Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) are proud to support local Cardiac Nurse Specialists, supporting heart patients and their families across our region.

CHSF currently fund four nurses posts in:

  • Bradford
  • Scunthorpe / Grimsby
  • Sheffield
  • Calderdale

We hope to keep funding these local nurse roles for more areas in our region but we can only do so with your support.

FUNDED BECAUSE OF YOU

Cardiac SALT Feedback #BecauseOfYou

Cardiac SALT Feedback #BecauseOfYou

Ward 51 Cardiac Speech and Language Therapist Jess Symonds was appointed last year, thanks to your donations. Speech And Language Therapy (SALT) has the power to transform feeding, swallowing and communication outcomes and improve a child’s quality of life. Jess sent...

Support for families: February 2025

Support for families: February 2025

CHSF appreciates that kind gestures - no matter how small - can make the biggest difference to our families. In February 2025, our Family Support team continue to focus on the wellbeing of heart families thanks to your donations, alongside our financial and practical...

Because of you: Our famous fish tank

Because of you: Our famous fish tank

Thanks to your “fin”-tastic fundraising, CHSF has been able to fund Ward 51’s famous fishtank for many years. Children use the tank as a goal to walk towards while recovering from surgery, while others simply love communing with the watery residents. The fish have...