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Somerville Heart Foundation - Community Health

Last updated: 13/11/2023
Community Health
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What we do

Somerville Heart Foundation (previously The Somerville Foundation) is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to supporting young people and adults born with all forms of heart conditions, known as Congenital Heart Disease (or CHD).

We provide support, advocacy, communication, and a community for those we are here to help. We also campaign for their rights to receive excellent medical care to enable them to lead happy, healthy, and longer lives.

To do this, we aim to:

- Provide all congenital heart patients with accurate, timely information and advice. Allowing them to grasp opportunities, take informed decisions and make positive lifestyle choices
- Combat isolation and poverty for congenital heart patients and their families
- Fight discrimination through campaigns, education and the promotion of congenital heart patients’ rights
- Enable congenital heart patients to share and learn from experiences and support each other.