PUMPING Marvellous founder Nick Hartshorne-Evans has been named ‘Health Champion of Burnley’.
Nick, 40, from Hapton, who set up the patient support group after he was diagnosed with heart failure, was nominated in Burnley Council’s Burnley Community Sports Awards.
Around 200 people attended the event at Burnley Mechanics Theatre, where the dad-of-two received a trophy sponsored by Aircelle of Burnley.
An awards spokesman said: “Nick was admitted to hospital with an infection of his heart muscle resulting in heart failure in January 2010 at the age of 39.
“He has worked hard to recover and accessed Burnley Council’s Healthy Lifestyles team for support.
“Nick's passion to help people in a similar situation to himself led him to set up Pumping Marvellous, a dedicated heart failure patient and carer website, which is unique and has attracted attention across the country.
“Nick campaigns tirelessly in aid of heart failure patients and their carers and is also helping to raise funds for the new 3D echocardiograph scanner at the Royal Blackburn Hospital in the Heart of Blackburn appeal.”
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