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, congenital heart disease and our tremendous heart community. Here’s a round-up of the online stories YOU created to help us raise vital funds.
YORKSHIRE EVENING POST
Leeds mum had to do CPR on her three-year-old son who collapsed and ‘went blue within seconds’.
Three-year-old Daniel Terry appeared to be ‘absolutely fine’ on his way home from school with his mum in June 2022.
LEEDS LIVE
Mum of brave Leeds boy who had open heart surgery at six months old is on a mission to help others.
Thousands of people will wear red this week to raise money for Leeds Children’s Heart Surgery Fund.
YORK PRESS
YORK mum Danielle Tupman and son Oliver thank Children’s Heart Surgery Fund by wearing red.
CHSF helped them through a ‘nightmare experience’ when Oliver needed emergency surgery as a baby.
YAHOO! NEWS
YORK mum Danielle Tupman and son Oliver thank Children’s Heart Surgery Fund by wearing red.
CHSF helped them through a ‘nightmare experience’ when Oliver needed emergency surgery as a baby.
DEWSBURY REPORTER
Yorkshire charity turns the region red in support of congenital heart disease.
Wear red to help raise money for children like little Archer Jak from Batley who had open heart surgery at just five months old.
SHEFFIELD EXAMINER
Sheffield mum ‘devastated’ as brave little girl ill since birth hit with new infection.
The infection spread to her lungs and the left one collapsed. Mum asks for donations towards Wear Red Day 2023.
DONCASTER FREE PRESS
Doncaster hero heart Harley battles through tough start to life.
This Friday is the annual Wear Red Day and the Free Press has teamed up with CHSF to bring you this great news story.
GRIMSBY TELEGRAPH
Brave five-month-old baby boy undergoes open heart surgery after doctors almost missed a serious problem.
Doctors believed he had a simple heart murmur at first.
DERBYSHIRE TIMES
Chesterfield school’s personal reasons for supporting CHSF.
Children at a Chesterfield school backed a cause close to their hearts by supporting Wear Red Day.
WHARFEDALE OBSERVER
St Oswald’s Primary School in Guiseley Wear Red for heart charity.
They held a fundraising day as a thank you to Children’s Heart surgery Fund that has helped one of their pupils.
ILKLEY GAZETTE
Moorfield pupils wear red for the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund.
Children at Moorfield School and Nursery, Ilkley, took part in Wear Red Day on February 3 to raise money for Children’s Heart Surgery Fund.
Give yourselves a round of applause! Your fundraising on Friday 3rd was incredible – and we appreciate money is still coming in. Thank you!
Don’t forget to share photos of your Wear Red Day fun with us on social media, using the hashtag #WearRedDay or email your photos to us at info@chsf.org.uk.
There’s still time to donate online via Just Giving. Still need to pay in your Wear Red Day fundraising? You can do that here.
Youth Voice: Joseph
"Hello, my name is Joseph, and I am a cardiac child. "I was born with my heart condition and what has really helped me throughout my cardiac journey is music. "At the age of five, I joined Wakefield Cathedral choir - most of the time just staring at the ceiling and...
The jobs market when you’re a ‘first generation’ middle-aged heart patient
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Fundraiser of the Month: Chris Silcock
Chris took on 'The Wall Ultramarathon' on the 14th June 2025 - a 70-mile run along and around the historic Hadrian’s Wall. Chris is a family friend of heart warrior Freddie McDonald. Freddie's family are organising a fundraising ball later in the year and Chris wanted...