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Lee Popplewell becomes new ambassador
Heartbeat Of Sport have announced Lee Popplewell as their new ambassador. The Hull based fundraiser has been a tremendous supporter of the charity since its formation over 3 years ago. The 40 year old [...]
Danny Jones Family Become Ambassadors For Heartbeat Of Sport
Heartbeat of Sport are honoured and proud to announce we will be working with five new charity ambassadors. Gaz Jones and wife Kelly, the brother and sister in law of Keighley and Wales international [...]
Official Launch of Sports Screening Programme
HeartBeat of Sport have now launched their sports screening programme. It has been developed to identify underlying heart disease amongst those undertaking sporting activities in the wider community, with the intention of reducing sudden [...]
Fear Masters team up with Heartbeat of Sport
Following a successful summer of screams and the launch of Fear Masters – Scare in the Community Initiative, a fun and totally unique way of using Scare Entertainment to raise money and awareness of [...]
Crossley Juniors and Illingworth Rugby receive Defibrillator
Crossley Juniors Football Club and Illingworth ARLFC, who are both based at their Mason Green headquarters, have recently been presented with a potentially life saving defibrillator (AED) machine. Thanks to the Heartbeat of Sport’s [...]
School staff learn lifesaving skills with defibrilator training
Heartbeat of Sport are in the local Bradford papers after Anthony Tonks provided teaching CPR to Debbie Mouncey and Luke McDanielson at Russell Hall Primary School. The school had invited members of the charity to [...]
Tony Tonks provides support for life-saving community campaign
Crowds gathered in Sowerby Bridge as coloured lights adorning a tree were officially switched on in a life-saving community campaign. Around 100 people showed their support to the Rotary Tree of Light campaign which [...]
Well done to Elland cricket club!
The threat of cardiac arrest and heart attacks are now starting to be recognised by sporting institutions and non more so than when the club unexpectedly has to deal with it first hand. This [...]
Blackley Cricket Club get a defibrillator
The Heartbeat of Sport team visited Blackley Cricket Club near the town of Elland recently to present them with their brand new defibrillator that they have acquired for use on their premises. The club [...]
Marathon Reaction – David Waite
Hi everybody, my name is David Waite and this year I ran the London marathon whilst raising money for two charities that are very close to my heart- Children with Cancer and Heartbeat of [...]
Congratulations to Highbury School
The Heartbeat of Sport team visited the Highbury school in Brighouse last week to present them with their first on-site defibrillator. During a special assembly of the schools pupils and parents held in the [...]
Our Valentines Anniversary Dinner
On Friday 14th February, when most people are settling down for a cosy night in or heading out to a fancy restaurant, the wonderful people of Halifax were arriving at The Shay stadium for an [...]
John Kear joins the team!
The Heartbeat of Sport charity are very pleased this week to announce our first ambassador to the charity, Rugby League legend John Kear. John is a commanding figure in the world of Rugby League [...]
Rob Worrincy Screening Blog
Rob Worrincy is a long standing member of the Halifax Rugby League team and a very dedicated athlete when it comes to his health and well being. Following the recent screening that Heartbeat of [...]
The Screening is Underway!
The big ECG screening session is underway up at The Shay stadium in Halifax as we are holding a whole afternoon of ECG screening for Halifax Rugby League club. For the whole afternoon, players [...]
Heartbeat of Sport charity bike ride is underway
The Heartbeat of Sport charity bike ride got underway this morning, albeit to a bit of a bad start. On his way to the starting line, Adam Robinson managed to get not one, but [...]
Calling all fundraisers – Heartbeat of Sport want you!
Following the fantastic success of our recent charity bike ride, Heartbeat of Sport are now looking across the country for fundraisers who want to test themselves and put on a fundraising event, all in [...]
Heartbeat of Sport Charity Bike Ride
Heartbeat of Sport staff are staging a charity bike ride From Wakefield to Bridlington. Tony Tonks, Adam Robinson and Scott Murrell, who all play for Halifax RLFC will be setting off from Wakefield at [...]
Charity ball is a huge success!
On Friday, to mark the culmination of weeks of hard work and effort, we staged a black tie ball to mark the official launch of the Heartbeat of Sport charity. It’s fair to say [...]
Moment of horror leads to inspiration
When Yorkshire businessman Tony Abbott set off on a 500-mile round trip to watch his beloved football team Tottenham Hotspur play at White Hart Lane, he was on a high. But the journey back [...]