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LATEST NEWS
Because Of Carin: Letter from Carin
Dear CHSF supporter, After more than 30 years in congenital cardiac surgery and over a decade leading the team at the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit (LCHU), I will soon be retiring.It has been the privilege of my life to care for babies, children, teenagers and adults...
Support for families: September 2025
“You have been wonderful, please keep up the outstanding work” - heart mumDuring the month of September... 7 referrals received for targeted Family Support 7 families engaged with 6 young people and their families worked with and supported Financial support in...
Because of Carin: Share Your Story
Share your story This is a space for patients and families to share stories and messages with Ms Carin van Doorn OBE as she prepares to retire at the end of the year. If you or your child was treated by Carin, we’d love for you to leave messages, photos and videos...
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
Fundraiser of the Month: Sam and Victoria ride from Chesterfield to LGI
Sam is an adult heart patient and recently underwent his third open heart surgery, at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI). He wanted to give something back as a testament to the amazing care he’d received whilst in hospital. Sam decided, along with his partner Victoria, to...
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...
CORPORATE
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,...
Lloyds Community Fund donate £5k towards vital heart machine
Lloyds Community Fund have awarded Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) with a £5k donation towards life-saving equipment for the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit (LCHU).Yorkshire Evening PostBy Joanna WardillSunday, 10th October 2021Lloyd's Community Fund has donated £5k...
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...
EVENTS
Manchester Marathon
About Manchester MarathonSunday 19th April 2026 Registration fee: £60 £30Minimum fundraising pledge: £650 The adidas Manchester Marathon has seen a huge surge in popularity in recent years, with the 2024 event hitting capacity in record time despite an increased...
Sheffield 10K
About Sheffield 10KSunday 27th September 2026 Staged in partnership with Sheffield City Council, the Sheffield Mutual Sheffield 10K is set right in the heart of South Yorkshire’s famous Steel City. A fantastic atmosphere is always generated by the enthusiastic local...
Nelly’s Grand Year
After Nelly’s Tetralogy of Fallot repair in September 2024 her parents wanted to give back, so took on the ‘Have a Grand 2025’ fundraising challenge with the aim of raising £1,000. They opened their JustGiving page in January 2025 and by the end of the year raised an...
REAL STORIES
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 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...
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...
FAMILY
Cardiac Cafe’s are back for 2024
We are happy to announce the return of Cardiac Cafes in 2024, and what a wonderful start it has been! Our recent gathering in Bradford marked the launch of an exciting new year, filled with hope, support, and new connections...Family Support and Youth Worker Lu said:...
Family Support Plans For 2024
2024 has brought a burst of energy and enthusiasm to Children's Heart Surgery Fund's (CHSF) Family Support Team. Sarah, Family Support Supervisor, accompanied by Lucy, our Family Support/Youth Worker, have shared their plans for the upcoming year. As we embrace the...
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,...
WHAT YOU’VE FUNDED
Heart doctor sets out ‘fantastic’ future for Wharfedale ultrasound
The state-of-the-art echocardiogram machine at Wharfedale Hospital in Otley is making a huge difference to regional cardiac care. This cardiac ultrasound machine already allows visiting sonographers and cardiologists from the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit to provide...
Cardiac visitors from across the pond!
The Congenital Cardiology team at Leeds Children’s Hospital were visited by five Interventional Cardiologists all the way from the USA last week. Visitors included: Prof Vivian Dimas from Medical City Children's Hospital; Prof Gareth Morgan and Dr Jenny Zablah from...
What are INR Kits?
Over recent years - and thanks to your fundraising and donations - Children’s Heart Surgery Fund have provided hundreds of INR machines to patients with congenital heart disease, and their families. But, what are INR kits, and why are they necessary?What does INR...
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PRESS
CHSF able to buy life-saving breastfeeding equipment for city’s congenital heart unit
CHSF is now able to buy a raft of new equipment to help make it easier for mums to provide potentially life-saving breast milk for babies with congenital heart disease.Yorkshire Evening PostBy Joanna WardillTuesday, 5th October 2021Thanks to a generous £17k donation...
Priority Space supports Children’s Heart Surgery Fund charity
Priority Space has adopted the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) as its first ever charity partner.CHSF provides vital equipment and support to the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit where thousands of babies, children and adults with heart defects receive life-saving...
Barnsley heart op baby battles against the odds
Little Hope Pickersgill has spent most of the first six months of her life in hospital battling multiple heart defects. Catherine Scott tells her story.Yorkshire PostBy Catherine Scott (pictures courtesy of Bruce Rollinson)Wednesday 21st July, 2021Six-month-old Hope...
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