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Help this amazing local charity change lives with a fundraising event on Saturday, 13th September
Alton Football Club has chosen The Basingstoke and Alton Cardiac Rehabilitation Charity as its first ever local charity partner for the 2025-26 football season.
Also known as Cardiac Rehab, the Alton-based charity will be celebrating 50 years supporting the health and wellbeing of local people with heart disease in 2026. With a dedicated exercise centre in Chawton Park Road, they also provide rehab for cancer patients, pulmonary disease and long-COVID.
Carl Saunders, Chairman of Alton Football Club, says: “We are delighted that Cardiac Rehab will be our first ever local charity partner. Throughout the season we’ll be encouraging our players, members and supporters to raise funds for this fantastic local charity who help local people back to health through exercise.” Cardiac Rehab provides specialist programmes for those with, or at risk of developing, heart disease, helping them lengthen their lives and improve wellbeing through a mix of exercise, education and peer support. When the charity began in 1976, they were the one of the first dedicated community-based cardiac rehabilitation units in the UK. Since moving into their own purpose-built building in 1997 they have extended their programmes to provide rehab for cancer, pulmonary disease and long-COVID. Sarah Quarterman CEO of Cardiac Rehab said: ‘This charity partnership with Alton Football Club will help us raise awareness and vital funds to support our work. We are closely aligned with the NHS, and receive referrals from local doctors and clinicians, but we are not funded by the NHS and so rely on fundraising to keep costs down for our exercisers.
We provide over 60 hours of classes and circuit-based sessions each week. Every penny raised or donated during this season will be used to help more local people lengthen their healthy lives and improve wellbeing.” Denise Ellis, centre manager at Cardiac Rehab, has been working closely with the club to plan the charity partnership, which is launching with a special fundraising event on Saturday, 13th September. Denise said: “I’m excited to confirm that we’re launching the partnership with a great challenge. We will be at the Alton FC ground throughout the day on 13th September and we’re challenging players, families and supporters to help us row the 60km distance between the club ground and Wembley Stadium! We’ll have two of our rowing machines at the club and we’ll be collecting donations from the rowers and those cheering them on! It promises to be a great day of fun and community spirit.”
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