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LATEST NEWS
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...
Christmas Wishes: Our famous fish tank
Watch our full 2024 Christmas appeal video here.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...
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
Presents for Arkhan
Thanks to your donations, one little boy on Ward 51 had a visit from a fellow superhero and a birthday to remember!A Ward 51 doctor dressed as SpidermanWe know it's true to say that small, less costly gifts can make all the difference. And this is certainly...
#WarriorWednesday: Bella
Our very first heart hero to be part of our #WarriorWednesday blogs is BELLA. Born in the midst of a pandemic, Bella has already fought her way through more than most. Mum Megan tells us about Bella's story and her journey so far... Bella was born in July 2020 during...
Wear Red for Henry
Heart warrior Rachael Adamcyk is mum to Henry, who also has congenital heart disease. Rachael is supporting Wear Red Day and told us...The family were reunited recently outside the hospital after surgeryI am a mummy to a heart warrior and I am a heart warrior...
CORPORATE
Why Wear Red on Feb 3?
This year’s Wear Red Day, falls on Friday 3rd February, 2017, and is all about raising £500,000 for a state of the art children’s theatre based here at the LGI, which will open by 2018. As you may have heard, we reached halfway towards this total at Christmas...
Notable achievements in 2016
Children's Heart Surgery Fund have had a great 2016, thanks to you, the wider CHSF team and all the staff at the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit. We've all but reached halfway in our Keeping The Beat campaign, hosted numerous fundraising events (including Wear Red Day...
Benenden to sponsor our Christmas Party
We're so pleased to announce that Benenden are sponsoring this year's CHSF Christmas Party. Benenden provides a wide range of discretionary healthcare services to a membership of almost 850,000 people across the UK. The York-based healthcare providers' financial help...
EVENTS
Ben Nevis Sunrise Challenge
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...
Jingle All The Way 5K
Start your Christmas holidays off with a bang and earn that Christmas dinner by jingling all the way to 5K with CHSF! On Sunday 17th December we want you to join #TeamCHSF and pledge to journey 5K in your local area - dressed in your festive best! Do it on your own,...
Step Into Christmas
Countdown to the big day and STEP INTO CHRISTMAS with Children's Heart Surgery Fund. Starting on the 1st December, you have until Christmas Eve to walk a marathon - 26.2 miles. Do it on your own, as a family or part of a team and raise vital funds for our heart...
REAL STORIES
Fundraising in memory of Kathryn Bedford
written by Kathryn's daughter Deborah Children's Heart Surgery Fund is close to our hearts as Millie (my daughter, Kathryn's grandaughter) was born with Tetralogy of fallot in September 2005. It was then we were thrown into a whole new world that none of us...
Real Stories: Sawda
Sawda is six years old and lives in Bradford. She was born with a very complicated heart condition and has already had several open heart surgeries to save her life. Mum Attika tells us about Sawda's journey with CHD so far and how she has been helped by CHSF along...
Warrior Wednesday: Isabel
Heart warrior Isabel is 8 and lives in Worksop. She had open heart surgery at Leeds when she was 3 months old. Mum Natalie tells us about Isabel's CHD journey, her daughter's diagnosis of Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder and the challenges of treating both...
FAMILY
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WHAT YOU’VE FUNDED
Your funding has helped detect congenital heart conditions early
Your fundraising has helped bring about an early detection initiative for babies with congenital heart disease. Pulse Oximetry monitors can indicate heart or respiratory issues quickly and effectively by measuring the amount of oxygen in the blood. Thanks to our...
Where your money goes
Children's Heart Surgery Fund only exists because of your amazing fundraising and donations. Thanks to you, we’ve been able to approve some exciting projects for funding. Read on for some prime examples of how your donations are helping the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit...
Keeping the Beat theatre taking shape
Hybrid theatres combine the traditional functions of a catheter laboratory with the surgical functions of an operating room. Details of the hybrid theatre equipment funded by our Keeping The Beat campaign are starting to become clearer. Here’s some descriptions of...
LEEDS CONGENITAL HEART UNIT
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Your generosity can really mean the world to children and adults with congenital heart disease across Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
Whatever you can give will make a huge difference!
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