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Families supported thanks to Yorkshire Freemasons and National Lottery
Generous charity donations will help families of young heart patients at Leeds Children's Hospital. Families of little heart warriors being treated at Leeds Children’s Hospital’s congenital heart unit will soon reap the benefits of two generous charity donations which...
Mum of little heart hero Charlie urges city to support ‘Wear Red Day’
Mum of little heart hero Charlie urges city to support 'Wear Red Day' and raise vital funds for Leeds congenital heart unit. The mum of a 17-week old baby who has a rare heart defect has praised the “truly amazing” care of the cardiac team at Leeds Children’s Hospital...
Trio Media CEO joins CHSF Board of Trustees
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund has appointed Claire Daniels, CEO of Trio Media as its newest trustee.Claire is the most recent Board Member to join CHSF and will use her expertise to support with strategic digital marketing for the children’s charity. Claire and the...
LNER awards £20k grant for CHD project
Children's Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) has been awarded a grant of £20,000 from London North Eastern Railway (LNER) to help children born with congenital heart disease, and their families.The ’Healthy Hearts and Minds’ project will provide children who have coronary...
Airedale sonographers receive vital training thanks to charity partnership
Thanks to partner charities Children’s Heart Surgery Fund and Tiny Tickers, sonographers at Airedale General Hospital have received vital training to detect the signs of congenital heart disease in the youngest of patients.And it's thanks to CHSF's supporters and...
Lloyds Community Fund donate £5k towards vital heart machine
Lloyds Community Fund have awarded Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) with a £5k donation towards life-saving equipment for the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit (LCHU).Yorkshire Evening PostBy Joanna WardillSunday, 10th October 2021Lloyd's Community Fund has donated £5k...
Priority Space fund vital children’s cardiac ward fish tank
Priority Space has adopted Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) as its first ever charity partner, and funded a vital regional resource on the children’s cardiac ward at the Leeds Children’s Hospital.The fish tank on Ward L51 has proved vital over the years as a...
CHSF looking for 10th anniversary Ball sponsors
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their annual Wear Red Day event with a fundraising Ball. And are looking for local businesses to help sponsor the event, which is due to take place at Aspire in Leeds on Saturday, February 5th...
BABY LOSS AWARENESS WEEK 2021
More than 100 charities join Baby Loss Awareness Week campaign to help people affected by pregnancy and baby loss. “My boy lives on in every conversation I have, every positive change I help to create and every person I can help.”Anthony Hubbard, bereaved dadAn...
CHSF able to buy life-saving breastfeeding equipment for city’s congenital heart unit
CHSF is now able to buy a raft of new equipment to help make it easier for mums to provide potentially life-saving breast milk for babies with congenital heart disease.Yorkshire Evening PostBy Joanna WardillTuesday, 5th October 2021Thanks to a generous £17k donation...
Priority Space supports Children’s Heart Surgery Fund charity
Priority Space has adopted the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) as its first ever charity partner.CHSF provides vital equipment and support to the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit where thousands of babies, children and adults with heart defects receive life-saving...
Barnsley heart op baby battles against the odds
Little Hope Pickersgill has spent most of the first six months of her life in hospital battling multiple heart defects. Catherine Scott tells her story.Yorkshire PostBy Catherine Scott (pictures courtesy of Bruce Rollinson)Wednesday 21st July, 2021Six-month-old Hope...
CHSF Chair’s ultramarathon fundraiser for hospital heart unit which saved his daughter’s life
Charity chief's ultramarathon fundraiser for hospital heart unit which saved his daughter's life A grateful dad is set to run a gruelling 100km ultramarathon later this month to fundraise for a charity which supports the Leeds hospital unit which saved his daughter’s...
Leeds is first in UK to use new ‘baby pod’ for revolutionary research
Dr Malenka Bissell, clinical lecturer of paediatric cardiology at the University of Leeds and consultant at Leeds Children’s Hospital, with the new baby pod.Leeds Congenital Heart Unit is first in UK to use new 'baby pod' for revolutionary research. A revolutionary...
Mum’s Ramadan appeal after Leeds heart surgeons saved daughter’s life
A mum who shed tears of joy after her heart surgeons in Leeds gave her four-year-old daughter the gift of life is urging the Muslim community to support the Children's Heart Surgery Fund during Ramadan. Yorkshire Evening PostBy Mark LaveryThursday, 6th May 2021, 6:00...
Freemasons donate ‘tremendous’ sum to Children’s Heart Surgery Fund
Families of children receiving treatment at Leeds' life-saving heart unit will soon be able to stay in refurbished home-from-home style accommodation thanks to an incredible donation of £29,000 from the region's Freemasons. Yorkshire Evening Post By Joanna Wardill...
Westfield Nursery raises £5,000 for CHSF
Bradford Telegraph & Argus20 April 2021By Emma ClaytonA BRADFORD mum has spoken of the ordeal of her newborn baby having heart surgery. Having a baby in lockdown is challenging in itself, but for Jenni and Kieran Jackson it was followed by the devastating news...
Rugby ace helps raise almost £10K for CHSF
Bradford Telegraph & Argus21 April 2021By Rowan NewmanA HUSBAND and wife from Queensbury, who have raised almost £10,000 in memory of their late son, are pleased to see their local rugby club recognise their charitable efforts. In 2021, Greg and Amy Worthington...
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund appeals for donations to buy life-saving equipment for hospital unit
Children's Heart Surgery Fund appeals for donations to buy life-saving equipment for hospital unit. A Leeds charity has launched a major fundraising campaign to buy a potentially life-saving piece of equipment for the city’s congenital heart unit. Yorkshire...
Surgical camera funded thanks to Ecclesiastical Insurance £1,000 boost
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) won a £1,000 festive financial boost from Ecclesiastical Insurance late last year thanks to nominations from the public. And the charity, which has supported the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit since 1988, has put the money towards a...
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Running for Ruben – Laurie’s 5th Great North Run
Heart hero Ruben was born in 2019 with coarctation of the aorta. He had open heart surgery at just 3 days old, but mum Laurie Higgins says he is now a ‘happy and healthy’ 6 year old thanks to the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit team. Laurie tells us why she has chosen to...
Oral Health Month: The importance of dental health when your child has CHD
The oral health of children with congenital heart disease is particularly important as they are at an increased risk of developing bacterial infections such as infective endocarditis. To celebrate #OralHealthMonth, here’s some important information from experts at the...
Pat & Sue’s Skydive for CHSF
Pat & Sue work with heart dad Dan Tansey at the Co-op. After hearing Dan’s story and seeing his passion for raising funds for CHSF in 2025, they felt inspired to get involved too! Wanting to show their support, they decided to take to the skies and brave a...
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