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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!
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Celebrating 40 Events for 40 Years
Hi everyone, We have some plans to celebrate in a BIG way in 2014. Not all details are finalised yet but put these dates in your diary, and some events still to be arranged – so we hope there will be something that suits your family. Check who is organising each event...
Ice Skating
January saw the start of our events for 2014 and to celebrate 40 years as a registered charity we aim to do 40 events throughout the year. We began with ice skating at Deeside Leisure centre. We had a good turn out and the families had so much fun. There was music...
Build-a-bear for Heart Week
We've a family event coming up soon for our members. If you're interested contact Val, or email us. Our contact details, as always, are at the bottom of this page.
Boomerang Sensory Play Centre
Saturday 25th January 2014 We had a fun afternoon at Boomerang Sensory play centre in Bury yesterday (Sat 25th Jan). They have a soft play room with a great slide - Thomas's mum's toe is still recovering - and I hear Alfie's dad had something to do with it too. There...
Liverpool Naval Club Charity Night
Liverpool Naval Club is holding a charity night and proceeds will go to Children's Heart Association, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and also the purchase/training of a heart definbrillator for the club. If you're interested please contact the club directly.
Fundraiser
Good luck to Matthew Cripps who's taking part in a cycling challenge in Lancashire in May. He's raising money for the Children's Heart Association and the Children's Heart Federation, check out his Virgin Money Giving page to see how he's getting on.
Cardiac Network update
I've been to the children's Cardiac Network meeting this afternoon. Things are changing and the aim is to work more closely together whether you are at Alder Hey, Manchester or at a local hospital to make sure that every child gets appropriate care and support....
Thanks to Kevin
Congratulations and our thanks to Kevin Fitzsimmons who has raised over £300 for the Association competing in the Eden Project marathon. Kevin says "Completed the Eden Project marathon in 4hours 8mins absolutely crazy course (forests,big puddles, mud to your ankles,...
Ball of Hearts featured in Cheshire Life
Last year's Ball of Hearts took a detour from our usual venue and instead it was hosted under the wings of Concorde at Manchester Airport. Cheshire Life magazine ran a feature on the event. Click on the image for a larger view. Our Ball of Hearts is always an...
New charity merchandise
We have a new range of charity merchandise available for purchase: Neck warmers £5 Wrist bands £1 Safety lanyards £2 Canvas bags £3 Baby grows £3 Child size T shirt £10 Adult size T shirt £12 (Either design available in adult or child sizes) Adult and Child Fleeces...
Trekking to the summit of Kilimanjaro
With only a few weeks to go it's getting close to Lily Clough's adventure in Tanzania to climb the highest mountain in Africa. Her trek to the summit of Kilimanjaro will take her up 5,895 metres and she has kindly decided to support our charity. Her Virgin Money...
It’s our 40 year anniversary
The Children's Heart Association was registered as a charity on the 4th September 1974 meaning this is our 40th year as a charity. Originally called The Association for Children with Heart Disorders (TACHD) we changed our name in October 2005 to become the Children's...
Fantastic events
We've some fantastic events coming up over the next few months for our members. Picnic and Swim, 11th August 2013 Take a trip into the Forest of Bowland where J.R.R Tolkien found inspiration for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Join us at Stonyhurst College for a...
Thank you
Thank you to Helaina Stone for such a wonderful 'thank you' card.
National AGM at Chester Zoo
On the 1st June 2013 we held this year's National AGM at Chester Zoo. The weather was good and it was fantastic to see so many members attending for one of the biggest turnouts we've had in a few years. To begin the day we all met at the lecture theatre just outside...
Wainwright Coast To Coast
Derrick Clark and friends chose to support the Children's Heart Association on their recent trek from coast to coast. He writes: My name is Derrick Clark and in April this year, together with others, I walked the 195 mile long ‘Wainwright Coast To Coast’ path from...
Thanks to our recent fundraisers
Well done to Emily Jardine who ran in the 2013 Dubai 10K back in January of this year. Emily and her supporters raised nearly £500 for the Association - amazing! Good luck to David Barden who is cycling over 2,000 miles through Turkey, Georgia,...
Photos from Indoor Rock Climbing Event
We've put some photos up on our website from our recent event at Awesome Walls, Liverpool. Check out our gallery.
Making Injections Less Painful
The Cardiology Team at Alder Hey are very excited by the arrival of a few bugs in clinic. No, don't worry, not those kind of bugs. These are buzzing plastic lady-bugs!! These friendly little creatures are designed to help take the pain out of needles. They work by...