Help Us Find the Missing Millions: Know Your Numbers! Week (8–14 September 2025)

This week marks Know Your Numbers! Week, the biggest free blood pressure testing and awareness campaign, led by Blood Pressure UK. It’s a call for action to encourage adults of all ages to take control of their health by checking their blood pressure — and to help find the Missing Millions.

At Age UK Norwich, we’re proud to support this important campaign. Throughout the week, we will be offering free blood pressure checks at all of our physical activity groups, including SIT2STAND, SIT FIT and Walking Football. By building these checks into our sessions, we’re making it simple and accessible for our community to take part.

But don’t worry if you don’t have a group session with us booked — you can still join in by checking your blood pressure at home. It only takes a few minutes, but it could make a lifetime of difference.

Why Knowing Your Numbers Matters

High blood pressure is often called the ‘silent killer’ because it rarely shows any symptoms. Yet, it is one of the biggest risk factors for serious health problems such as:

• Stroke

• Heart attack

• Kidney disease

• Early death

Currently, around 5 million adults aged 18–64 in the UK could be living with undiagnosed high blood pressure. That’s 5 million people who may be at risk without even realising it. By getting checked, you can take simple steps to protect your health — and your future.

Our Message to Norwich

At Age UK Norwich, we see every day how important it is to invest in long-term health and wellbeing. A quick blood pressure check is a small action, but it can help prevent life-changing conditions later in life.

This Know Your Numbers! Week, we urge everyone — no matter your age — to take part. Whether you’re joining us in a group session, popping into your local pharmacy, or using a monitor at home, the key thing is to get to know your numbers and protect your heart.

Together, we can help find the Missing Millions. 

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