Welcome to Hearts for Herts Charity

Recent publications

• Herts - Lifesaving Training Rolled Out Across Traveller Sites

  9 October 2026 - Travellers' Times - Hearts for Herts helped deliver lifesaving training and emergency equipment across Traveller sites in Hertfordshire, reaching more than 130 residents.

• Captains Charity 2027

  01 September 2026 - Brickendon Grange Golf Club - Hearts for Herts is selected as the club's Captains Charity for 2027, supporting its mission to provide lifesaving equipment and training.

• Appeal for volunteers to 'adopt' new lifesaving defibrillators

  10 August 2026 - Three Rivers District Council - Residents are being encouraged to help maintain new public access defibrillators installed through a partnership with Hearts for Herts Charity.

• New defibrillator and bleed control kit for Sawbridgeworth fire station

  06 July 2026 - Bishop's Stortford Independent - Hearts for Herts joins forces with the fire and rescue service and town council to upgrade emergency lifesaving equipment in Sawbridgeworth.

• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and Oak Hill Crematorium donate £17,000 to Hearts for Herts

  26 June 2026 - One Welwyn Hatfield - A £17,000 donation will support Hearts for Herts in providing lifesaving equipment and education to local communities.

• Herts paramedic student's lifesaving charity wins King's Award for Voluntary Service

  19 November 2025 - University of Hertfordshire - Paramedic student and charity founder Justin Honey-Jones celebrates Hearts for Herts receiving the King's Award for Voluntary Service.

• Lifesaving charity 'honoured and delighted' with award from the King

  17 November 2025 - Emergency Services Times - Hearts for Herts receives national recognition for its volunteer-led work improving access to lifesaving equipment and training.

• Hertfordshire charity has been recognised with Royal award

  15 November 2025 - Greatest Hits Radio - Hearts for Herts is awarded the King's Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of its outstanding contribution to local communities.

• Rock at the Castle raises thousands for local defibrillator

  13 October 2025 - Welwyn Hatfield Times - A local music event raises thousands of pounds towards providing lifesaving defibrillator equipment for the community.

• Heart of Gold

  8 October 2025 - Hoddesdon Town Football Club - Hearts for Herts steps in to donate a replacement defibrillator and bleed control kit after the football club appeals for community support.

• Celebrating Hearts for Herts Charity in Parliament

  2 September 2025 - Lewis Cocking MP - Hearts for Herts receives recognition in Parliament for its work making defibrillators, bleed control kits and lifesaving skills more accessible.

• Life-saving charity leads the way by providing defibrillators for every fire station in Hertfordshire

  4 August 2025 - Greatest Hits Radio - Hearts for Herts works with Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service to provide publicly accessible defibrillators and bleed control kits at fire stations across the county.

• Lifesaving bleed kits to go into police stations across Hertfordshire

  16 May 2025 - Emergency Services Times - Hearts for Herts donates 18 emergency bleed control kits to Hertfordshire police stations, helping improve access to lifesaving equipment.

• Bleed kits installed at key locations in St Albans city centre

  23 April 2025 - St Albans Times - Emergency bleed control kits are installed at key city centre locations to improve public access to lifesaving equipment.

• New defibrillator and bleed control kit unveiled in Hertford

  18 April 2025 - Welwyn Hatfield Times - A new public access defibrillator and emergency bleed control kit is unveiled in Hertford, improving access to lifesaving equipment.

• Sport for Good: A legacy of activity, community and lifesaving impact across Hertfordshire

  16 April 2025 - Hemel Today - Community partnerships help Hearts for Herts install a solar-powered defibrillator and bleed control kit at Panshanger Park.

• Hatfield: Charity Rowathon raises £1k for new defibrillator

  04 February 2025 - Welwyn Hatfield Times - A charity rowing challenge raises more than £1,000 towards providing a new public access defibrillator in Hertfordshire.

• Life-saving bleed control kits installed across Greater Anglia's Hertfordshire stations

  20 November 2024 - Greater Anglia - Hearts for Herts donates nine emergency bleed control kits for installation at railway stations across Hertfordshire.

• First solar powered defibrillator unveiled in Hertfordshire

  11 September 2024 - Emergency Services Times - Hearts for Herts introduces an innovative solar-powered defibrillator installation, improving access to emergency equipment in public spaces.

• Installation of defibrillator and bleed kit at Panshanger Park

  The Lieutenancy of Hertfordshire - Hearts for Herts unveils a solar-powered defibrillator and bleed control kit at Panshanger Park on 4 April 2025, attended by local dignitaries and supporters.

• Orchard Tennis Club serve up support for Hearts for Herts Charity.

  11 October 2022 - Welwyn Hatfield Times - Orchard Tennis Club, in Blakemere Road, hosted its annual charity tournament last weekend in support of "Hearts for Herts Charity".

• Cardiac arrest: Heroic paramedic reveals how you can save a life

  11 May 2020 - Express - A Cardiac arrest can be fatal. Every minute counts towards saving somebody's life. Would you know what to do?

• Letter 18: The Precious Minutes that Save Lives - Take a Heartstart Course Now

  23 November 2019 - Yourstoryisntoverdad.wordpress.com - On Monday night, I met a paramedic on a mission - a man called Justin, who not only saves lives in his profession, he volunteers for the British Heart Foundation too.

• Brent paramedic heads to Peru to raise awareness of how to save someone having a heart attack

  2 October 2018 - Brent & Kilburn Times - Saving lives is all in a day's work for Justin Honey-Jones, who climbed to the top of Peru's famous trail to teach trekkers how to help in an emergency.

• London Ambulance Service paramedic teaches life-saving skills at Everest base camp

  24 May 2018 - Evening Standard - A trainee paramedic has returned from teaching life-saving skills, including handling suspected heart attacks, at the Everest Base Camp.

• Medic to teach life-saving skills at Mount Everest base camp

  27 March 2018 - London Ambulance Service - Emergency Ambulance Crew Justin Honey-Jones is planning to teach life-saving skills at Mount Everest base camp to raise money for charity.