Golf Event

The HCF Golf Day will once again be played at Brocket Hall. The date of the event is Thursday 24th May 2012 and if you would like further details please contact Linda Watts on 020 7486 5838 or email: lindawatts@dejamus.co.uk

Cookery Demonstration and Lunch

Series of cookery lunches.

1) Monday 6 February 2012
Mimi Greenberg – "Tasty, Easy and Fun"

2) Tuesday 3 April 2012
Sindy Caplan – "Fast, Fresh and Simple"

Gala Film and Dinner

We were very fortunate to have had the opportunity to screen "The Ides of March", starring George Clooney, before it went out on general release. The private screening and dinner was held at the May Fair Hotel, London W1.

The evening was a great success with the event raising over £250,000 for the Heart Cells Foundation.

Ian Rosenberg Memorial Lecture

International Forum.

Spencer House

The Duke of Gloucester, Countess Spencer, and Lord and Lady Young were among VIP guests attending an evening reception at Spencer House on Thursday 5 May organised by the Heart Cells Foundation.

The event was held to thank supporters of the Heart Cells Foundation and to raise awareness of the progress of the cardiac stem cell trials at Barts and the London NHS Trust by Professor Anthony Mathur.

Cookery Demonstration and Lunch

Series of cookery lunches.

1) Monday 29 November 2010 –
Mimi Greenberg cooking at home of Hazel Collins

2) Tuesday 1 February 2011 – Sindy Caplan

3) Tuesday 10 May 2011 – Celia Brooks Brown at Divertimenti

Gala Film and Dinner Evening

Exclusive private screening, before it goes out on general release - "Wall Street" Money Never Sleeps". This was featured at the Cannes Film Festival and received rave reviews. It is the sequel to the 1987 Academy Award-winning film "Wall Street" and Michael Douglas will reprise his role as Gordon Gekko and stars alongside Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin and Shia LaBeouf.

This year, the film screening followed by Dinner will be at the May Fair Hotel, Berkeley Street, W1.

For further information, please contact Marie Hancock on 020 7706 3696 or Linda Watts 020 7486 5838.

Golf Event

The 6th Annual Heart Cells Foundation golf day will be held this year on Thursday 23rd September and will take place at Wentworth on the prestigious Edinburgh Course.

If you would be interested in playing, either individually or bringing a team of four, then please contact Linda Watts to find out more details.

Tel: 020 7486 5838 or email: lindawatts@dejamus.co.uk

Gala Film and Dinner Evening

We were very fortunate to have had the opportunity to screen "The Informant", starring Matt Damon, before it went out on general release. The private screening was held at the Curzon Cinema, Mayfair, and followed afterwards by dinner at the Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly. The evening was a great success with the event raising over £250,000 for the Heart Cells Foundation.

Three private cookery demonstrations followed by lunch

1) Tuesday 3 February 2009 – Dinner Party Delights with Hazel Collins

2) Tuesday 28 April 2009 – Sindy's Cookery Secrets with Sindy Caplan

3) Thursday 21 May 2009 – Gastro Gourmet with Keith Ross

Private View

An evening dedicated to contemporary art.

Roger Bevan gave a talk on a new and truly exciting art collection at a private home in Mayfair. This was followed by dinner.

Golf Day 2009 at Coombe Hill Golf Club

Due to the Edinburgh Course at Wentworth being unavailable, the golf day this year moved to Coombe Hill Golf Club, and on a beautifully sunny day was enjoyed by all. The winning team was from Skanska, who have supported the golf day every year. Congratulations to Steve Eames, Peter Fortune, Gilbert Mann and Harry Winstanley.

In total, over £20,000 net was raised from the event and we would like to thank everybody who participated and all the staff at Coombe Hill who helped to make the day such a success.

Ian Rosenberg Memorial Lecture

This was the inaugural lecture of an annual event.

Professor Philip Menasche from Paris gave this first lecture. He is a pioneer in the field of clinical trials in stem cell therapy.

Gala Film and Dinner

We were very fortunate to be able to screen the new James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" before it went out on general and world release.

The private screening was held at the Curzon Cinema, Mayfair, with dinner afterwards at the Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly.

The event was very successful and raised over £300,000 towards the Heart Cells Foundation.

