News
20/05/19 - CHF’s congenital heart disease (CHD) information service
CHF’s congenital heart disease (CHD) information service offers resources focusing on heart conditions as well as a wide variety of information sheets on all aspects of caring for a heart child. These include: planning holidays as a family hardship funds sourcing insurance companies specialising in children with a health condition. Further information: http://www.chfed.org.uk/how-we-help/information-service/
15/05/19 - What we do and how we help
That’s it really, we’ve produced a new document explaining what CHF does and how we help. You can download it here.
14/05/19 - Let us know your experiences of pulse oximetry testing
or lack of it. CHF is joining with other charities in campaigning for pulse oximetry testing on all new born babies. We’d like to hear from you if: Your child had a heart defect detected by a pulse oximeter. or If your child was not offered a test and a heart condition was missed as […]
13/05/19 - Search and spend to help CHF
We’re excited to announce Savoo Search, Save and Raise as our new fundraising partner, and we’d like to introduce you to this innovative way of donating. Simply use Savoo Search as your default search engine (the same way as you would your current search engine) and Savoo will donate 1p for every search. If you’re […]
09/05/19 - What we do and how we help
If you are thinking of fundraising for CHF or simply want to know more about what we do, then we have a new leaflet that tells you exactly that. Download it here. What we do and how we help
06/05/19 - Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) and exercise
CHF provides an information sheet with guidelines for children with congenital heart disease (CHD) or acquired heart conditions participating in parkrun. Parkrun is a free, weekly running event across the UK where children can take part in a shared run, rather than a race. Further information: http://www.chfed.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/parkrun-guidelines-for-children-with-heart-conditions.pdf
29/04/19 - CHF’s Thank You to CHF Champion Fundraisers
A fantastic weekend of CHF fundraising was achieved by Timi Veerasamy running the London Marathon and Chris Chapman taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge. Their fantastic efforts have been outstanding! A massive thank you Timi and Chris for supporting CHF’s heart children and families on their congenital heart disease journey. You’d done us proud […]
26/04/19 - Champion CHF fundraisers
Yorkshire and London host two champion Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) fundraisers this weekend. Chris Chapman is taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on 27 April and Timi Veerasamy is running the London Marathon on Sunday 28 April. We’re wishing Chris and Timi perfect running weather. A big thank you for all your training too! […]
25/04/19 - The law around organ donation in England is changing
From spring 2020, all adults in England will be considered to have agreed to be an organ donor when they die unless they have recorded a decision not to donate or are in one of the excluded groups. This is commonly referred to as an ‘opt out’ system. You may also hear it referred to as ‘Max […]
04/04/19 - Support for CHF’s research into medication for infants and children campaign
MPs are showing their support for CHF’s new campaign into research for children’s medication by joining CHF’s Medicines for Children (M4K) Supporters Group and emailing Meds4kids@chfed.org.uk for more information. CHF are calling for medicines prescribed to children to be developed for children in age appropriate formulations. Let your local MP know about this new and […]
