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BHF_logo.pngYour Community Voices Newsletter - the British Heart Foundation (Autumn 2025)

Welcome to the Autumn Community Voices newsletter from the British Heart Foundation. In this newsletter, you'll find:

The opportunity for your community members to join the BHF advisory forum

  • Tips for celebrating a healthier Diwali
  • Our accessible health resources
  • How to bulk order our health information booklets.
Recruitment open for our Lived Experience Advisory Forum!
 
To kick off 2026, we’re excited to grow our Lived Experience Advisory Forum (LEAF) by welcoming up to 10 new members across England and Wales with lived experience of heart and circulatory disease. Members will guide our work across a range of projects and opportunities, making sure that patient and carer voices are represented throughout areas of policy and influencing.
 

In particular, we would like hear from people from:

  • Black African and African Caribbean communities
  • South Asian communities
  • Gypsy and Traveller communities
  • People living in areas of high deprivation or on lower incomes

The deadline to express interest is Friday 24 October.

If you think this will be of interest to members of your community, you can share our recruitment pack and this link to apply.


Celebrating Diwali with a heart condition
 

Will members of your community be celebrating Diwali this year? With festivities stretching over several days, we understand that it can be hard to stick to healthy habits. BHF have provided 5 expert top tips to share with your community to help you enjoy the festival while looking after your heart.

Tips for enjoying a healthy festival >


Accessible Health Resources
 
We're pleased to share that many of BHF’s health information resources are now available in more accessible formats, including audio, easy read and different languages.
 
 
 
Order health information booklets
 

Would you like to have access to BHF's print heart health information resources for your community?

You can order our wide range of booklets online for free - including large text and easy read versions.

ORDER HERE

 

To read this edition of the British Heart Foundation Autumn 2024 Newsletter and information on how to subscribe - please click here