The British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry is supporting the British Heart Foundation in its 2025 fundraising campaign.
A few weeks ago, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) sought the Ironworks' help to gather new ideas for their funding goal.
The centre has a passion for helping local and global charities, and with that in mind the centre was eager to provide its best concept advice, aiming to attract tens of thousands of new supporters nationwide.
Clive Knowles, the chairman of the British Ironwork Centre, offered to make giant heart sculptures to be stationed across the UK.
They are intended to accommodate thousands of heart padlocks or other heart-shaped items.
People can participate by paying a fee of £9.99 per padlock or heart.
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The scheme aims to attract new supporters who ordinarily wouldn't have been included.
The initial trial of this project will be at the Ironworks and could potentially expand throughout the UK based on its success.
Mr Knowles said: "These heart sculptures are extremely cheap to produce and can hold thousands of hearts.
"Every heart has the ability to be personalised at the point of purchase.
"And we estimate that each heart sculpture could raise as much as £10,000 if the BHF rolled it out nationally."
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