Heart Research UK

Heart Research UK

Every five minutes, someone in the UK dies from heart diseases. 
 
Here at Heart Research UK, our aim is simple – we won’t stop until there are no more deaths from heart disease.
 
Our mission began in 1967, when cardiac surgeon David Watson founded the charity following the death of a young patient after a long heart operation. Thanks to our research, survival for children born with congenital heart disease and those who suffer heart attacks have vastly improved. However, with heart diseases responsible for over 100,000 deaths in the UK each year, we still have more work to do.
 
To date, we have invested over £30million into pioneering research projects and have funded regular masterclasses to teach surgeons new life-saving techniques. We’re also active in local communities, funding community projects which benefit heart health and conducting free health checks across the UK to encourage early intervention.
 
Your support allows us to fund more of these initiatives, spreading awareness and inspiring research that will go on to save countless lives. 
 
It is likely that heart diseases will impact you or a loved one at some point. Setting up Payroll Giving can help us to reduce this risk today.

Registered Charity No. 1044821

Our Vision

A world of protection and opportunity for children living alone and at risk on the streets.

Railway Children is an international children's charity. We fight for vulnerable children who live alone at risk on the streets, where they suffer abuse and exploitation.

In the UK, society often denies their existence, and in other countries the problem is so prevalent that it has become 'normal'.

They run away or are forced to leave homes where they suffer poverty, violence, abuse and neglect. They find themselves living on the streets because there is nowhere else to go and no one left to turn to. The problems they face on the streets are often even worse than those they endured at home. Every day we fight to change their story.

Railway Children race to reach children as soon as they arrive on the streets and intervene before an abuser can. Our pioneering work enables us to get to street children before the streets get to them.

What if I change my mind?

Simply by completing a donation form, you can choose to support Railway Children, directly from your pay.

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