At Empine, we’ve chosen Heartbeat as our group charity partner for 2027, and we’re aiming to raise as much as we can for them over the year.

Heart problems touch almost all of us. According to the British Heart Foundation, more than 8 million people in the UK are living with heart and circulatory disease, and most of us know a family member, friend or colleague who has been affected.

Heartbeat is the North West’s leading cardiac prevention and rehabilitation charity. Based at Preston North End and running classes across community sites, they support more than 1,000 people every week who are living with, or at risk of, heart disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease and respiratory conditions. Through supervised exercise, education, medical testing and wellbeing support, they’ve been helping people live longer, healthier lives for more than 45 years.

Heartbeat receives no NHS or government funding. Every service they run depends on fundraising and the generosity of people like you.

We’ve already got things started by donating £500 of print and dropping off leaflets for the Heartbeat lottery. Throughout 2027 our teams will be taking on challenges, holding events and putting our skills to work to support them, and we’ll share updates here as we go.

Every donation, big or small, helps Heartbeat give people back the life they love. Thank you for supporting us.