The World Healthy Life Week (WHLW) is an initiative run by the Healthy Heart Trust, and will take place this year between Monday October 30th and Sunday November 5th 2023. This initiative was started by our late founder and chair, Professor Donald Singer, who sadly passed away in July 2022. Building on the success of previous years, the theme of this year’s Week is “Health Inequalities: Towards Cardiovascular Health Equity”.
A series of international webinars is at the heart of the Week’s activities to enable the exchange of knowledge on the evidence of promoting health and preventing illness and inspire people and decision-makers to take positive action to protect heart health. These are free to attend and we believe would of great interest and educational benefit to your students.
In 2023, we are focusing on the following topics:
- Women’s Cardiovascular Health – Addressing the Blind Spots
- Racial Equality and Hypertension – Challenging Assumptions
- Economic Inequality and Cardiovascular Disease – the Evidence
To read more about the Webinars and keep up to date as more information is released visit our WHLW 2023 page.
World Healthy Life Week is also the home of the ‘Art of the Heart’ Awards, an International Competition for works by young visual artists which Illustrate Matters of Health and Illness Related to the Heart or Circulation.
There will be a cash prize award of £300 (GBP) for the winning entry. The winner will be the artist of entry chosen by the judging panel to be the most creative, original, emotive, or educational out of all entries. There will be two further cash prizes of £100 (GBP).
To read more about the Awards and to participate visit our Art of the Heart page.
The Art of the Heart Competition for 2023 is now open!
The Art of the Heart Competition is an international competition for artistic works which illustrate matters of health and illness related to the Heart or Circulation.
We believe that art is a powerful tool that can bring our attention to important issues. This competition aims to raise awareness of heart and circulation health, illness, and its treatment and prevention.
For more information click here.
The competition is open to entrants from anywhere in the world aged 16-30 years, with an amateur or professional interest in the visual arts. Entry into the Art of the Heart is free and entries may be within any visual art form. There will be three cash prizes awarded for the Art of the Heart Competition.
The closing date for entries is September 30th, 2023 at midnight GMT. Shortlisted and commended entrants will be informed by October 30th, 2023.
Click Here to view Last Year’s Winners
The Art of the Heart Awards are hosted by the Healthy Heart Trust as part of World Healthy Life Week, in partnership with the Fellowship for Postgraduate Medicine.
If you would like to find out more about the charity and ways of getting involved in our work, please visit our website.
