There are a lot of people suffering from heart conditions all over the world, and I'm sure we all know or will at someone point in our lives meet someone who can use all the support they can get to help them through their condition.

Individually we are limited to how much we can help someone, but collectively we can save lives and make a huge difference in the world.

In order to show my support I will be skydiving on the 15th December 2012. Given that I am affraid of heights it will take alot of heart and courage to follow through with this challenge, especially as I'm jumping from 12,000 ft and will free fall at 120 mph.

I have decided to help raise donations for the The British Heart Foundation because I believe their research and determination is already saving lives. However they cannot do this alone...

 

Help Make our vision a reality

Our vision couldn’t be much more ambitious - a world where people no longer die prematurely from heart disease.

When you have a vision that big in mind, it helps to set some milestones along the way. That’s why we’ve set a number of objectives to guide our day-to-day work.

But we can’t do any of it alone. We are working alongside government, other health charities, healthcare professionals and thousands of dedicated supporters to beat heart disease. Everybody has a part to play.

Aims and objectives

Our mission is to play a leading role in the fight against disease of the heart and circulation, so that it is no longer a major cause of disability and premature death.

In our strategy report, Beating heart disease together (published in 2007), we stated that:

Within a generation, we aim to:

• reduce cardiovascular disease in the UK to one of the lowest levels in Europe.

Within a decade, we aim to:

• halve the number of people under 75 who die from cardiovascular disease
• make sure at least two thirds of people under 75 survive a heart attack
• reduce heart-related deaths in all UK local authority areas to the current level in South East England or below
• reverse the increase in childhood obesity.

So please dig deep and donate now.