A few years ago, I was playing football in Southampton. I received a text from the welfare officer early in the morning to visit him as soon as I arrived at the training ground. I arrived at the ground where I was told my dad had suffered a major heart attack and was in a coma in Taunton hospital. I was told he had been dragged from his bosses car who performed roadside CPR on my dad waiting for the ambulance. My father went 36 minutes without oxygen to his brain and needed to be defibrillated 7 times. This was an extremely traumatic and frightening time for our family. Dad is now thankfully recovered and doing well. BUT, without the help of BHF and all the vital equipment and research they provide, I am unsure whether pops would be here today. I know me and my family are extremely grateful for their continued work and will do anything we can to aid them.

Kier Group has selected the British Heart Foundation, the biggest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK, as its new corporate charity partner. The two-year partnership will help in the charitys aim of increasing awareness of cardiovascular disease, raise £250,000 for vital research in to heart and circulatory conditions as well as train 1,500 Kier colleagues in the lifesaving first aid, CPR.The British Heart Foundation is funding life saving research to help end heartbreak for the seven million people in the UK living with cardiovascular disease. For over 50 years it has pioneered research that has transformed the lives of people living with heart and circulatory conditions and has been pivotal to offering vital treatments that are changing the fight against heart disease.