# UPBEAT

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1087415
- **Other names:** UPBEAT-HEART SUPPORT IN WEST SUFFOLK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 9, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1087415


## Contact

- **Address:** Vistri Vale, Old Hall Lane, Fornham St. Martin, Bury St. Edmunds
- **Postcode:** IP31 1SS
- **Phone:** 01284 747238
- **Email:** valerie_axton@hotmail.com
- **Website:** www.upbeatheartsupport.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE OR HAVE HAD CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND RELATED ILLNESSES, WITHIN THE AREA GENERALLY KNOWN AS WEST SUFFOLK.

**Activities:** Upbeat is an independent charity set up by ex-cardiac patients. We provide support for people who have had heart attacks, or other heart related problems, and their carers.  A range of specialist exercise sessions are held weekly under the supervision of qualified cardiac instructors and a cardiac nurse. Social and educational events are also provided.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WEST SUFFOLK
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Norfolk
- Suffolk





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **David Leonard Axton** | Chair | July 8, 2025 |
| Alan David John Chapman |  | Oct. 15, 2021 |
| Darren Welham |  | July 11, 2023 |
| David Byatt |  | Oct. 15, 2021 |
| Felicity Stemp |  | Jan. 13, 2026 |
| HILARY ANN NEEVES |  | June 25, 2012 |
| ILVA ANNE MAXEY |  | May 16, 2017 |
| NICHOLAS ERNEST BAYLIE |  | May 16, 2017 |
| Richard Morris |  | Oct. 15, 2021 |
| Rosemary Rayson |  | May 16, 2017 |
| VALERIE CHRISTINE AXTON |  | May 15, 2014 |
| William George Kettyle |  | Oct. 15, 2021 |




