Julie is joining forces with the British Heart Foundation to raise awareness of National Heart Month.

She is asking local residents to join National ‘Wear Red Day’ on Friday 24 February 2012 and to follow the BEAT code for simple steps to a healthier heart.

As February is National Heart Month, the BHF encourages people across the UK to think about their own hearts and the hearts of those around them. The nation’s heart charity also needs people across the UK to get involved with National ‘Wear Red Day’, and raise vital funds for the charity’s life-saving work.

By wearing red like Julie on National ‘Wear Red Day’ and raising money, you will help the BHF to save lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information.

Julie stated “I am pleased to give my support for ‘Wear Red Day’ to back such a worthwhile cause. I urge local residents to support to both raise valuable funds and promote National Heart Month.”

It is a common misperception that heart disease is more common in men than women when in fact it kills 1 in 3 women, as well as 1 in 3 men and kills three times more women than breast cancer. Funds raised during National Heart Month can support the BHF to help the 2.7 million people in the UK currently living with heart disease.