Hearty News - Autumn/Winter 2019

Time really does fly when you are having fun!
A huge THANK YOU to all our
event supporters and volunteers.
Whether you attended or helped
at our events, organized your
own, or held a tin at our street
collection, we are extremely
grateful for your support.
We need to raise 200K annually to
continue to help local people with
and at risk of Heart Disease. We can
only do this with your support.
If you would like to organise your
own event you can download a
fundraising pack at:
www.tiny.cc/CRFundraising
or email denise@cardiac-rehab.co.uk
for further information.
Just a few of our events our events in 2019
Hearty
News
Autumn/Winter 2019
The view from here...
Welcome to our Autumn newsletter which I hope you will agree
has something for everyone with news about exercise, future
events and what’s coming up at the Cardiac Rehab Centre.
For the diary...
Tues 26th November 2019
Annual Lecture with Phil Spencer
Sat 7th December 2019
The Big Band Christmas Concert
Thurs 19th December 2019
Grand Xmas Draw
Sunday 31st May 2020
Open Gardens at Rotherfield Park
The Basingstoke MG Owners Club Doughnut Run
On 22nd September our Centre
Manager, Denise Ellis, was invited to
be a judge for the Basingstoke MG
Owners Club annual Doughnut Run.
The club have chosen Cardiac Rehab
as their Charity of the Year for 2019.
There were 81 classic cars registered
to take part in this event which
began with a Coffee and Doughnut
at the Milestones Museum. The cars
then set off for a run around the
Hampshire countryside, returning to
the museum for Afternoon Tea.
Denise was asked to choose the car
she would most like to take home
and is pictured top right with Cardiac
Rehab Exerciser, Neil Simpson.
Team news
A fond farewell to Claire
Radcliffe who has been a
part of the Cardiac Rehab
Reception Team since
2001. Although Claire
gave up working regular hours in 2017,
she has been providing cover for holidays
and sickness since then.
Photo courtesy of PaulFitchettImages.com
If you belong to a club and you would
like to nominate Cardiac Rehab as
your charity, then please call
Denise on 01420 544794 or email
denise@cardiac-rehab.co.uk
We will be happy to give a short
presentation to your group about
the fantastic service we provide.
A big welcome back to
Kathy Deane. Kathy has
previously been part of
our Reception Team and
will now be stepping into
Claire’s shoes to provide
cover when needed.
We are pleased to offer you a superb
opportunity to select top quality
flooring at unbeatable prices and
make a valuable contribution to Alton
Cardiac Rehab Centre, all without
stepping out of your front door.
If you or your family or friends are
thinking about changing your carpets,
just contacting us and mention Alton
Cardiac Rehab Centre and we will
contribute £1.00 for every square
metre of flooring purchased. And it’s
not just carpets, so whether it’s wood,
laminate, the offer stands.
For more information please call
Simon or Kate today on 01256
842742 to arrange a no obligation
appointment.
Our mobile design studio will be on
your doorstep at a time to suit you
(daytime, evenings or weekends) with
over 3000 floor covering samples to
consider.
Our beautiful clean new gym floor
Welcome to our Autumn newsletter
which has something for everyone with
news about exercise, future events and
what’s coming up at the Cardiac Rehab
Centre.
Since writing in the spring, we have
refurbished the gym floor and acquired
a new recumbent exercise bike, thanks
to the efforts of Sandra Letford and her
Lands’ End to John ’O’Groats marathon
cycle ride. This summer we have begun
a further recruitment drive for Staywell,
working with doctors at the Wilson
Practice, to encourage those most in
need of our primary prevention scheme
to come and see us and find out what
it is all about. If you know of anyone
in your family or friends who you think
would value this, please pass them the
details outlined on P 3. Meanwhile, we
have also opened another circuit class
and the new Steady & Strong balance
classes for falls prevention have grown
almost to capacity. We were delighted
to be approached in May by the Alton
Community Hospital to begin running a
Level 1 Steady & Strong class here which
will provide a progression pathway for
NHS falls prevention patients to our own
classes and fulfils our desire of extending
more support to frailer people.
Behind the scenes, we have implemented
two more new computer systems to
record the donations we receive, manage
contacts lists and report on our finances.
The team have taken these in their stride,
ably helped by three hard working office
volunteers who help us once a week
keeping the records in good shape. Our
Board have also been considering our
future strategy but what is clear is that
there is room for growth here at the
Cardiac Rehab building and so we will
be adding to our timetable and range of
classes in the coming months.
Your support, as ever, is crucial to keeping
the operation rolling. And there are so
many ways you can help! Once again
we are offering Christmas cards by
post, as well as via our own web-shop
(do go and have a look on our website)
and I hope you will find one or two
designs that appeal. Please also support
Spring 2020
Race Night • The Big Quiz
Fashion Show & Afternoon Tea
The new bike in action
the Christmas Grand Draw (one of our
favourite moments is drawing that first
prize ticket of £1000 in December). And,
if you do any online shopping for food,
household, holidays or insurance, do it via
Easy Fundraising and you will raise funds
for Cardiac Rehab.
Lastly we are taking part in a special
campaign this December - The Big Give.
This is an opportunity for donations online
just after ‘Black Monday’ to be doubled by
a matching pot - your money really will be
doubled. Details inside -
I hope you will feel able
to help - and thank you.
Sarah Quarterman
Improving heart health, fitness & wellbeing
www.cardiac-rehab.co.uk
CardiacRehab1
Basingstoke & Alton Cardiac Rehab Charity Ltd
Cardiac Rehab Centre Chawton Park Road, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1RQ
Call: 01420 544 794 hearty@cardiac-rehab.co.uk
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Cardiac Rehab have been chosen to take part in The Big Give
Christmas Challenge 2019, which will take place from Tues 3rd -
Tues 10th December, when your donations to us will be doubled
through The Big Give Fund Matching Campaign.
