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LATEST NEWS
Join the CHSF team: Family Support Inclusion Worker
Job opportunityFamily Support Inclusion Worker We are looking to recruit a Family Support Inclusion Worker to join our dedicated team. The role will work collaboratively with families to ensure our support, information and resources are tailored to meet the diverse...
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
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...
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
Fundraiser of the Month: Jack’s 1st Birthday Fun Day
Heart warrior Jack celebrated his 1st birthday at the beginning of April and his mum, Natalie, and the rest of their family wanted to celebrate with a fundraising day, to raise money for CHSF. Natalie tells us a bit more about how their family was supported by CHSF...
Fundraiser of the Month: Luna’s Challenge – Ben Nevis
Heart warrior Luna has CHD and ‘loves a challenge' and 'will walk for miles’. This inspired her grandad Paul to take on a mammoth walking challenge to raise funds for their local heart unit, alongside other members of Luna's family. Luna's mum, Jordan, decided that as...
Organise a supermarket bag pack
Bag packs are a great way to fundraise with family and friends and raise awareness for Children’s Heart Surgery Fund. It’s simple and easy to get started! If you’ve not heard of a bag pack before, it’s where a group of volunteers help shoppers pack, and ask for a...
CORPORATE
Trio Media CEO joins CHSF Board of Trustees
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund has appointed Claire Daniels, CEO of Trio Media as its newest trustee.Claire is the most recent Board Member to join CHSF and will use her expertise to support with strategic digital marketing for the children’s charity. Claire and the...
LNER awards £20k grant for CHD project
Children's Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) has been awarded a grant of £20,000 from London North Eastern Railway (LNER) to help children born with congenital heart disease, and their families.The ’Healthy Hearts and Minds’ project will provide children who have coronary...
Why your business should be fundraising this Christmas
At Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) we try to make fundraising for businesses as easy as possible all year round, providing ideas, merchandise and support where possible, but it is interesting to research the wider benefits of fundraising for businesses,...
EVENTS
Skydive
About Skydive19th July 2025 (other dates available on request) The 15,000ft skydive at Hibaldstow Airfield is one of the highest tandem jumps available in the UK, offering an adrenaline-pumping freefall experience for over a full minute before the parachute opens....
Leeds 10K
About Leeds 10K15th June 2025 The Leeds 10K is a popular annual road race that takes runners through the vibrant streets of Leeds, offering scenic views of the city’s landmarks. Originally founded by the late Jane Tomlinson, who raised millions for charity while...
Leeds Marathon
About Leeds Marathon11th May 2025 Join #TeamCHSF for the return of the Leeds Marathon! Take part in the Leeds Marathon in 2025 run 26.2 miles for Children's Heart Surgery Fund and raise life-saving funds for our heart unit, patients and their families. Leeds Marathon...
REAL STORIES
Olivia-Grace : World Down Syndrome Day
Did you know that 50% of babies born with Down Syndrome are also born with a congenital heart defect? Olivia-Grace had her first open heart surgery in 2021 aged six months old. Her mum Sharon told us all about the medical journey of heart hero daughter in this special...
Arthur
Before he was born, Arthur from Rotherham was diagnosed with Hypoplastic right heart syndrome and RV coronary dependant circulation. As told by mum, Jessica, read about Arthur's journey so far and how his family have been supported by CHSF since day one...Mum,...
Elijah
"HAPPY HEART MONTH HEART WARRIORS! "This month we stand united with our heart community. We share our stories in hope that someone going through the same gets some kind of reassurance they’re not alone. "This month we remember the highs and lows of being a heart...
FAMILY
CHSF grant £10,000 to Eckersley House
We are thrilled to announce we have awarded a grant of £10,000 to Eckersley House ‘Home from Home’ run by The Sick Children’s Trust, thanks to your donations. Eckersley House gives families with a seriously ill child at Leeds Children’s Hospital a place to stay just...
Applying for Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
What is Disability Living Allowance (DLA)? If you are looking after a child with a health condition or disability who is under 16, they may be entitled to a benefit called Disability Living Allowance or 'DLA'. DLA is extra money you might be able to claim to help...
Easter Family Day
We invite young cardiac patients and their parents/carers to join us for this free Easter social event. Meet CHSF’s Family Support workers, chat with the fundraising team, and get to know other families in the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund community. With fun...
WHAT YOU’VE FUNDED
Relax & Recharge: Mindfulness Essentials for Heart Parents
At CHSF, we know that caring for people with congenital heart disease involves more than treating just the heart itself. It is so much more than that. That's why Mindfulness Welcome Packs are now being given to families when they arrive on the children’s heart ward,...
New Kitchen for Eckersley, because of you!
Our partner charity The Sick Children’s Trust sent us a lovely letter thanking CHSF for a contribution of around £4.5k towards renovating the ground floor kitchen at Eckersley House. The work was completed in November, and has only been possible because of your...
Georgie visits the MRI Clinic
written by Georgie Abbott Yesterday I had the privilege to spend time at an MRI Cardiac Clinic headed up by Dr Malenka Bissell. Malenka is passionate about enhancing this clinic to provide the best possible care for babies and children with congenital heart disease in...
LEEDS CONGENITAL HEART UNIT
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PRESS
Priority Space fund vital children’s cardiac ward fish tank
Priority Space has adopted Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) as its first ever charity partner, and funded a vital regional resource on the children’s cardiac ward at the Leeds Children’s Hospital.The fish tank on Ward L51 has proved vital over the years as a...
CHSF looking for 10th anniversary Ball sponsors
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their annual Wear Red Day event with a fundraising Ball. And are looking for local businesses to help sponsor the event, which is due to take place at Aspire in Leeds on Saturday, February 5th...
BABY LOSS AWARENESS WEEK 2021
More than 100 charities join Baby Loss Awareness Week campaign to help people affected by pregnancy and baby loss. “My boy lives on in every conversation I have, every positive change I help to create and every person I can help.”Anthony Hubbard, bereaved dadAn...
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