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LATEST NEWS
Play mats, chairs and food pouches for High Risk clinic
Thanks to your donations, the Physiotherapy and Speech and language therapy (SALT) teams have received some new equipment and resources to help with clinic appointments and ongoing care. A special play mat and chairs, along with special food pouches are being used for...
Vital new monitor part of ‘revolutionary MRI process’ for newborn babies
Vital new monitor part of ‘revolutionary MRI process’ for newborn babies. £45,000 has been donated to Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) as part of the J9 Advisory £100,000 Charity Challenge to enable the purchase of life-saving MRI monitoring equipment. The monitor...
Evelyn: Make A Will Month
As part of 'Make A Will Month', we asked CHSF’s Trusts and Foundations Manager Evelyn Hazzard about how and why she used our Free Wills service to draw up a Will following her Civil Partnership.How did you find the process of writing a Will and what method did you...
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
Real Stories: Tom Sowerby
My name’s Tom. I had heart surgery at Leeds twice as a child, and on my 27th birthday I’ll be running a marathon to raise money for Children's Heart Surgery Fund. I'm looking to do it in a fast time and show the next generation of heart surgery children that the sky's...
Heart dad Liam’s 100 mile challenge
💗🏃♂️ Meet super heart dad LIAM whose daughter LACEY is due to have open heart surgery today. Liam wanted to set himself the challenge of running 100 miles to raise funds for CHSF in the run up to his daughters operation and so far been blown away by the support from...
Fundraiser of the Month: September 2020
After their daughter Minnie had open heart surgery at just 2 weeks old, Alex and Tara were determined to do everything they could to give back and to say thank you to Leeds for helping their baby's heart.Why did you choose to fundraise for Children's Heart Surgery...
CORPORATE
Wear Red Day 2016…thank you!
Trustees and staff of Children’s Heart Surgery Fund would like to say a HUGE ‘thank you’ for supporting 2016’s annual Wear Red Day.
EVENTS
Fundraiser of the Month: Patrick, Danny and Nick take on the Manchester Marathon
Despite never running a marathon before, heart dad Patrick chose to take on the 2023 Manchester Marathon in aid of Children’s Heart Surgery Fund after his daughter received life-saving open heart surgery at Leeds. Inspired by Patrick’s determination, close friends...
Rope in the whole family for the 2023 Abseil
This year's abseil will be a family affair as heart hero Danny has roped his mum Gillian into daring the drop yet again to raise money for CHSF! After Gillian's jump out of a plane and the pair taking part in our abseil in 2019, Danny and his mum tell us a bit more...
Heart mum Sarah is daring the drop for her 50th Birthday
"This year, I am doing the abseil for CHSF to celebrate my 50th Birthday and my daughter Charlotte’s 10th Heart Day!"Our daughter, Charlotte, was diagnosed with an atrial septal defect (ASD) just after her first birthday in 2012. We first found out she had a problem...
REAL STORIES
#WarriorWednesday: Share your story
On #WarriorWednesday, we like to celebrate the amazing heart heroes we support in our region. Telling your story raises vital awareness of congenital heart disease and recognises the incredible care of the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit. Feedback from heart families...
Fundraiser of the Month: In memory of John Arthur Brooks
In Memory of Our Brave Little ManWritten by heart mum, Lindsay Brooks John Arthur Brooks was born at Leeds General Infirmary on 28th April 2008. We were given his CHD diagnosis prenatally at 27 weeks, and although his condition was complex we decided to continue with...
#WarriorWednesday: Lottie
Lottie was born in Grimsby hospital, but just hours after her birth her mum Donna noticed something didn't seem quite right. Read Lottie's #WarriorWednesday story... Heart mum Donna says… Children’s Heart Surgery Fund is amazing. If it wasn't for the charity, we...
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