Welcome to the Folkheart Website !

Folkheart is an idea that is being put into action.  The idea is to raise awareness about heart disease and raise a few pounds for the British Heart foundation.

Why? – A few members of Stonehaven Folk Club and Stonehaven Folk Festival have recently had some trouble with their hearts – a couple of heart attacks and a bypass operation.  Most worrying was the not knowing that there was a problem in the first place.

When we discussed this amongst ourselves and started to think of all the other folkies that we knew who had had similar incidents.  Being grateful for the treatment and help that we received we wanted a way to say thank you and to put something back into the system that had – quite literally – saved our lives.  So raising some money for the British Heart Foundation was a no brainer.  However we also felt that a bit of awareness around the issue of heart disease would also help.  Your stories might help to give others some insight so please feel free to mail them in and we will try to include them on the site.

The Folkheart West Highland Way Walk

Because personal fitness is so crucial in recovering from, and preventing heart problems we felt that we could combine this with a wee fitness campaign.  Walking is one of the best forms of exercise so we decided to walk the West Highland Way in May 2009.  And we wanted as many folkies to be involved as possible - whether that was through walking and fundraising, or supporting us in any other way.   We wanted the folk music community to join in and make this a national effort.  (That’s why it’s the British Heart Foundation we are supporting and not any specific local charity.)

Please check this site regularly for updates and please feel free to contribute. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this.