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LATEST NEWS
Game4Hearts: Amy
Heart mum Amy, known online as 'Asphodel Moon', is taking on the Game4Hearts challenge this year for CHSF! Amy’s daughter is now three and had open heart surgery at just 11 weeks old. Read more about her medical journey here. In this blog, Amy tells us how CHSF helped...
Benefits of Writing a Will – with Ridley & Hall Solicitors
As part of Make A Will Month, we asked one of our Corporate Partners to set out the main reasons why writing a Will is so important. A huge thank you to Chloe Aston, Wills & Probate Solicitor at Ridley & Hall, who has suggested 5 good reasons to prioritise...
Beau’s Story #BabyLossAwarenessWeek
written by mum Tilly-May “Back in February of this year (2024) we went for our 20-week anomaly scan at Bassetlaw. Unfortunately, a clear view of Beau’s heart could not be seen so we were sent to Leeds General Infirmary so the cardiology team there (who are one of the...
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
Fundraiser of the Month: August 2020
Once heart dad Rick’s son Mylo was safely at home after open heart surgery, he knew he wanted to do something big to say thank you to the people who saved his son’s life. And when we say ‘big’, we actually mean a 50 mile ultramarathon for CHSF! 🤯We asked Rick to tell...
1 IN 100 CHALLENGE
1 in 100 babies are born with a heart defect and so we challenge you to raise £100 before the year is out. Will you dare the chop? Be star baker? Quit a bad habit or fall in love with a new one? It's completely up to you how you reach the £100 target, and you have...
Virtual 10K: Winners’ Wall
The CHSF Virtual 10K has been bigger than we ever could have expected. With over 100 racers taking part we have been completely blown away by your support and the incredible total amount you have raised to support hearts for life! Keep cheering them over the finish...
CORPORATE
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EVENTS
Easter Family Day
We invite young cardiac patients and their parents/carers to join us for this free Easter social event. Meet CHSF’s Family Support workers, chat with the fundraising team, and get to know other families in the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund community. With fun...
Wear Red Day 2023: Press round up
With your help, we asked press from all across Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and The Humber – to help us turn the region red and celebrate Wear Red Day 2023. And they didn’t disappoint! News spread across our counties about Children’s Heart Surgery Fund,...
Wear red for REGGIE
"Without Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, Reggie wouldn't be here." Michelle, Reggie's mumWritten by Reggie's mum, Michelle Reggie was born on the 1st September 2016 with a palliative congenital heart disease called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Although you might...
REAL STORIES
#WarriorWednesday: Leah
Heart warrior Leah was born with a heart defect, but her CHD went undetected until she attended a GP appointment for a cough four years later. Leah's mum, Rebecca, tells us about their journey with congenital heart disease so far and how Leah and her family have been...
#WarriorWednesday: Hope
From finding out about Hope's CHD at her 20 week scan and a hospital stay during the pandemic to having two open heart surgeries in 5 weeks, Hope (5 1/2 months) has fought every step of the way. Heart mum Leanne talks us through her daughter Hope's journey with...
HOPE
Mum Becca recently wrote to the PICU team at Leeds Children's Hospital, to let them know how her daughter Hope was doing and to thank staff at Leeds Congenital Heart Unit for saving her little girl's life. Becca has kindly agreed to to let us share Hope's story... My...
FAMILY
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WHAT YOU’VE FUNDED
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LEEDS CONGENITAL HEART UNIT
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JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES
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