Many thanks and well done to all or our runners that took part in this years Marathon this was a fantastic success and the total raise so far, is £6,230. and the sponsor money is still coming in.
Toby Whitehead, Bijay Lama and Terry Ayres, pictured with Mayor of Brighton and Hove City Mrs Anne Anne Meadows and Mr Andrew Cohen
We have 20 places available for the 2012 Brighton Marathon, if you are interested in taking part contact us directly on 01273 523026
Terry Ayres
Company secretary
Thanks to all that either took part in or contirbuted to this our 19th annual sponsored walk, This was once again a resounding success. Through your invaluable support you have so far raised an amazing £31,235.00 and money is still slowly but surely still coming in.
Next years event will be on Sunday 13th May 2012 starting as usual at 10:00am outside the Rendezvous Casino at Brighton Marina Thank you all for your continued support of this event
Kevin Newton penned a book “Your Soul is More Imprtant that Your Heart” which is about his experince of recovering from heart failure.
Kevin very kindly donated £1,500 from the proceeds of the sale of his book to the Sussex Heart Charity
Kevin and Francine Newton pictured presenting a cheque for £1,500 for the Sussex Heart Charity to heart specialist Dr Adam de Belder
Learn to Save a Life Book a place on one of our training public sessions.
It is vital that all members of the community learn these skills. The knowledge and skills you will learn on a resuscitation course are of great importance. It may be that, one day, the only thing that stands between life and death of a colleague, friend or a member of your family are the skills acquired during a resuscitation course. The cost is £14, children or students under 18 free
The Sussex Heart Charity run a number of Public Courses on
Saturday morning in the
Lecture Theatre at Sussex House,
1 Abbey Road, Brighton BN2 1ES
Ring the Community Resuscitation Scheme on 01273 676439 or email resuscitation@sussexheartcharity.org to arrange a booking. PLEASE ENSURE YOU INCLUDE A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER
EVENT DETAILS
If you wish to find our more information or enter any of these events please click on the link below
Pictured above is Sussex Heart Charity Chairman Andrew Cohen receiving £530 cheque from Suzette Ford
Sussex Heart Charity was chosen to be part of the Waitrose Community Matters Scheme. Shoppers are given a token every time they shop at Waitrose and are then able to put the token to any one of the 3 charities nominated each month, this scheme is operated at all branches and is designed to help put a share of Waitrose profits back into loca charities in the community, the amount allocated from each (large) store per month is £1,000 this is then divided proportionally between the three nominated charities.
Suzette Ford nominated the Sussex Heart Charity because her partner Paul had recently suffered a cardiac event and had to undergo cardiac surgery. Suzette said ”Paul has made a fantastic progress, I had seen the leaflet about the charity in the cardiac unit at the Sussex Cardiac Centre and because of the care that he had received I wanted to put something back”. Thanks to this fantastic gesture by Suzette and the shopper at Waitrose we received a very generous £530.00 donation
Joanne is running the Brighton Half Marathon on February 19th 2012 in memory of her very dear friend Will Pitcher, and in doing so Joanne will be raising money for the Sussex Heart Charity Joanne said,
“I am running the Brighton Half Marathon to raise money for the Sussex Heart Charity, in memory of Will Pitcher who sadly passed away on March 8th 2011 of a suspected heart attack. Will was a best friend to me, and indeed many others. He was a beautiful, big hearted man always with a big smile on his face. He was adored by everyone who knew him and his passing at the tender age of 29 was a shock to friends, family, work colleagues and anyone who had had the pleasure of meeting him. My friends recently took part in the London to Brighton bike ride to raise money for the charity in his memory but I cannot ride a bike! I therefore decided to put my passion for running to good use instead. I hope I can make him proud.”
Joanne and Will
Good luck with your training Joanne and thank you so much for supporting the Sussex Heart Charity, Terry Ayres, Company secretary
If you would like to Sponsor Joanne please click on the following link
Well done Max, we hope you enjoyed your walk, and thank you so much for taking on this personall challenge and raising funds for us, this will help us to continue our support of cardiac care in Sussex. Terry Ayres, Company Secretary, Sussex Heart Charity
Maxwell Withers picutres with (Sussex Heart Charity Chairman) Mr Andrew Cohen
Max and his walking companion, Peter Oliver, at the Start post
Halfway there and taking a well earned rest
At the Finish post
You can still sponsor Max if you wish all you need to do is click on the link below and follow the instructions.
http://www.everydayhero.co.uk/maxwell_swithers
Friends and family of 29 year old Will Pitcher took part in the London to Brighton Cycle ride and raised over £5,000 for the Sussex Heart Charity. Will sadly passed away on 8th March 2011. We would like to say a BIG thank you to everyone on the team a tremendous achievement, also a BIG thank you to Will’s family for their support and generosity.
Back row: Ed Markham, Oliver Kirkham, Yoddi Papa, Matt Hathaway, Del Rutherford, Rik Hasancebi, Louis Ellison and Jess Hamblett
Front row; Sean Dickens then supporters young Felix and Samuel Dickens and Mum Joanne.
The Sussex Heart Charity has funded of the production of Cardioholics ™ a Cardiac and health workout DVD and manual,
Every year 200,000 people die of heart and circulatory disease in the UK. There are already 2.3 million people who have been diagnosed with diabetes and a further 500,000 who are blissfully unaware that they have this disease. In addition to these shocking facts – Government statistics predict that by 2050 nine out of ten people in the UK will be classed as obese.
This DVD is based on Phase IV pioneered by Richard Stantiford. The aim of our funding this project is to increase awareness of the benifts of improving and maintaining the general fitness of all those at risk and the wider population.
To purchase a copy of the Cardiologices Excercise DVD please go to www.cardiolife.co.uk
