British Heart Foundation 2023-2026

Royal Mail employees chose British Heart Foundation (BHF) as our National Charity Partner in 2023.

British Heart Foundation 2023-2026

Royal Mail employees chose British Heart Foundation (BHF) as our National Charity Partner in 2023.
We are working together to protect heart health and save lives in our communities.
Across the UK employees are fundraising and aiming to raise £2 million for BHF. The money raised will support the Community Hearts Programme, which is aiming to:
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1. Deliver CPR training to thousands of young people

Training a nation of lifesavers.

2. Fund hundreds of Community defibrillators

Saving lives in communities.

3. Develop accessible heart health information for the nation

Providing trusted support.

Download our partnership impact report for more details on our progress to date

Download here (pdf, 1.67 MB)

Royal Mail and British Heart Foundation
partnership impact

We launched our partnership with BHF in February 2023. Since then, our people have been running, baking, trekking, quizzing, cycling and much more to raise vital funds for the charity. Read our partnership impact reportpdf, 1.67 MB to see the latest updates on funds raised.

  • The Heart Helpline to be free to call and more cardiac nurses to be available to answer your calls. The freephone number is 0808 802 1234. 
  • Community defibrillators placed in areas where they’re most needed, with over 250 funded in the first two years of the programme. The programme will continue to open annually to applications, with the opportunity for anyone to apply for a funded defibrillator package on behalf of their local community organisation. To find out more head to BHF's defibrillator application page.

Quick CPR and defibrillation is vital to giving someone the best chance of survival after a cardiac arrest. Yet surveys suggest that a third of adults across the country have never undertaken any form of CPR training. That’s why we’re training our employees in CPR. Across the course of our partnership, we’re aiming to train thousands of employees using BHF’s RevivR tool. 

Would you know what to do if somebody’s heart stopped? Start BHF’s 15-minute online training course here.

Our latest partnership updates will be shared in our partnership impact report and via press releases or on our social media channels below:

Visit the BHF website for more information on the charity and how you can support their work.