by CHSF | May 13, 2024 | LATEST NEWS, LEEDS CONGENITAL HEART UNIT, Uncategorized
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week we are sharing these fab resources from the Yorkshire & Humber Congenital Heart Disease Network. The theme for 2024 is ‘Moving more for our mental health’. Not only is movement super-important for cardiac health,...
by CHSF | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
This International Women’s Day, we took the opportunity to interview our fantastic Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon Miss Carin van Doorn. Carin is the Head of Congenital Cardiac Surgery in Leeds, and has led from the front to optimise critical care in cardiac...
by CHSF | Nov 21, 2023 | EVENTS, Uncategorized
About Ben Nevis Sunrise challengeMultiple dates: June – September 2024 (available dates) Registration fee: £10Fundraising pledge: £150 If you’re up for a challenge then walking to the top of Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis), is a pretty good one...
by CHSF | May 15, 2023 | COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING, LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized
Heart warrior Bella, aged 8, embarked on a month-long challenge, walking a mile every day and hiding books in her local area to raise funds for Children’s Heart Surgery Fund. Her efforts not only raised life-saving funds, but spread vital awareness of congenital...
by CHSF | Sep 9, 2022 | EVENTS, LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized
SIGN-UP Pumpkins, hearts and witches brew,this invitation is for yoooou… Join CHSF at our 2023 Hallowe’en bash for frighteningly-good food and spine-chilling fun, you’ll be in for treats (not tricks!) Fancy dress is encouraged and at Halloween it’s all...
by CHSF | Apr 11, 2022 | LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized, WHAT YOU'VE FUNDED
Thanks to a generous £17k donation by the Morrisons Foundation, CHSF has funded a vital breastfeeding project within the LCHU. Children’s Cardiac Dietitian Alix Dunlop-Jones told us all about it… Breast milk provides many long-term health benefits to children...
