by CHSF | May 8, 2025 | COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING, LATEST NEWS, PRESS RELEASE, REAL STORIES
Featured in: Derbyshire Times, Worksop Guardian A Derbyshire dad saddled up for a long bike ride to the coast over the weekend to add to the thousands his family have raised for a charity which supported them when his daughter was critically ill as a baby. Hospitality...
by CHSF | Mar 10, 2025 | LATEST NEWS, PRESS RELEASE, WEAR RED DAY
You not only raised significant donations for CHSF in and around February for Heart Month, but with your help we communicated our cause loud and clear to every corner of the region through your stories! Here’s a round-up of just some of the blogs and local news which...
by Andy McNally | Sep 26, 2024 | LATEST NEWS, PRESS RELEASE
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) welcomes Ruth Davany as new CEO Ruth will begin her new role in December – replacing Interim CEO Kate Hainsworth, who has stewarded the charity in 2024 and helped to recruit a permanent leader. Ruth comes from her role as CEO...
by CHSF | Sep 6, 2024 | EVENTS, LATEST NEWS, PRESS RELEASE
21-year-old Danny Hirst was born with a hole in his heart, which was discovered when he was just 6 weeks old. Danny had open heart surgery in Leeds when he was 11. And he is set to take on the Great North Run to raise vital funds for the charity which helped him and...
by CHSF | Jul 8, 2024 | LATEST NEWS, PRESS RELEASE
Yorkshire Evening Post2nd July 2024 An inspirational 11-year-old has scaled three mountains in a bid to raise funds for a charity that helped him while he was in hospital. It took Oscar Ali just one day to climb the formidable peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and...
by CHSF | Apr 30, 2024 | LATEST NEWS, PRESS RELEASE, REAL STORIES
“We owe everything to the incredible team at CHSF.” The Yorkshire Theatre ballet stage is set for brave young dancing star Ava An 11-year-old girl from Liversedge in West Yorkshire who was born with two holes in her heart and required open heart surgery aged...
