BHF GoRed Campaign - February to March 2025
The Imperial BHF CRE has been fundraising for the British Heart Foundation Go Red Campaign this year. The BHF had launched a friendly competition to see which BHF Centre raises the most money! We have now raised £1548 from several Bake Sales held in February and March!
The current BHF CRE Fundraising committee includes - Alex Ainscough, Elisa Duregotti, Vanessa Ho, Fama Manneh, Iyobel Kibreab, Ben Moss, Victoria Noakes & Jaya Rajamanie.
More information on any future fundraising activities will be added here. Please continue your support to the British Heart Foundation!!
Past events

Cake Break
The Cake Break was an excellent collaboration between the Imperial BHF CRE and the BHF themselves.
The morning included welcoming staff and students from across the Hammersmith campus with the opportunity to win a tempting jar of chocolates and to get some fetching BHF merchandise. From a humble stand, £125 was raised.
In the afternoon, speakers from both the BHF and Imperial spoke to a budding audience on the importance and excitement of fundraising, inspiring a new generation of volunteers, outreach speakers and fundraisers.
The day was finished off with a much-desired Cake Break, where networking sprouted, and fundraising ideas were shared.

Mis(s)diagnosed Symposium
The BHF DTP students Mascha Vinokurova, Zuzanna Jablonska, Amalia Sintou, and Anies- Makhdomi-Sohi were congratulated on organising the inaugural BHF student symposium “Mis(s)diagnosed - why sex matters in cardiovascular diseases". The symposium was a thought-provoking afternoon with various guest speakers discussing the sex differences in cardiovascular disease.
The Imperial BHF Fundraising Team featured during the breaks where attendees could purchase their very own Mis(s)diagnosed badges, raising £58.
BHF 60th Anniversary

600 Miles in 60 Days for the 60 Years of the BHF
For the BHF’s 60th Anniversary, the fundraising team went big! As they stretched their legs, dusted off their running shoes and oiled their bike chains, staff, students and friends of the Imperial BHF CRE formed teams and competed against each other to walk, run and cycle 600 miles in 60 days and raise £75 for the BHF. With many teams completely thrashing those goals, an incredible total of £2400 was raised.

600 Miles in 60 Days for the 60 Years of the BHF
With the winning teams Vaso-Active accumulating 2893 miles and The Pacemakers raising over £900, it is safe to say that there is a competitive spirit amongst our BHF supporters.
More events

BHF Friyay
Lockdown did not stop us from having fun and fundraising. A series of online classes were run to bring a bit of cheer to our Fridays. In the lead up to Christmas, our Friday nights were active with Zumba, chilled with yoga and indulgent with baking, while there was also the chance to get a hold of some aromatic mulling spices. So, you can lock us up and throw away the key, but we still raised £405.

Valentine's Day Raffle
With the support of local businesses Prairie Fire a Kansas City style BBQ restaurant and Divr Labs virtual reality experience arena who generously donated prizes to our Valentine's Day Raffle, we were able to kickstart this romantic month with the opportunity to win fantastic prizes to spoil loved ones with.
A beating success, with 212 raffle tickets sold and £511 raised, all in under two weeks. Everyone definitely gave a whole lot of heart this Valentine's Day!
Congratulations to our winners!
General enquiries
BHF Centre of Research Excellence
ICTEM Building
Hammersmith Campus
Du Cane Road
London W12 0NN
BHF Centre Manager
Mrs Jaya Rajamanie
j.rajamanie@imperial.ac.uk
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