Apply for a funded defibrillator in your community
Defibrillators can improve chances of survival from a cardiac arrest. We are funding free defibrillators for those communities most in need.
Restart a Heart Day
Restart a Heart Day is on 16 October 2025. It helps to raise awareness of cardiac arrest and supports people to learn CPR, giving them the skills and confidence needed to save a life.
Get involved this Restart a Heart Day
Learn CPR with RevivR
We’ll teach you how to recognise a cardiac arrest, simulate a 999 call, perfect your CPR technique and understand how to use a defibrillator.
Teach CPR in schools
Train your secondary school students in CPR with Classroom RevivR, our free and interactive digital training tool. No training or equipment is needed.
Group training for workplaces and communities
Only 4 in 10 people in the UK are confident enough to perform CPR when witnessing a cardiac arrest. Give your team the skills to save a life.
Why is learning CPR important?
Early CPR and defibrillation can more than double the chances of survival from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Each year, in the UK alone:
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40,000 people had an out of hospital cardiac arrest
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8 in 10 cardiac arrests happen at home
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< 1 in 10 survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Learn CPR with RevivR
We want more people to survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, by making sure everyone knows how to make a 999 call, perform CPR and use a defibrillator in an emergency.
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CPR training resources
We have a range of CPR guides and videos to help learn CPR or facilitate training, as well as posters to help you promote training in the workplace.
How to build a Heartsafe Community
This guide will help you to make your community safer, with tips on on placing defibrillators, organising CPR training and engaging your community.
Shop for defibrillators
Buy lifesaving equipment, including defibrillators, blood pressure monitors and much more, directly from the UK’s leading heart charity.