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When a child is diagnosed with a heart problem it is a difficult time for the whole family, we would like to help

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Fun time at Flamingo Land

A wonderful time was had by all at our recent weekend away at Flamingo Land dsc02208flamingo-land-sign

31 families met together to rekindle old friendships and to make new ones.

We found out who likes the adrenaline rides,dsc02166fl-rides

and who preferred to watch the animal shows.

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We learned who makes the best BBQ food.

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But most of all we learned that heart families know how to have the best fun ever – and yes we did ignore the signs on every single ride that said you couldn’t ride on this if you had a heart condition.

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We figured out that our cardiac teams’ permission was better than a theme park insurance company’s disclaimer!

September 28, 2016 Anne

Night at the Museum

DSC01939Thank you so much to the staff of Manchester Museum.  They put together an amazing Night at the Museum … the first time they have done this type of event for families.DSC01925

 

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We went on a hunt for fossil evidence, we checked out how fast dinosaurs were running, we photographed magical, musical, and mysterious items on a treasure huntDSC01942

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There was a midnight screening of  “Night at the Museum 2” of course

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March 12, 2016 Anne

Thank you Smart Storage

Smart Storage have taken us on as their charity of the year  and have already raised £380 for us with a sponsored Santa Dash.

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We have a storage facility with the Bootle branch which is usually piled high with your donations ready for our next charity shop.  Each time we run a week’s shop we can raise over £1000 so this storage facility is vital for our fundraising.

Thank you Smart Storage

May 17, 2015 Anne

Jump Nation Bounce-a-thon

Here are our exhausted bouncers after the hour of trampolining at Jump Nation.  We had a fabulous time.

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Robyn – in the centre – has raised over £1000 and others have raised around £500.  We’ll have a grand total when all the sponsor money has been paid in.  A huge thank you to everyone – and we can’t wait to do this again.

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There was a hard game to play – spot the heart child. Sometimes the heart child was the one doing the upside-down somersaults and encouraging the unfit adults to try too!!

 

April 6, 2015 Anne

Welcome to our Patrons

We are delighted to introduce you to our new patrons – Dr Denise Kitchiner and Dr Raman Patel. These doctors have now retired, but will be familiar to so many of our families – and many of our children owe their lives to their interventions. We are honoured to have them on board. Please have a look at the patrons page on our website. https://heartchild.info/web/about/patrons.

March 8, 2015 Anne

Thank you from Manchester Children’s Hospital

We’ve received a thank you from the play team at Ward 85 Manchester Children’s Hospital.

PS3 games“Thank you so much for the £100. With this I have been able to buy cheaper up to date games.  Thanks Jo play specialist x”

It’s the little things that we do which can make someone’s stay in hospital just that bit easier.  Thanks to everyone who has helped us fund raise this year.

(And if Santa has been very kind to you do you have some old games you could donate to the ward?)

 

December 27, 2014 Anne

Visit to see Concorde

On Sat 13th Sept we went to see Concorde at Runway Visitors park at Manchester Airport. It was a lovely warm afternoon and we met at 12.30 ready for our 12.50 tour. The size of Concorde was amazing to see.

We had the services of a guide to take us on board and tell us the history of Concorde. Some of our members even sat in the same seat as the Queen has done on her previous trips on Concorde. Other members got to sit where the Duke himself also sat when on state business with the Queen. They each like to have a window seat. We then went underneath Concorde and were amazed at the size of the wheels, they are huge, as are the engines.

After this we then went on a DC10 and had a 2hr tour of it and other planes. The staff told the story of the various jobs around the airport, e.g. firemen and women. The children then did some role playing, playing the parts of fireman, also they were interactive with other roles such as police, captain, pilot and cabin crew. We also got to see the planes taking off including double decker planes. We finished off getting a penny press of the planes as a keep sake.

What a fabulous afternoon, which everyone enjoyed.

Thanks, Val.

September 27, 2014 Val

Happy Summer Dayz

Our Association was selected as part of the One Stop and Mondelez (formerly Cadburys) ‘Happy Summer Dayz” campaign which ran from 15th July 2014 to 13th August 2014. During this time, those who won the One Stop store family days out competitions could nominate a charity to receive a donation to the same value as their prize.

In all, there were five charities that could be nominated, including the Children’s Heart Association, and we received an super total of £278.  Thank you to all those who supported us!  We look forward to using the money towards family events in the near future.

September 27, 2014 Matthew

£1000 donation – thank you

A big thank you to 4 lovely ladies in Haslingden who run regular coffee mornings and aim to raise funds for different charities. We were fortunate to be chosen in January so for the last 6 months they have been busy having raffles and meeting together to raise money and socialise.

On the 7th of June we were invited to collect a cheque for £1000 – so I was joined by Gill with her grandchildren, and Rachel with Martha. We showed them what CHA have been doing recently to let them know the sorts of things we will be spending their money on. Several people were delighted that our pictures showed heart children doing very normal things – even if they did need the occasional assistance of a wheelchair or big buggy.

A huge thank you to Maureen Jackson, June Lennon, Caroline Thompson, Beryl Abraham and all the generous people of Haslingden. Your gift is very gratefully received.
Anne

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June 14, 2014 Anne

Pulse Oximetry Screening Recommendation

The Children’s Heart Federation (chfed.org.uk) have been campaigning for all babies to receive the Pulse Oximetry test at birth to detect Congenital Heart Disease. This quick, painless and cheap test measures oxygen levels in blood and can detect over 90% of critical heart defects in newborns.

The UK National Screening Committee has now recommended the use of Pulse Oximetry Screening on newborns and has announced today there will be a national pilot.  Here are links to the announcement:

http://www.chfed.org.uk/babies-are-set-to-receive-heart-test-to-save-lives/

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-national-screening-committee-recommends-new-test-for-newborn-babies-with-heart-disease

The announcement is receiving some media interest and has appeared on the Telegraph online:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10813377/All-newborns-to-undergo-heart-tests.html

May 8, 2014 Matthew

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