LRCFA Teams Up with British Heart Foundation to Protect Hearts On and Off the Pitch

The Leicestershire & Rutland County Football Association (LRCFA) has announced a new partnership with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to raise awareness of heart health and fund vital research into heart and circulatory diseases.

Heart and circulatory diseases are responsible for around a quarter of all deaths in the UK, and every three minutes someone in the country dies from one of these conditions. In England alone, someone is admitted to hospital with a heart attack every six minutes. The BHF is leading the fightback, funding more than 1,000 research projects and providing life-saving information, training, and support.

This partnership reflects the LRCFA’s purpose, set out in our strategy: "Inspiring positive change through football across Leicestershire and Rutland by uniting communities, tackling inequalities, and improving the health of the population." It places the game at the heart of our communities and aims to improve lives both on and off the pitch.