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APPEAL: YOUR HEART UNIT NEEDS YOU
As we live through these unprecedented times we are all feeling the pressure, both mentally and financially. As a charity you have helped build and nurture for over 31 years, CHSF have lost the ability to generate many income streams overnight - for example, our...
VIRTUAL CHALLENGE EVENTS
Fundraising challenges you can do at home.As we adjust to disruptions to our routines and spend more time at home due to the coronavirus outbreak, here are some great new home-based fundraising challenges. Keep yourself healthy at home while you are social distancing...
#FundraisingFriday: Dave Wilson’s Charity Ball
What a week it has been! There is no better time to share some fundraising inspiration with you all. This #FundraisingFriday, we celebrate the absolutely amazing Dave Wilson and the astounding amount of money he has raised in memory of his beautiful daughter, Alexa đź’›...
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
VIRTUAL CHALLENGE EVENTS
Fundraising challenges you can do at home.As we adjust to disruptions to our routines and spend more time at home due to the coronavirus outbreak, here are some great new home-based fundraising challenges. Keep yourself healthy at home while you are social distancing...
#FundraisingFriday: Dave Wilson’s Charity Ball
What a week it has been! There is no better time to share some fundraising inspiration with you all. This #FundraisingFriday, we celebrate the absolutely amazing Dave Wilson and the astounding amount of money he has raised in memory of his beautiful daughter, Alexa đź’›...
#FundraisingFriday: Jessica’s Garden Party
It may be Friday the 13th but we sure are feeling lucky to have amazing fundraisers like Jessica Mee! Jessica and her family have supported CHSF tirelessly over the last three years, with more than ÂŁ11,000 raised for the charity so far. We spoke to Jessica about her...
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Yorkshire Evening Post say “Have a Heart” for CHSF
We are hugely grateful to the Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP) for launching their 2020 "Have a Heart" campaign for CHSF! Here's a list of YEP campaign launch articles online, they are a great read!: Campaign Launch: read all about the YEP's backing of CHSF - and our...
Morrisons Foundation puts Children’s Charity at its Heart
The Morrisons Foundation is delighted to support Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, a charity that provides invaluable support to the work of the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit, its patients and families. The support from the Morrisons Foundation has funded a...
B&M Waste Services donate ÂŁ4k to CHSF
West Yorkshire waste management provider, B&M Waste Services, are continuing to support local charity, Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, through a donation of £4,000. Children’s Heart Surgery Fund supports babies, children and adults born with congenital heart...
EVENTS
VIRTUAL CHALLENGE EVENTS
Fundraising challenges you can do at home.As we adjust to disruptions to our routines and spend more time at home due to the coronavirus outbreak, here are some great new home-based fundraising challenges. Keep yourself healthy at home while you are social distancing...
Fundraisers of the Month: March 2020
Nearly a month has passed and we are still on a #WearRedDay high at CHSF HQ! You well and truly painted the REGION red and raised superb awareness and funds for CHSF and congenital heart disease. February was so jam-packed full of amazing fundraisers that we couldn't...
Yorkshire Evening Post say “Have a Heart” for CHSF
We are hugely grateful to the Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP) for launching their 2020 "Have a Heart" campaign for CHSF! Here's a list of YEP campaign launch articles online, they are a great read!: Campaign Launch: read all about the YEP's backing of CHSF - and our...
JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES
WE NEED YOUR HELP: Oral Health Project
My name is Jenny Owen and I work in the School of Dentistry at the University of Leeds as a dental therapist. I would like to find out how we can support families of children with long-term medical conditions to look after their child’s teeth. I would like to...
Can you help CHSF on 6th December?
Join our xmas collection! It will soon be that time again when we look for donations as Leeds gets busier with Christmas shoppers. We are looking for volunteers to come and help us out at our Christmas Collection on Friday 6th December 2019 at Leeds Train Station....
Volunteers: can you donate your time?
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund are always looking for volunteers to raise awareness of congenital heart disease, fundraise or attend events across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. We simply couldn't do what we do without your help. We are often described as a charity...
REAL STORIES
“It was the first time we actually felt like a family, with nothing holding us back”
Heart mum, Jade, never thought she'd be the one up dancing but the Over The Wall family camp soon helped her leave all her worries behind! Last September, Jade and her family attended our two night residential activity camp specifically designed with heart families in...
Lily Doyle
Lily's story, told by dad, Richard "On the 10th May 1990 our second child, Lily Doyle, was born. She was quite frail and was sick after most feeds, but in our limited experience as parents (one other child at 18 months old) this was quite normal." This continued for...
Toy MRI for MRI Research
With your help we have funded some special toy MRI equipment to help young patients. MRI research nurse Ruth Foley tells this very special “Because of You” story! Meet James! James is 6 years old and has Tetralogy of Fallot. Read his backstory here. James came to...
WHAT YOU’VE FUNDED
“It was the first time we actually felt like a family, with nothing holding us back”
Heart mum, Jade, never thought she'd be the one up dancing but the Over The Wall family camp soon helped her leave all her worries behind! Last September, Jade and her family attended our two night residential activity camp specifically designed with heart families in...
Bedside TVs for the Heart Ward!
The children’s cardiac ward now have 13 brand new bedside TVs thanks to your amazing fundraising! The TVs are a welcome distraction and a way to de-stress for children recovering from or awaiting surgery. Mum Laura Fletcher and daughter Ava who has been recovering in...
iPads for PICU
We’ve been able to fund four iPads for children on PICU because of you! Lots of children are awake on PICU post cardiac surgery and the iPads will now provide some entertainment for children while they recover. The iPads will also be used as a distraction during...
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0113 831 4810
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Registered Charity Number:
1148359
Registered Company Number:
8152970