News
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!
Make A Wish Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation UK has a very simple objective - to grant magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses. The charity was founded in the UK in 1986 and since then has granted over 5,500 wishes. With over 20,000 children in the...
Adriana Ceruso’s Fundraising Page
Adriana Ceruso has raised £265 for the Association by taking part in a Saint Valentine's Day Walk. Fantastic. See her fundraisng page at http://www.justgiving.com/adrianaceruso
Christmas Party
14 December 2008 saw our annual Christmas Party at 01 Clinic Alder Hey hospital. This year's party was full and we had to stop taking names over 2 weeks before and had a waiting list. Our party starts at 1.30pm till around 4pm. I had booked a children's entertainer...
Photographs from recent events
There are some photographs of recent Association events online now. To see the photos please visit http://picasaweb.google.com/childrensheartassociation1.
Halloween Party
Our Halloween party was held at Alder Hey and just a little earlier than the official date of 31st Oct. We had a good response to the party - not too busy but busy enough - and again we had an entertainer. The Children and some adults got dressed up in their best...
Thank you all for your support
A sincere "Thank You" from all of us at the Childrens Heart Association, your support and donations go a long way to helping us fulfil our aims. Thank you to Dr James Tornos for a donation of £200; all the staff at BAA Business Support Centre Ltd for a donation of...
Yellow Duck trip
Yellow Duck, Liverpool. We plan months in advance for our days out and when it is a summer trip we assume (wrongly) it will be a beautiful summers day. Well in advance I had arranged this day, booked 2 ducks, arranged a swap in my work and booked a private room for...
Donation from Eli Lilly and staff
The Children's Heart Association would like to thank all those at the Eli Lilly Speke site for their support of our charity. Their donation of £1000 is greatly appreciated and will go a long way to allow us to fulfil our charity's aims of helping children with...
Got them blues
Thanks to John and Lorraine Welsh who have supported us for the past few years. They regularly put on bands who plays Blues from here and the U.S.A at the Liverpool Marina and they hold a raffle and donate the raffle money to the Association.. This year alone they...
Justgiving
It's been a busy year for all our Justgiving supporters and thank you to them all. Stephen McCay riased over £1065, Denise Richie raised over £520, Mark Jones raised over £310, Kathryn Orgill raised over £225. Mark Reynolds, Jason Powell, Amie Cross raised over £197...
Children’s Heart Week
It's not many more weeks now until the next Children's Heart Week in February 2008. Children's Heart Week 2007 was a great event for the Association with many local schools supporting us and around 500 children taking part in balloon launches and other fundraising and...
Cardiac Matters
CardiacMatters is a public interest website focused on cardiac issues; the causes, symptoms and treatments. CardiacMatters contains over 80 articles all written by our team of experts and we add around 3 new articles each month. www.cardiacmatters.co.uk
Thanks
Thank you to some more of our recent Justgiving fundraisers. Antonie Lehmann and Jackie Francis both took part in this year's Flora London Marathon and raised over £160 and £1200 respectively (including Gift Aid). Thank you also to Calli Gomersall and Paul...
Ball of Hearts 2007
Tickets for the 2007 Children's Heart Association Ball of Hearts are now on sale. For tickets, contact Val Frew on 0151 733 1396, or see here for more information.
Thank you
The Association would like to thank our fundraisers Rob Nickson, Kerry Mabley and Anthony Bangay. Rob raised over £400 for the Association. Kerry and Anthony raised over £870 and £300 respectively by competing in the Reading Half-Marathon.
With sadness
We regret to announce the death of Angela McGahon. Angela was a good friend and supporter of the Association and was National Treasurer for over twelve years. Our thoughts and deepest sympathy go to her husband Michael, son Jack and all her family and friends.
Thank you
Congratulations to our recent fundraisers. Pete and Jane Ashcroft who took part in this year's Barcelona marathon. They finished in 4 hours and 22 mins and 4 hours and 33 mins respectively. Thank you to Pete, Jane and their sponsors who raised over £1,820 (inc Gift...
In memory of…
Thank you to the family and friends of Caleb Kennedy. Sadly, Caleb died from a severe heart problem at the end of 2005 however Caleb's family set up a page on Justgiving so they could help other people in similar situations. £2,065 was donated and with the Gift Aid, a...
Spinathon
A big thank you to Katie Edwards and all those who took part in the charity Spinathon at LA Fitness Northfield in Birmingham. The event was a great success and has raised over £1500 for the Association. It certainly looked like hard work but well done to you all.
Thank You to our Fundraisers
A big thank you to all of you who support the Association every day by raising funds, provide assistance at events and help us get our name and services out to those who need it. Special thanks to a couple of recent fundraisers on our Justgiving pages. Rosie...