Madam,

Love My Heart is an annual campaign running from 25 January until 1 March, two poignant, romantic dates in the Welsh calendar, to raise money to enable Welsh Hearts Calonnau Cymru to hold heart-screening sessions and place life-saving defibrillators in communities across Wales.

Welsh Hearts is encouraging everyone in Wales to Go Red any time until 1 March to help us to continue to save lives! From having a ‘Wear Red Day’ in the office, to selling red themed cakes, to painting your face red for the day or even sitting in a bath of red custard! Whatever you choose to do, you could help Welsh Hearts to place defibrillators and hold heart screening sessions in mid and west Wales.

Hundreds die each year from an undiagnosed heart condition – that’s hundreds too many. A simple ECG (electrocardiogram) will identify most cardiac abnormalities so that conditions can be managed. This is why in addition to our work of placing life-saving defibrillators in the community, Welsh Hearts have also launched the Heart Screening Wales programme.

Placing a defibrillator in the community costs £1,500 and just one heart screening session costs £6,000. You can find more ideas on what do in our #lovemyheart fundraising pack which can be found at welsh-hearts.org or contact me by emailing [email protected] or calling 07422 523 734.

Yours etc,

Meinir Lewis, mid and west Wales fundraiser, Welsh Hearts Calonnau Cymru.

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