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LATEST NEWS
Christmas Wishes: Support Worker Impact
Watch our full 2024 Christmas appeal video here.CHSF’s Family Support team consists of Sarah Cherry, Head of Family Support, and Lucy McMahon who works alongside Sarah and focuses on young people who are going through transition in their care.This year, the team have...
Christmas Wishes: Support Workers
Watch our full 2024 Christmas appeal video here.Thanks to your donations, CHSF are able to provide a dedicated Family Support team who are able to help families of in-patients when they need it most. This care is tailored to each individual family according to their...
Christmas Wishes: Local specialist nurses
Watch our full 2024 Christmas appeal video here."On the 10th Day of Christmas, our region really needs – Local Specialist Nurses!" Thanks to your amazing fundraising, CHSF has been able to fund life-changing care across our region in the form of local Children’s...
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
Heart dad and friends take on National Three Peaks challenge
Heart dad Gareth and a group of (very!) good mates raised money for CHSF by climbing the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales in less than 24 hours! This team of terrific trekkers scaled the dizzying heights of Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike all in...
Fundraiser of the Month: Kirkburton Juniors FC
Young players and families from Kirkburton JFC near Huddersfield show that teamwork really does make the dream work with their most recent fundraiser...Kirkburton Junior Football Club players and families chose to raise money for Children's Heart Surgery Fund after...
Fundraiser of the Month: Colin Dixon & Friends
Heart dad Col from Hull and 6 mates have travelled the length of the country (literally) to raise funds for Children’s Heart Surgery Fund. After both his children, Corey and Rose, were treated for congenital heart disease at Leeds, Col got his friends together to see...
CORPORATE
Solutionize Global chooses CHSF as 2021 Charity Partner
Originally posted on Solutionize Global's blog (17 February 2021) We are delighted to have named Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) as our charity partner of the year for 2021, pledging to raise £9,000 to refurbish two overnight rooms as part of its upcoming...
New Home Bargains branch to donate £2,000
Yorkshire Evening Post Wednesday 20 January 2021By Daniel SheridanHome Bargains is set to unveil its new Leeds Crown Point store - and they have donate £2k to CHSF! The store will be officially opened at 8.30am on Saturday January 23, 2021. And the store will also...
JOB OPPORTUNITY: CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER
We are recruiting a Corporate Partnerships Manager to join the team at an exciting time in the charity’s corporate fundraising journey. In this role you will be tasked with the exciting challenge of developing and managing a pipeline of successful and mutually...
EVENTS
Be a hero for…LOCHIE!
Lochie Blue is 2 years old and lives in Silsden near Keighley. He was diagnosed at 10 days old with Coarctation of the aorta, Ventricular septal defect (VSD) and Atrial septal defect (ASD). Lochie and his family will be at this year's Superhero Walk and we spoke to...
Jingle Bell Drop: Festive Abseil
Dress in your festive best and descend 148ft this December!About FAQs Sign up🎶 Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell... DROP! 🎶 Get into the festive spirit this December with CHSF by taking part in Jingle Bell Drop – our Christmas Abseil challenge. Dressed in...
Ladybower Trail 22K or 52K
About Ladybower Reservoir TrailSaturday 12th October 2024 Registration fee: £35Fundraising pledge: £350 Sign up for this incredible 22km or 52km Ultra trail, set around the magnificent Ladybower Reservoir. With an epic course and fun atmosphere, this event is going to...
REAL STORIES
Stay Another Day: Olly’s Story
Olly is 9 years old and he had open heart surgery at the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit this year. On 4th February this year, Olly was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties. He didn’t come home for 48 days. Many of those days were spent in an induced coma, on...
Sonny’s Amazing Mile
At CHSF, we a so grateful witness countless inspiring stories of strength and resilience from children and their families as they navigate the challenges of congenital heart conditions. Sonny is just one of those children…Sonny's dad, Adam, writes: “Our son Sonny has...
Finley
Finley's story written by mum, Tamra At 2:48pm on the 18th July 2022 our little boy, Finley Kenneth Peirson, was born. After 6 hours of labour, we were over the moon with him. However, at around 8pm his oxygen levels dropped, and he was rushed to Scarborough's...
FAMILY
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WHAT YOU’VE FUNDED
Revolutionary valve procedure performed in Leeds
In June this year, the Congenital Cardiology Intervention Team performed a pioneering procedure by implanting a Venus P pulmonary heart valve into an adult congenital heart disease patient. This was the first implantation of this revolutionary valve in Europe after it...
Local charities fund Canadian Fellowship to support children with congenital heart defects in Leeds
An exciting opportunity for an NHS staff member at Leeds Children’s Hospital to undertake a fellowship in Canada has been made possible because of you. Leila Rittey is a Paediatric Cardiologist on the Congenital Heart Unit at Leeds Children’s Hospital; she provides...
Vital Breastfeeding project, funded because of you!
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 which...
LEEDS CONGENITAL HEART UNIT
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PRESS
Former teenage heart patients pen advice book
Teenagers and young adults preparing for heart surgery in Leeds now have access to advice from those who have faced the very same journey thanks to a new book produced by Leeds Congenital Heart Unit. Article by Jo Wardell, January 1st 2021 at Yorkshire Evening Post....
Appeal to buy revolutionary baby MRI incubator
Children's Heart Surgery Fund is urging people to back a campaign to help buy a revolutionary new baby MRI incubator pod for Leeds Children's Hospital. Article by Mark Lavery, Yorkshire Evening Post, Tuesday 15th December The £155,000 machine they hope to buy is the...
Leeds Children’s Hospital has highest heart surgery survival rate in UK
The Congenital Heart Unit in Leeds Children’s Hospital has been rated as having the highest surgery survival rate in the UK (Article written by Rebecca Marano, Yorkshire Evening Post, Sunday 3 December). A report published today shows that children who undergo heart...
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