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Heart Cells Foundation Golf Day 2008 at Wentworth

Due to bad weather, the annual Golf Day was re-scheduled and took place on 7 October 2008 on the prestigious Edinburgh Course at Wentworth. In total, over £20,000 was raised from the event, and our thanks goes out to all who helped make the day a wonderful success.

Gala Film and Dinner Evening

We had the good fortune to be able to screen "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" two weeks before its UK premiere, and speakers on the evening included Mary Archer, trustee of the UK Stem Foundation.

The evening went very well and raised more than £200,000 towards the Heart Cells Foundation fundraising target.

The London Chest Hospital 10k Race & Fun Runs

The growds gathered early in Victoria Park, with the Junior one-mile race beginning the day. Competitors then began warming up for the 3K race, with the 10K race finishing the day. Over 850 runners registered for the 10K race alone! Cllr Ann Jackson, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, presented the trophies to the winners and, regardless of who was a serious elite runner and who had entered just for fun, the true winner was the Heart Cells Appeal, with an estimated £20,000 (including sponsorship) raised. Pat Gray, who organised this event, extends her thanks to each volunteer who gave up their time and worked hard to make the event a success.

Heart Cells Foundation Golf Day 2007 at Wentworth

It was a glorious sunny day once again for the third Heart Cells Foundation Golf Day which took place on the prestigious Edinburgh Course at Wentworth. There were 21 teams taking part who all battled to win The Ian Rosenberg Trophy, which will be engraved with the winners names. In total we raised over £20,000 from the event, which is a tremendous achievement, and our thanks goes out to all who helped make the day a wonderful success.

Heart Of The Game Bike Ride

Keith Ross, Executive Head Chef at West Ham United, completed 950 miles cycling round all 20 premiership clubs in 12 days - starting and finishing at West Ham United!

Keith was joined on the ride by London Chest Hospital doctor, Andrew Deaner, who treated Keith in July 2006 after he suffered a heart attack whilst out with his family. Within 75 minutes of arrival at the London Chest, Keith was in the operating theatre, where he received an angiogram, followed by an angioplasty, and thankfully doctors have now confirmed there is no lasting damage to his heart. "I am in no doubt that the decision of the paramedics to take me immediately to the London Chest Hospital saved my life". We would like to thank Alan Shorter Rochtford Cycles for the donation of bicycles and kit, and Newman Gym, who have given Keith a free membership.

The Winter Ball

A truly winter evening, as guests were greeted by whirling snow as they entered the courtyard of The Brewery for the Winter Ball 2006. Joined by The Rt Hon. The Lord Mayor, guests sipped champagne, before dining followed by dancing to live band 'Brenthouse', who were joined by Xfactor finalist Philip Magee. A casino was also available for those who dared try their luck!! It was truly an amazing evening and we raised over £90,000. We would like to take this opportunity to thank guests, auction prize donors and those who contributed to make this a very special evening.

Heart Cells Foundation Golf Day at Wentworth Tuesday 6th June 2006

“Bright sunshine welcomed the competitors at Wentworth. 16 teams, many of whom participated last year, played the prestigious Edinburgh Course.

After an excellent day’s play, the winners were presented with their prizes over lunch by Jenifer Rosenberg. Dr Anthony Mathur joined the teams over lunch and made a brief presentation about the progress to date of the innovative heart cells trial.

'Over £175,000 was raised on this wonderful evening at BAFTA where over 250 guests attended the first charity screening of this exciting new Bond Film. A moving tribute was made to the much missed and Founder of the Heart Cells Foundation, Ian Rosenberg, who worked tirelessely to increase awareness of this groundbreaking research. We would like to thank all those people who with their generosity helped to raise much needed funds for this important work.

Grand Draw Tickets 2006

A record amount of £12,200 was raised by the 2006 Grand Draw. We would like to say a special thank you to those who so generously donated the fantastic prizes.

Our thanks also to all those who tirelessly sold tickets including the children of Raines’ Foundation School in Bethnal Green who sold £600 worth!

The winning tickets were drawn by consultant cardiologist, Dr Anthony Mathur. The top prize went to Marian Frederiksen from Dagenham. She was thrilled to win a stunning holiday in Dubai.

