Inspiring messages create striking new mural to raise awareness of heart health
Leeds proved it was all heart this weeks as hundreds of emotional messages made up a new mural in the city centre.
Hundreds of people sent messages to loved ones as part of a drive to turn the spotlight on the importance of heart health.
Heart of Leeds Mural in Briggate as shoppers add their piece to the workplaceholder image
Heart of Leeds Mural in Briggate as shoppers add their piece to the work | Steve Riding
It was part of the Heart of Leeds mural project by Heart Research UK in partnership with Leeds City Council and arts organisation Sand in Your Eye.
The creative event aims to start meaningful conversations about cardiovascular health and launch of popular fundraiser the anonymous heART project.
It is part of an annual auction that begins in November every year, hundreds of pieces are crafted onto A5 postcards and auctioned anonymously, with the artists’ names only being revealed once the auction closes.
Organisers say the element of mystery means you can have your mini masterpiece by a famous artist, without the usual price tag, many notable artists such as The Cure’s Robert Smith, Paul Insect, Russell Tovey and various other artists have contributed every year.
One of the messages left on the Heart of Leeds mural.placeholder image
One of the messages left on the Heart of Leeds mural. | Steve Riding
CEO Kate Bratt Farrer said: “We’re here today in the centre of Leeds to celebrate our city and protecting peoples hearts.
“We’ve been inviting people to send messages to loved ones an talk about how important heart health really is.”
Heart Research UK will be embarking on their 60th anniversary next year, and the charity has a long established history in Leeds, since it first was founded in 1967 by Dr David Watson who fist put an appeal out in the Yorkshire Evening Post as a campaign to make heart surgery safer.
Since then the charity has become national, providing vital funds for research as well as wellbeing and community projects all across the country.
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