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Sign up to Graffiti Arts Day, Bristol 23rd April 2022
BOOK BY CLICKING HERE We would love you to join us for a Graffiti Arts Day in Bristol on Saturday 23rd April – for young adults aged 15-24 with CHD, bring along your plus 1 for the day (friend, partner, parent, sibling etc.)! Where is it? We are meeting at Graft Graffiti, The Island, Nelson […] Read more
We are happy to announce funding from Children in Need
Youth@Heart are really happy to announce successful funding of £30k over 3 years with Children in Need, helping us fund our vital Youth Work with young people who have congenital heart disease! With our ACHD Youth Worker Xander attending more paediatric and targeted clinics, we are proud of the support we can offer to young […] Read more
The year our lives changed without warning
In August last year our lives changed without warning. Faith our eldest daughter hadn’t been right for some time and despite seeing our local GP and being told it was all anxiety related, which we knew wasn’t quite right. Faith was only 18 and thank goodness we decided to go to A&E it wasn’t OK that she […] Read more
A CHD Journey for one parent #CHDVOICE #HeartMonth
We are very grateful that as a Charity we get to be there to support the whole family, when they may need it most. Here is the journey of one parent and her family. for abbreviations see the GLOSSARY* at the end SO, Heart week is upon us & as a couple of charities we […] Read more
February is Heart Awareness Month | 7th – 14th February is congenital heart disease awareness week!
What is CHD, why raise awareness? Congenital Heart Disease is the no.1 birth defect with complex CHD affecting 1 in 125 babies born in the UK, ‘congenital’ meaning present from birth. Those born with complex CHD often have multiple heart surgeries at a young age, often carrying on into adulthood with continued medical follow up […] Read more
Take on a Challenge for Youth@Heart this year
Walk, jog or run for Youth@Heart! Take on a Charity walk, trek or marathon for 2022, and help raise vital funds to enhance the lives of young people with congenital heart disease! With 15 exciting challenges to choose from you can take on Ultra Challenge or choose your own challenge event. Whatever you decide we […] Read more
Christmas Opening Times and SUPPORT numbers
We are closing over Christmas to give our teams a well earned rest – then we will be back in January! This eans that from the 24th December – 4th the team will not be receiving or answering any emails or phone calls. December 24th – Closed Christmas period – Closed Tuesday 4th Jan – […] Read more
Winter Newsletter – Out now
We want to welcome you to our Winter / Christmas Newsletter – letting you know about everything happening at Youth@Heart. Read the latest Newsletter by CLICKING HERE Thank you and Merry Christmas to everyone for their support this year whether trustees, donors, volunteers or grant givers – we couldn’t do it without you all! And […] Read more