Nation’s heart charity asks Bath residents to show their red side

February is National Heart Month and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Don Foster MP are asking Bath residents to join National Wear Red Day on Friday 24 February 2024 and to follow the BEAT codefor simple steps to a healthier heart.

In National Heart Month, the BHF encourages people across the UK to think about their own hearts and the hearts of those around them. The nation’s heart charity also needs people across the UK to get involved with National Wear Red Day, and raise vital funds for the charity’s life-saving work.

By wearing red on National Wear Red Day and raising money, you will help the BHF to save lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information.

Commenting on the campaign, Don Foster MP said:

“It is a common misperception that heart disease is a bigger problem for men than women, yet figures from the British Heart Foundation show heart disease kills three times more women than breast cancer.”

“I hope that as many people as possible will support the British Heart Foundation this month and help the 2.7 million people in the UK currently living with heart disease.”