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LATEST NEWS

Christmas Wishes: Parent Accommodation

Dec 6, 2024

Watch our full 2024 Christmas appeal video here.Since our charity was founded in 1988, thousands of families have stayed in CHSF-funded accommodation. That includes both our own accommodation in Brotherton Wing, and home-from-home Eckersley House – which, thanks to...

Christmas Wishes: INR Machines

Dec 3, 2024

Watch our full 2024 Christmas appeal video here.Thanks to your amazing fundraising, Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) are able to purchase INR home testing kits for heart patients of all ages. We have been able to provide over 70 INR machines this year alone.The...

Christmas Wishes: INR Machine Feedback

Dec 3, 2024

Watch our full 2024 Christmas appeal video here.Thanks to your amazing fundraising, Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) are able to purchase INR home testing kits for heart patients of all ages. The Leeds Warfarin Clinic ran an anonymous survey earlier this year to...

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COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING

Fundraiser of the Month: January 2021

Jan 11, 2021

It might only be the second week of January but the awesome CHURWELL LIONS JFC have seriously got the ball rolling with fundraising in 2021! By working as a team they have not only hit their fundraising goal, they've smashed it! U10 Manager, Ian Longley tells us about...

1 in 100: Beatrix

Jan 8, 2021

1 in 100 babies are born with a heart defect and Eloise was inspired to fundraise for CHSF after her baby sister BEATRIX needed surgery at just 12 days old.Eloise with little sisters Martha and Beatrix When my Dad first told me that they were pregnant again, I was...

A letter from our CEO, Sharon

Dec 1, 2020

Dear valued supporter, We hope this update finds you healthy and well, as this incredibly difficult year draws to a close. First of all can I say a huge THANK YOU for all your amazing fundraising this year, you continue to make an incredible difference to the lives of...

CORPORATE

Direct Line Group volunteers have the Gift of the Gab

Aug 19, 2016

A team of volunteers from Direct Line Group in Leeds approached us looking for an interesting and fun opportunity. We could see they had bags of enthusiasm and so we knew they were ideal candidates for our Gift of the Gab challenge! On a Summer’s day in Leeds, the...

An open letter to our supporters

Jul 28, 2016

Dear all, I was away on July 8th when the news broke regarding the designation of the Leeds Heart Unit and I want to explain what the decision means to me personally and to all the staff here at CHSF. The Save Our Surgery (SOS) Campaign has made a fundamental...

Spend a penny, raise a pound for Keeping The Beat

Jul 21, 2016

We’ve seen some madcap fundraising ideas over the years... taking a bath in baked beans… marathon running in suits of armour… climbing the Three Peaks by moonlight. But how can a trip to the toilet raise money for our charitable cause? The people of Leeds will be...

EVENTS

Firewalk

Aug 2, 2023

Can you handle the heat? Face your fears and walk on hot coals this November to raise life-saving funds for our heart unit, patients and families. DateSunday 19th November 2023 Time3:30pm - 7:30pm LocationMorley Cricket Club, LS27 0JJYou will undertake an intense...

Summit Ben Nevis Challenge

Jul 3, 2023

Challenge yourself to reach the UK’s highest peak to raise funds for CHSF! 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 to undertake. Ben Nevis, standing at 1345m (4,413ft), is on...

Be a hero for…BELLE!

Jun 8, 2023

written by heart mum, Natalie We were introduced to the amazing CHSF on 14th April 2022 in Leeds when our daughter, Isabelle, was 5 months old. We went for a routine hospital check-up in Hull on 12th April with a suspected heart murmur and it was then that we were...

REAL STORIES

Introducing new trustee Colin Clewes

Mar 10, 2022

Colin Clewes is an adult CHD patient and owns Pennine Signs in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire! Colin has had a coarctation repair, a partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repaired and he has a bicuspid aortic valve. He has been a huge CHSF supporter over the years,...

Warrior Wednesday: The Story of Raeyaan

Feb 10, 2022

Heart dad Kapre wanted to make sure his son Raeyaan knew everything about his heart journey when he got older, and so Kapre committed to writing everything down in a book - 'The Story of Raeyaan'. In this blog we share the some of the first chapters of this amazing...

Fundraiser of the Month: Hall and Varley Families

Jan 13, 2022

After six months of preparation and a whole lot of heart, the Hall and Varley families of Kippax Leeds put on a super Polar Express themed Christmas Party to raise funds for CHSF. Children were invited to attend in their pyjamas and the hosting families dressed as...