Are you a budding photographer, keen to help out one of our large fundraising events or add your voice to our campaigning?
Here are just a few of the things you can get involved with at Cardiomyopathy UK:
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Promote our services to your GP or local hospital
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Help out at the Virgin London Marathon and the Great North Run
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Run a stall for us at a local fair or fete
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Organise a collection in your local area
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Provide support to people via the telephone
The possibilities are endless!
Help those who need us
Our support volunteers are a network of people living with the condition who offer a friendly listening ear to those newly diagnosed or in need of support. Whether it is via the phone or email, we match our volunteers to those who have had a similar experience.
We provide support volunteer training, to help you be fully prepared to offer support and to deal with calls or emails.
Help us with research
We believe that research plays a vital role in improving the lives of everyone affected by cardiomyopathy.
Sign up to hear about the latest research opportunities
100,000 Genome Project – are looking for more disease-causing gene mutations in people affected by diseases like cardiomyopathy and cancer.
Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
The NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit is currently looking for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy to undergo a heart MRI scan, as part of an ethics approved research study.
For more information please read their Patient Advert
Heart Hive