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Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland gains PIF TICK accreditation to become a ‘trusted information creator’

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland has been awarded the PIF TICK – the UK’s only assessed quality mark for print and online health and care information.  To become a ‘trusted…

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Kicks Off Women’s Football Programme with the Scottish Football Association

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and the Scottish FA have teamed up to deliver free recreational football sessions for women across Scotland, aimed at getting more women playing the sport…

Winter Support Needed for People Living with Long-Term Conditions

A survey by Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland revealed that a third of people living with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid had cut back on essentials such…

Elgin’s Newest Charity Store Seeks Donations and Volunteers Ahead of Launch

Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland is launching its newest charity store in Elgin next month. The store is due to open at the end of January and will be based…

Insurance and Actuarial Society of Glasgow Raises Funds for Leading Health Charity

The Insurance and Actuarial Society of Glasgow (IASG) has raised an impressive £9,255 for leading Scottish health charity Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland supports the…

Border Woman Takes on Machu Picchu Trail for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

Jess Ritter-Holland from Coldstream in the Scottish Borders is undertaking a huge challenge to raise funds for Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland, inspired by her mum Angela.  Earlier this year,…

Richard is gearing up for the Arran Cycle Challenge!

Our fundraising hero Richard Kent has one message for people thinking of doing a cycling challenge: “you’re never too old!”.  This is because, 10 years ago at the age of…

Antiques Specialists to Help Forres Residents Uncover Hidden Treasures for Charity

Lyon & Turnbull, one of the UK’s premiere fine art and antiques auctioneers, is holding a valuation day in Forres to raise funds for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland.  The…

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Calls for Urgent Action on Heart Disease as Deaths Increase

Deaths from Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) in 2022 were up 6% on the five-year average in 2022 This increase indicates that decades of progress in reducing IHD deaths are in…

Daredevil Annemarie takes on the Aberdeen Abseil!

Annemarie MacLachlan, 69, lives in Inverurie where she works in the local Morrisons. A volunteer in the Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland store in the Aberdeenshire town, Annemarie took part…