by Olivia Lewis | Nov 21, 2020 | COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING, LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES
When Martin and Leanne Watts were told their son had a heart defect their world was turned upside down – only to be told a year later, his baby brother had CHD too. Eight years on, both boys have had open heart surgery and the whole family want to say thank you...
by Olivia Lewis | Nov 12, 2020 | LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES, Uncategorized, WHAT YOU'VE FUNDED
Because of you and your amazing fundraising, CHSF are able to fund INR home testing kits for our heart warriors. These kits reduce stress and allow a patient to test their blood levels themselves at home without missing school for hospital appointments. Rebecca tells...
by Olivia Lewis | Oct 8, 2020 | COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING, LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES
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...
by Olivia Lewis | Sep 17, 2020 | COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING, LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES
💗🏃♂️ 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...
by Olivia Lewis | Aug 8, 2020 | LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES
Heart warrior princess Sophia is nearly three months old but hasn’t yet left Leeds Children’s Hospital. We spoke to Sophia’s mummy Charlotte about her little heart warrior’s journey so far… Sophia was born in May 2020 Our journey started...
by Olivia Lewis | Aug 4, 2020 | COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING, LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES
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...
