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Stay updated with the latest news, events, and inspiring stories from our community. Here, we celebrate the incredible work being done to support children with heart conditions and their families. Join us as we share achievements, highlight our dedicated volunteers, and spread awareness about the vital mission of the Children’s Heart Association. Together, we can make a difference!
Flora London Marathon
Thank you to Jill Butterworth. Jill is running in this year's Flora London Marathon and has nominated our Association as her charity. If you would like to sponsor Jill then please visit her sponsorship page athttp://www.justgiving.com/closetomyheart.
Oldham and Tameside Christmas Meal
This year, the Oldham and Tameside branch went to the Bluebell Centre near Hyde. The food was excellent and is recommended.
Manchester Christmas Party
In the end, the Manchester Christmas Party did not go ahead. However, instead the Association organised a trip to the Lowry Theatre to see a pantomime. A great time was had by all.
Street Collections
A collection organised by the Alder Hey branch on the streets of Ormskirk raised £150. Two collections in Liverpool in December raised over £1300 and another collection is planned for Saturday 12th February.
Beerwalk
The final count from the 2004 Beerwalk is in. We raised £1064. If you'd like to take part on behalf of the Association in the 2005 Beerwalk, please get in touch.
Charity Shop
For one week in November, members of the Alder Hey branch ran a charity shop to raise funds for the Association. Work started months before by advertising and collecting the donated items. The day arrived to prepare the shop in preparation for what we hoped to be a...
Christmas Card Scheme
A big thank you to all who supported our Corporate Christmas Card scheme in 2004. We raised £159. Happy New Year and, again, thank you.
Rossendale Motorcycle Show
One rainy Sunday morning last September, around a dozen members of the Association joined Gill Hitchen as volunteer marshals at the Rossendale Valley Motor Bike Show. We had been told to expect a lot of bikes but in the event 'a lot' was the greatest understatement I...
Saddleworth Beer Walk
This year the Beer Walk took place on Saturday, 5th June and once again the Oldham/Tameside Branch took part in it. Members and friends donned fancy dress and prepared themselves for the ten mile walk and the ten halves of beer to be downed en-route. The weather was...
Gulliver’s World
It was a lovely sunny day and Liverpool branch's first day out this year to Gulliver's World in Warrington. It wasn't a bad turn out about 10 families in all. The bus picked us up from Alder Hey car park and dropped us off there too. At Gulliver's World we all went...
No Saint, No Sinner
Our thanks go to Selina Benson who has kindly donated some of the proceeds from her book. For more information about the book, vist her website at www.selinabenson.co.uk.
Donation – Bishop Rawstorne C.E.
Thank you to everyone at Bishop Rawstorne C.E Language College in Croston, who raised £611 for the Association.
Southport Carnival
Pictures from the Southport Carnival are now online. You can view them here.
Bingo Night
In another event, again organised by the Alder Hey branch, over £250 was raised for the Association. The event was in the form of a bingo night, with various prizes on offer. Again, well done to the Alder Hey branch.
Southport Carnival
On a very rainy day in June, the Alder Hey branch took part in the Southport Carnival. Although the weather wasn't good, the carnival itself went extremely well with nearly £2000 being raised for the Association. In addition, of all the 46 floats that took part, the...
Manchester Balloon Day
The balloon day on the 14th February went very well. It was very busy in Manchester and the balloons were popular and easy to sell. The people blowing up the balloons in the van were kept busy all day and could only just keep up with demand.
Oldham and Tameside branch Christmas Meal
The meal at Phoenix City in Stalybridge on January 24th went very well and everyone enjoyed the evening. The food was of a high standard and the service was excellent. The restaurant celebrated birthdays by playing 'Happy Birthday To You' and presenting a cake with a...
Manchester Christmas Party
A great time was had by all, we even had Santa turn up to wish the children a very happy Christmas (unfortunately some of the adults also wanted to meet Santa!).
Paediatric & Congenital Cardiac Services Review
The Government set up the Review Group to advise on the implementation of the recommendations of the Kennedy Report for paediatric and congenital cardiac services following the tragic failures at Bristol Royal Infirmary. In carrying out its work the Review Group has...
Thank You for Your Memories
A big thank you to Joseph Flitcroft, the father of one of our members. Last year Joseph wrote a small book about his memories growing up in Millbrook and Stalybridge in Greater Manchester, and some of his memories of the war. Joseph has donated proceeds from his book...