This is the first of my 4 half marathons of the year. Must be mad ! and it happens to just about fall in heart failure awareness week!

Pumping marvelous are a great charity who provide us with free patient information for patients with heart failure as well as improving heart failure awareness.

As a heart failure nurse this information essential for helping patients understand their condition.

When you choose to donate to Pumping Marvellous you are donating to the 1 million people living with Heart Failure across the UK.

You’re donating to the 200,000 people that will be diagnosed with Heart Failure each year.

You’re donating to help us raise awareness with our BEAT HF campaign and to deliver free Heart Health events across the country providing crucial early diagnosis to people who need it.

Most importantly you’re donating to enable us to educate people and empower them to self-manage their condition and live well.