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Our Impact
412
families, looked after at Heartbeat House in 2023/24
We provide the best quality cardiac care for patients and their families in the Wessex Region and beyond
83,815
Outpatients and Inpatients supported by the Wessex Cardiac Unit in 2024

Our Projects

Heartbeat House
We need your help to keep this house going, to support families of patients and give them relief in a time of need.

Adopt a Room
As we rely on the generosity of our supporters to keep Heartbeat House functioning all year round, we created the Adopt-A-Room initiative to help people decide on their route of support.

Wessex Heartbeat (General Fund)
Your support is your future. We appreciate any amount of donation you can afford, whether by online, cheque or cash.
Latest Stories


Friends of Heartbeat bids farewell to ‘face of charity’
Left to Right: Anna Malcolm (Heartbeat Guernsey Liaison), Amelia Firetto (Heartbeat Dorset Fundraiser) and Tina Tolley (Head of Business and Donor Development) The Guernsey Friends of Heartbeat – the Bailiwick branch of the charity helping families of cardiac surgery patients in Southampton – has bid farewell to donor development manager Tina Tolley, the face of the charity in the Bailiwick for the past seven years. Heartbeat has a long-standing connection with Guernsey, prov


Southampton’s much-loved variety show fundraiser returns for 2026
The countdown is on for a truly spectacular evening of fundraising at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre supporting cardiac charity Heartbeat. On Sunday, 19 April 2026 Variety from the Heart 2026 will light up the stage with its full-to-bursting line up of talent of seasoned professionals and local rising stars performing live music, side-splitting comedy and specialist variety acts. Returning to Southampton is the ever-charismatic Lloyd Hollett , known as ‘The Comedy Wordsmith’


Hampshire charity appoints fundraiser with the cause close to his heart
Southampton cardiac charity Heartbeat has appointed a new Events and Corporate Fundraiser who keeps the charity, quite literally, close to his heart. Matthew Cornick was born with a leaking aortic valve and has undergone 13 gruelling open heart surgeries, but he wanted to give back to the charity which supported him and his family. At age 15 while staying at the E1 heart ward at University hospital Southampton, Matthew wanted to know who was behind some of the hospitals facil
Upcoming Events

Beat the Heat Heartbeat Quiz
Get ready to put your knowledge to the test at one of Heartbeat’s most popular events, now at an exciting new location!

Beat the Heat Ryde IOW Quiz Night
Join us for an evening of laughs, healthy competition and the chance to win some fantatsic prizes! Could you be crowned Quiz Champions?

Variety from the Heart 2026
Heartbeat is excited to return to the magnificent Grade II listed Mayflower Theatre in Southampton – the largest and most prestigious venue on the South Coast – for another unforgettable evening of entertainment!
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