Zak’s Story

Zak’s Story

We know it’s vitally important to share your journeys with congenital heart disease. Your experiences are both reassuring and educational for other heart families, and provide vital awareness for others. 3-year old Zak’s condition was found by complete coincidence,...
Alessia Mae’s Story

Alessia Mae’s Story

Alessia Mae is fast approaching her first birthday, but at birth she was sent urgently to her local hospital as she was critically low on oxygen and had open heart surgery at just a day old in Leeds. Mum Tierney tells the full story… “Alessia Mae was born on the 21st...
Katie Bear’s Easter Hunt

Katie Bear’s Easter Hunt

Join Katie Bear at the farm for a day of Easter fun SIGN UP Get ready for an egg-cellent day at Cannon Hall Farm with Katie Bear, kindly sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson! Take part in lots of springtime fun including a scavenger hunt with a tasty easter egg reward,...
New charity partnership with Berry’s Jewellers

New charity partnership with Berry’s Jewellers

Luxury jewellery specialist Berry’s Jewellers have made Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) their charity of the year for 2025. The family-owned company has stores in Leeds, York, Windsor, Nottingham and Newcastle, and staff are set to take on fundraising initiatives...
Finley’s Story

Finley’s Story

Finley Kenneth Peirson was born in July 2022 and was rushed straight to Scarborough’s Special Care Baby Unit with a suspected infection. Over the weeks that followed, Finley deteriorated and was put into an incubator. One of the doctors detected a heart murmur and...