Flora London Marathon

“Ten runners, including doctors and relatives of patients, successfully completed this year’s London Marathon. Their efforts went beyond jogging the 26 mile course – much of it during persistent rain – because together they raised a fantastic £12,000 for the Heart Cells Appeal.

Cardiac Specialist Dr Michael Muhlmann holds the best time for our Marathon team. He sped round in an impressive 3 hours and 16 minutes to finish amongst the first 3,000 runners. Dr Muhlmann, 34, said: "This was my second marathon and I improved my time by about 20 minutes which was good. I found the first 20 odd miles fine but the last six were a real challenge. We had great support all the way round and that makes a big difference."

Our top female runner, Joanne Day, was one of the first 4,000 women runners. Joanne, 43, of South Ockendon in Essex, finished the race in a speedy 4hours and 26 minutes.

She said: "I loved every minute of it! I'd like to thank everyone who supported me on the day and helped me raise money for a really good cause."

Runners set to raise £20,000 for Heart Cells Appeal

Nearly one thousand runners braved 30 degrees Celsius to take part in the London Chest Hospital races at Victoria Park on Sunday, 16 July.

Over 700 ran the 10K race. Both keen amateurs and fun runners ran a gruelling three laps of the eastern side of the park in Hackney. The winning time was set by Robert cousins, of Dollis Hill in west London, who sped round in an impressive 32.40mins to break last year's time by 29 seconds. Hundreds of other competitors took part in the 3K fun run and the fffffff under-13's one mile race which took place earlier in the morning.

Organiser Pat Gray, Appeals Manager for The London Chest Hospital, said: ffffffffffffffffff "We raised nearly £10,000 on the day and are hoping to double that once all the sponsership money comes in. I think that is a fantastic achievement and I'd like to thank all the runners who took part and the volunteers who helped us on the way."

Movie premiere helps raise thousands of pounds for heart stem cell research

Over 200 people attended the European premiere of new Australian movie Little Fish in London last week in aid of the Heart Cells Foundation.

The event, which was held at the Curzon Cinema in Mayfair on Wednesday (19 October), raised thousands of pounds for ground-breaking heart stem cell research at Barts and The London NHS Trust.

Little Fish is about a woman who is struggling to leave her drug-addicted past behind her. The movie stars some of Australia’s best actors, including Cate Blanchett who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar earlier this year for her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in the film The Aviator.

Over £9,000 was rasied in a single evening when 40 friends of the Heart Cells Foundation took part in the Duplicate Bridge evening. The evening was hosted at a private home in Mayfair and guests enjoyed a competitive tournament followed by dinner and networking.

Record numbers run in 15th anniversary London Chest Hospital races

Over eleven hundred runners took part in the 15th annual London Chest Hospital’s 10 kilometre race in Victoria Park, Hackney on Sunday 31 July. Hundreds more ran in the 3 kilometre fun run and the under 13s one mile race. Kacey Ainsworth, who plays Little Mo in BBC’s Eastenders, presented prizes to the winners of the children’s and 3km races.

The event has raised nearly £11,000 to date and when sponsorship monies have been collected the total is expected to double. Money raised will go to the Heart Cells Foundation, the charity funding a ground-breaking patient trial at the hospital. The trial, which is expected to start shortly, will determine if stem cells in bone marrow can be used to treat heart disease. It is the first large-scale patient trial of its kind in the UK.

The fastest time in the 10km race was 33.09 minutes – run by William Clark of Glassworks running club. 10 year old Tomas Gold won the under 13s one mile race with a time of six minutes and 14 seconds and his eight year old sister Grace came third amongst the under 13 girls with a time of seven minutes and forty one seconds.

Around 70 guests gathered at the home of one of our most generous supporters for an art appreciation evening, which was brought to life through discussion and debate. Following the drinks reception, guests had the opportunity to view pieces of work from artists including Jan Breuguel, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapour and Anthony Gormley.

Guests were guided through the art by Roger Bevan (The Art Newspaper's senior contemporary art market correspondent and a contributing editor of Art & Auction magazine, New York).

Approximately £25,000 was raised at this event and thanks go to all those involved in organising such an enjoyable day.

Lunch and prize-giving followed the golf tournament.