by Anne | Nov 1, 2017 | News
Thank you to everyone who made our Halloween party such a fun evening. The costumes were amazing. We had 2 new families there and it was great for them to start to get to know us all.
Our events are there to help families make friends with other heart families for support. If you would like to join in with our forthcoming events please click on the “Join us” link at the top of the page so we can send you the information for our subsidised (and sometimes free) trips and parties.
by Anne | Sep 28, 2016 | News
A wonderful time was had by all at our recent weekend away at Flamingo Land 
31 families met together to rekindle old friendships and to make new ones.
We found out who likes the adrenaline rides,
and who preferred to watch the animal shows.
We learned who makes the best BBQ food.
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.
We figured out that our cardiac teams’ permission was better than a theme park insurance company’s disclaimer!
by Anne | Mar 12, 2016 | News
Thank 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.
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 hunt
We designed our own T shirts and screen printed them
There was a midnight screening of “Night at the Museum 2” of course
And in the morning we met a Royal Python, a Madagascan Chameleon and two Costa Rican leaf frogs.
by Anne | May 17, 2015 | News
Smart Storage have taken us on as their charity of the year and have already raised £380 for us with a sponsored Santa Dash.
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
by Anne | Apr 6, 2015 | News
Here are our exhausted bouncers after the hour of trampolining at Jump Nation. We had a fabulous time.
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.
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!!
by Anne | Mar 8, 2015 | News
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.
