise funds for their National Charity Partnership with Diabetes UK (DUK) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
The walk has passed through the Borders...
Heart transplant patient visits Edinburgh on his walk around Britain
A heart transplant patient is walking the Lothian coastline as part of a 5,000-mile trek around Britain to help raise £100,000 for the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) life saving research.
Kieran Sandwell, 45, from Hertfordshire...
Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Greyfriars Bobby's Headstone Service and Reception: following the sound of the 1 o'clock gun, local schoolchildren will lay flowers on the Skye Terrier's grave. Also in attendance will be Laurie Aitken of the Scottish Fire...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 12TH JANUARY 2015
Timmy Time Programme 15: Timmy Finds Aliens, and other stories. Join Timmy and his friends for three fun adventures in this collection of classic Timmy Time episodes. Toddler Time is a...
Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Music Box @ Colinton Library - Inaugural Event: An audience with Benny Tetteh-Lartey. A unique chance to meet and listen to the award-winning singer-songwriter and Afro-Scot Beat pioneer, following on his community appearances for Black...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2014
Pakistan Society Heritage Project presents Rural Reflections: an exhibition of rural scenery of Pakistan and Scotland. 'Here we share the stories of ten members of the 50+ group of the Pakistan...
The Big Scottish Heart Netwalk
The Big Scottish Heart Netwalk on 30 September 2011 is a unique chance for businesses and networking groups to come together to make business connections, walk and raise money for charity, all in the...
Edinburgh University Research finds new diagnosis for heart attacks
New research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation has discovered that using a more sensitive test to measure a protein that leaks out of damaged heart cells into the blood stream could help in...
Volunteering with the British Heart Foundation
Two in three people (66%) receive at least one gift they don’t want every Christmas, according to new research The British Hear Foundation carried out to launch their Unwanted Christmas Gifts stock appeal.
The ‘festive...
Amazing images from Edinburgh University
A cutting-edge medical scanning centre is opened today at the University of Edinburgh. Opened by the Duke of Edinburgh, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) invested £3 million in the centre to give researchers...