Charities
The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) is the leading UK children’s heart charity and works with individuals and organisations concerned with children and young people with health and educational needs due to acquired or congenital heart conditions. What we do • Share information via two series of information sheets, heart conditions and caring for heart children. • Information phone line for support and advice. • Provide INR machines (to check coagulation levels in children on blood thinners) where they are not available from the NHS trust, subject to available funds. • Produce scarred Molly’s Dollies for children undergoing surgery or having treatment for a heart condition. • Produce Rosie goes red, Violet goes blue a booklet that explains about a heart condition to young children. • Advise policy makers and service providers on how the needs of children with heart conditions should be met. • Share a round up of congenital heart disease news via their e-journal: Heart2Heart that focuses on key UK and international stories. • Support research projects across the globe to help make the future a brighter place for children with heart conditions. • Campaign for improvements in health, social and educational provision for young CHD patients. • Promote better awareness and support for heart children and families via their social media platforms on Facebook and Twitter. CHF was registered with the Charity Commission in 1988 and is administered and managed by a board of trustees.
Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) is the Scottish charity committed to the provision of childrens hospice services in Scotland, working exclusively with children, with life limiting conditions and their families. CHAS runs Rachel House in Kinross and Robin House in Balloch. Also, Rachel House at Home, based in Inverness, provides an at home service for families in the North of Scotland.
Children’s Liver Disease Foundation is a UK charity that supports children and young people with liver diseases and their families. It provides information, emotional support, research funds and a voice for all affected. We also offer advice on liver nutrition, tests and investigations, transplant and more. You can learn more about the charity and our work on our website.
The National Youth Music Theatre works with young people aged 11 to 21 through music theatre workshops and productions.
Chilterns Dog Rescue Society was founded in 1963 by Mrs Dolly Bromley so our history now stretches over 50 years. Since 1963, over 18,000 dogs have been homed. Not only does the Society care for and find homes for lost and abandoned dogs, owners circumstances sometimes change and this can result in dogs coming into our care. Whatever the reason, these dogs are cared for by the Society until the right new home can be found for them. Our priority is the dogs and we will always put the dogs first.
Childhood cancer research to find better treatments all money raised goes direct to research started after the loss of our son to Rhabdomyosarcoma.