The British Heart Foundation is looking for volunteers in Swindon.

The UK’s biggest independent funder of research into heart and circulatory diseases is holding a Heart Stars weekend at Tesco Extra on Ocotal Way on February 7 and 8.

Volunteers willing to give up two hours of their time on each day are needed to hold buckets to collect donations from shoppers.

In the Swindon area, the BHF estimates around 21,400 people are living with heart and circulatory diseases.

By funding research, the charity aims to find ways to better prevent, diagnose, treat and cure these conditions, which will save and improve lives.

BHF fundraising manager for Swindon Jane Turner said: “Heart and circulatory diseases are the cause of one in four deaths in the UK, so more research is urgently needed to help us beat heartbreak, forever.”

Sign up online at bhf.org.uk/heartstars or contact Jane on 07740 095714.