British Heart Foundation
United Kingdom charity
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| May 2024 | King Charles III became the Patron of the British Heart Foundation, succeeding Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. |
| December 2023 | Professor Bryan Williams OBE was appointed as the charity's first Chief Scientific and Medical Officer (CSMO), replacing Professor Sir Nilesh Samani who had served as Medical Director for over 7 years. |
| 2022 | BHF was named the official charity partner for the London Marathon, with an aim to raise £3m for clinical research. |
| 2022 | London to Brighton Bike Ride was expected to return with PureGym as the sponsor. |
| July 2022 | CureHeart, led by Professor Hugh Christian Watkins and Professor Christine Seidman, was announced as the winner of the Big Beat Challenge, with the goal of finding a cure for genetic cardiomyopathies. |
| 2021 | London to Brighton Bike Ride was cancelled for the second consecutive year. |
| 2021 | A YouGov study ranked the British Heart Foundation as the top charity in the UK, with the highest percentage of adults holding a positive opinion of the organization, highlighting its significant impact and public recognition. |
| June 2021 | The British Heart Foundation joined forces with leading cardiovascular research funders worldwide to establish the Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), bringing together international cardiovascular research organizations to collaborate on heart health research. |
| 2020 | London to Brighton Bike Ride was cancelled due to external circumstances. |
| 2020 | The British Heart Foundation reported a net income of over £107 million and spent more than £93 million on funding cardiovascular research. |
| February 2020 | Dr Charmaine Griffiths became the Chief Executive of the British Heart Foundation, succeeding Simon Gillespie OBE. |
| January 2020 | A shortlist of Big Beat Challenge proposals was finalized, including innovative projects such as a robotic heart, a 'Google map' of atherosclerosis, an AI-driven cardiovascular digital patient twin, and a genetic cure for inherited heart conditions. |
| 2019 | British Heart Foundation raised nearly £54m through fundraising events. |
| 2019 | The British Heart Foundation launched the Big Beat Challenge, a global competition offering £30m for a transformational cardiovascular disease research solution, open to global applications in any cardiovascular research area. |
| 2019 | The British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Collaborative was launched, hosted by the British Cardiovascular Society to support high-quality national cardiovascular research coordination and prioritization. |
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