When a child is diagnosed with a heart problem it is a difficult time for the whole family. The Children’s Heart Association would like to help. Since we became a registered charity in 1974, we have helped support families and friends of heart children. We work closely with national heart charity the Children’s Heart Federation, which brings over 20 heart charities together. We have no paid workers so are solely reliant on our fantastic volunteers. It is the job of the cardiac team to give medical advice, but we may be able to put you in touch with others with similar experiences.
The Association exists to help its members support each other through the better times and the more difficult times and to be there when you need us. We hold monthly support meetings across the area. We provide equipment and toys for our hospital wards and clinics, for example, home blood testing kits, portable DVD players. We work closely with your cardiac team putting on events and parties for heart families. Our events are for the whole family, not just the heart child, and are a chance for everyone to have fun together. They are for all heart children whether they have a simple or complex condition and whether it has been corrected or not.
It is free to join and we do not expect anything from you. It is open to anyone so you don’t have to have a heart child. The Association was set up to help families with heart children, but we welcome everyone who shares in our aims. We also support adults who have grown with their heart condition.
We have several support groups across the North West of England and in North Wales, with our larger groups centred around Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. If you would like more information about branches in your area, please email us.
For heart children and young people, their families and friends
The Liverpool branch meet on the first Wednesday of alternate months. They meet at 6:30pm
The Liverpool branch meet in Costa at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey Hospital Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP or at the Queens/Stoneycroft Toby pub, 502 Queens Drive, Liverpool L13 0AS
Contact Michele Casey for more information or to check where the meeting will take place.
Free
You can write, telephone or contact us via our website for help, advice and support, to become a member, to make a donation or to get involved. We’re also on Facebook.
Michele Casey - Liverpool branch
Phone: 01706 221 988
General enquiries
Email: information@heartchild.info
Write: Children's Heart Association, 23 Hesketh Drive, Heswall, Wirral CH60 5SP
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