Many thanks and well done to all or our runners that took part in last years Marathon this was a fantastic success and the total raise so far from last years event was £6,230.
Toby Whitehead, Bijay Lama and Terry Ayres, pictured with Mayor of Brighton and Hove City Mrs Anne Anne Meadows and Mr Andrew Cohen
We Still have places available for the 2012 Brighton Marathon, if you are interested in taking part contact us directly on 01273 523026
Terry Ayres
Company secretary
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
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
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 have agreed funding of £20,000 as requested by Dr Mark Signey. This will be used for the purchase of a lifestyle cardiac conferencing system for use in Worthing hospitals. Dr Mark Signy, Consultant Cardiologist , explained how the conferencing system works.
“The Lifestream conferencing system has been developed with the involvement of Eastbourne cardiac dept and Mr Jonathan Hyde (cardiac surgeon at Brighton) to allow full interactive conferencing between cardiac and cardiac surgical departments on different sites. This had previously been impossible to achieve satisfactorily with existing videoconferencing systems due to the inability to simultaneously transmit and play DICOM coded catheter films (DICOM is the industry standard for storing these images). The new system, via the NHS web, allows several departments simultaneously to videoconference and play the recorded films in real time thus allowing Multidisciplinary meetings to occur properly with participants on multiple sites. It is also quick and flexible enough to allow quick one off conferencing with surgical colleagues during complex cases in the cath lab.”
David Hildick-Smith requested funding of £50,000.00 - To fund half the time of a Research Registrar doing an MD thesis on patient foramen ovale and renal disease.
The Sussex Heart Charity has recently approved a request from Cardiac Surgeon Mr Michael Lewis for £28,500 to fund the following research project as discribed by Mr Lewis.
”This study is about trying to improve the treatment of patients undergoing coronary artery surgery. To perform this heart operation often requires the help of a heart-lung machine, which supports your body’s circulation whilst the surgeon bypasses the diseased blood vessels. During the surgery, the heart has to be protected so that it is not injured by the strain of the operation. Despite using standard techniques to protect the heart, some temporary injury still occurs from which the heart gradually recovers during the first few hours and days following the operation. This study looks to improve on these established ‘protective techniques’ by preparing the heart before surgery with a drug that switches the fuel of the heart from less efficient fatty acids to more efficient sugars.
This grant has allowed us to employ a research nurse to assist in patient recruitment, patient consent and data collection. We are very grateful for the continuing support of the Sussex Heart Charity, without whom this pioneering work would not be possible.
Michael E Lewis MD FRCS Cth
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Rd
Brighton
BN2 5BE
12 year old Jessica was diagnosed with Primary Bone Cancer aged nine, Jessica endured a major operation to remove her cancerous upper right arm and shoulder bone, and is learning to live with a special titanium prosthesis.
As if all that wasn’t difficult enough, she suffered a stroke and heart damage as a result of her chemotherapy treatment, and is currently hoping the cancer stays in remission; Jessica is now on a waiting list for a heart transplant operation
In September 2008 Mrs Cara Cannons (Jessica’s Mother) wrote to the Sussex Heart Charity explaining Jessica’s circumstances.
Because of Jessica’s plight the Sussex Heart Charity Trustees agree to make a donation of £500 to help enable Jessica and her family to enjoy a much needed holiday.
Chairman Andrew Cohen pictured above presenting Jessica and her family with £500 cheque