The BHF store in Preston celebrates the charity's 60th birthday with an eye catching window display In the 60 years since the British Heart Foundation was created the charity has helped countless families and carried out invaluable research. Today it needs the public's support more than ever, as Emma Dickinson, the BHF fundraising manager for Lancashire explained. She said: “The last year has been one of the toughest in our history. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic cut our investment for new research into conditions such as heart attack, stroke and vascular dementia in half last year, which will ultimately delay important scientific breakthroughs.