How can you help?
• Do you belong to a Club, or have
a local Pub, who might organise a
Fundraiser for us?
• Ask your Family, Friends or
Colleagues to take part in a
sponsored challenge?
• Make the first week in December
your ‘Christmas Charity Week’
and ask your colleagues to wear
a Christmas jumper to work and
donate to Cardiac Rehab!
You do not have to wait until
December to raise funds. Just make
sure your donation is made between
12pm (midday) Tues 3rd December
- 12pm Tues 10th and it will then be
doubled!
For Fundraising Tips and
ideas please download our
Fundraising Pack at
www.tiny.cc/CRFundraising
Grand Christmas
Draw 2019
Christmas Concert with Mulled Wine & Mince Pies
Following a very successful Big Band Concert for Cardiac Rehab in 2017, The Sidewinder Band will be playing a Festive
Repertoire at The Alton Maltings on Saturday 7th December.
A perfect opportunity to get into the Christmas Spirit and support Cardiac Rehab at the same time. Tickets are limited
so get yours early!
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Return Tickets by
16th December 2019
Draw Date
19th December 2019
1st Prize £1,000
2nd Prize
Dinner for Two on the
Bluebell Railway Golden
Arrow Dining Train
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3rd Prize
£100
4th Prize
Christmas Hamper
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5th Prize
Magnum of Champagne
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Do You Know Someone
Who Could Benefit?
The Staywell Programme offers a
programme of exercise and advice
for those with risk factors for heart
disease. Since 2009 over 1400 people
have joined the programme and many
continue to exercise long-term here.
Who can join?: Anyone with one or
more of these conditions:
• Physical inactivity
• Overweight
• Family history of cardiovascular
disease
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Stress / depression
What is on offer?
• Initial assessment with fitness test
• Gym induction/programme design
• 20 supervised exercise sessions
• Ongoing advice and education
• Completion review + repeat
fitness test
• Long term exercise plan
What can it do?
• On average fitness levels increase
by 20%
• Most people who complete their
programme have decreased
blood pressure, weight, waist
circumference and cholesterol
• Diabetic control improves
• Graduates show a 17%
improvement in well-being and are
less anxious and less depressed
How to be referred: Call 01420
544794 and ask to speak to a
member of the Health Programme
Management Team or email
staywell@cardiac-rehab.co.uk
We will then contact your GP to
obtain relevant medical information
and invite you to attend an initial
assessment. Don’t forget that spouses/
partners are also able to take part in
the programme.
Hugh’s Blog
The Benefits of Regular
Exercise and Physical Fitness
Hugh has started a regular blog on
the benefits of exercise.
Find it on www.
exercisefitnessandhealth.info
Do log on and read the Blog which
comes out every Saturday. While
you are on the site why not register
Here is an extract to whet
your appetite…
Physical Fitness and Oxygen
The American Heart association has
declared that for middle aged people
the level of physical fitness is the best
predictor bar none of life expectancy.
What is Physical fitness?
Wikipedia defines it thus: “Physical
fitness is a state of health and
wellbeing and, more specifically, the
ability to perform aspects of sports,
occupations and daily activities”. The
central fact about aerobic fitness is
that it reflects and depends on the
body’s uptake and use of oxygen.
The gold standard of measurement
of physical fitness therefore is the
maximum ability of the body to take
up and use oxygen.
The role of oxygen
For a muscle to work it needs
energy and energy requires fuel.
The biochemical processes which
fuel muscle contraction are
immensely complicated except for
the contribution of oxygen (O2).
Oxygen is an essential ingredient
in the metabolic conversion energy
into action – in other words muscle
contraction. The supply of oxygen
to, and use by, the working muscles
is the limiting factor in deciding
how much work those muscles can
perform during aerobic exercise.
Oxygen is absorbed from the lungs
and transported around the body
in the blood stream, supplying the
various organs which need oxygen
to maintain life – the brain, heart,
for a weekly update? The Blog
will keep you up to date with new
developments in our understanding
of how exercise keeps us well and
prevents some of the common
diseases which affect our health.
PS: The more visits the Blog gets, the
easier it will be to get Hugh’s book
“Exercise, fitness and health” onto
the bookshelves!
kidneys, gut, liver and muscles of
respiration. There the oxygen is taken
up by the local cells. The rate of
consumption at rest of the average
70kg (11 stone) man is about 250ml
of oxygen per minute but varies with
the weight of the individual. When
adjusted for weight, the oxygen
uptake is about 3.5ml of oxygen per
minute per kilogram of body weight.
Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max)
When we exercise, our muscles need
more oxygen, and this is provided
by breathing faster and by the heart
pumping more blood to them. There
is a straight-line relationship between
muscle work and oxygen uptake
(abbreviated as VO2) until the point
at which no more oxygen can be
absorbed and pumped round the
body. This is the point of maximum
oxygen uptake, or VO2max,
measured as millilitres of oxygen used
per minute for each kilogram of body
weight – ml/min/kg. Further exercise
can only continue with anaerobic
(not using oxygen) metabolism. This
is fuelled by stored energy sources in
the muscles which quickly become
used up. Anaerobic exercise can
therefore only be continued for a very
short period.
‘The benefits of regular
physical activity on
health, longevity and
well-being easily surpass
the effectiveness of any
drugs or other medical
treatment’.
Chief Medical Officer, 2009.