Showing posts with label BBC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BBC. Show all posts

Thursday, 28 May 2009

Cameras drop in at BHF HQ

A TV crew from the BBC paid BHF a visit yesterday to film one of our Speak Up workshops.

The cameras are following Hannah Jones for a documentary which will air later this year.

At the age of four, was diagnosed with leukaemia, and the medication gave her a life threatening heart condition.

Last year, aged 12, Hannah was told she would die unless she had heart transplant. But, tired of a life of invasive medical attention, she refused the operation and asked to be allowed to live her life, however long that may be.

The Hannah Jones Documentary follows Hannah's journey since her decision, as she takes her first steps to live her life despite having a terminal heart condition.

Yesterday was the first time she'd met other young people with heart conditions. After a series of games and activities at the workshop, which gave everyone a lot to think about, the day was completed with a fun trip to the London Eye.

Watch this space for more information about when the documentary will air.

Speak Up is our fun one-day workshop for young people aged between 13 and 19 who are living with heart conditions. As well as finding out how to feel more confident and communicate with others, participants learn how to talk to others about their condition in a supportive and creative way.

The Speak Up workshop is part of Meet@TeenHeart - our project for young people with heart conditions. Check out the Meet@TeenHeart website yheart.net/meet for more information or contact Sarah Ashton at ashtons@bhf.org.uk

Friday, 20 June 2008

And just in case you missed this...

There were some great TV news pieces about our 2008 London to Brighton Bike Ride last weekend.

One of them was on BBC Breakfast News early on Sunday morning, but if you were taking part in - or making your way to - the Ride itself you will almost certainly have missed it.

Anyway, those very kind folk at the BBC and ITV have just given us permission to host the clips on our BHF YouTube video channel, so if you haven't seen them yet, here they are. First up, BBC Breakfast News...



And here's the ITV London Tonight news report...



Reminder - you can also see our gallery of 150 great photos taken at the Ride

And once again, if you took part in the London to Brighton Ride please let us know how you got on by posting a comment below.

Thanks very much to everyone who took part, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Friday, 13 June 2008

Cordelia's starring role

The face of our 2008 Help a Heart Campaign, two-year-old Cordelia, has featured in a TV news programme on BBC South East.

The clip features interviews with Cordelia's mum Maggie and Michael Rigby, the surgeon who carried out the seven-hour heart operation on Cordelia just ten days after she was born with a congenital heart condition.

You can help save children like Cordelia by getting involved or donating to our Help a Heart Campaign.

If you have experience of living with a heart condition - whether yourself, or as a parent, partner, relative or friend - you can let us know your story by posting in the comments below.