- Bag It Beat It - British Heart Foundation

FIGHT HEART DISEASE
PACK A PUNCH WITH
YOUR UNWANTED STUFF
Your guide to organising the ultimate
Bag It. Beat It. event this September.
Order bags at bhf.org.uk/bagit
TEAM UP AND
BAG IT. BEAT IT.
Every September, the British Heart Foundation
challenges the nation to Bag It. Beat It. and
donate bags of unwanted stuff to their shops,
to help raise funds for life saving heart research.
To take part, simply donate bags filled with good
quality unwanted clothes, shoes, books, handbags,
DVDs, CDs, home accessories and toys. Or host an
event for friends, family or colleagues, so everyone
can bring bags along. We’ll even collect your
donations for free.
It’s easy to set up an event: just follow our
step-by-step guide below.
1. ORDER BAGS
2. SET A DATE
3. TELL EVERYONE
Get free bags online, from
your local BHF shop, or
simply fill bags from home.
bhf.org.uk/bagitorder
You can hold your donation
event on any date(s) – it’s up
to you. Make sure you check
with the boss if it’s at work!
Promote your event; use
posters and invites from our
online toolkit.
bhf.org.uk/bagitevents
4. MAKE IT FUN!
5. BOOK A COLLECTION
6. SAY THANKS!
Keep track of bags donated,
and see who can donate
the most! Download a
leaderboard from
bhf.org.uk/bagitevents
Drop stuff off at your local
BHF shop, or arrange a FREE
collection by calling
0800 915 7000.
Every donation helps, so don’t
forget to say thank you! Get a
certificate at
bhf.org.uk/bagitevents
Every bag filled helps fund life saving heart research.
Free collection service
Drop off your bags at your nearest British Heart
Foundation shop, or arrange a free collection
by calling 0800 915 7000. Our friendly team will
pop round to collect your stuff.
Boost every bag’s value with Gift Aid
Gift Aid is a government scheme that lets charities reclaim tax on donations,
at no extra cost to you. By signing up to Gift Aid, your donations will be worth
25% more. So if the lovely things you bring sell for £10, we will actually
receive £12.50. Find Gift Aid forms inside our Bag It. Beat It. donation bags.
WOMEN LEADING THE FIGHT
AGAINST HEART DISEASE.
This year, our Bag It. Beat It. goal is to collect over 1 million bags in September,
while raising awareness of women’s fight against heart disease.
In the UK, coronary heart disease kills more than twice as many women as breast cancer. All of
us have women in our lives who might be at risk, so our research is more important than ever.
The great news is that every bag donated can help save lives.
Shell Williams, from Wolverhampton, was born with a prolapsed mitral valve.
In January 2014 she discovered that she needed surgery to repair the valve. “I’ve got
two kids and I was working at the time; it changed my whole life. My daughter always says
to people ‘The British Heart Foundation saved my mummy’s life they are amazing!’ Without
your research, I would not be here right now and wouldn’t see my children grow up.
Without more people donating items and fundraising the research wouldn’t be possible.
I encourage everyone to do what they can so more families can keep their loved ones.”
28,000
1 in 4
That’s 77
Or 3
BUT WITH YOUR HELP
THE FIGHT AGAINST
HEART DISEASE
IS IN THE BAG
women die from heart attacks
each year in the UK.
women on average per day.
every hour.
women die of heart and
circulatory disease in the UK.
For over 50 years we’ve pioneered research
that’s transformed the lives of millions of
people living with heart disease.
Our work has been central to the discoveries
of vital treatments that are changing the
fight against heart disease.
But heart and circulatory disease still kills
around one in four people in the UK,
stealing them away from their families
and loved ones.
From babies born with life threatening
heart problems, to the many mums, dads
and grandparents who survive a heart attack
and endure the daily battles of heart failure.
© British Heart Foundation 2016, a registered charity in England and Wales (225971) and Scotland (SC039426)
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Join our fight for every heartbeat in the
UK. Every pound raised, minute of your
time and donation to our shops will help
make a difference to people’s lives.