Donna Ineson from Kaplan Open Learning is delighted to announce that the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund has been adopted as Kaplan Open Learning’s local charity. The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund Charity, based at the Leeds General Infirmary, supports valuable equipment, resources and research for the treatment of children with heart defects, whilst providing a support service for both the children and their families along the way.

The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund Charity, based at the LGI, supports valuable equipment, resources and research for the treatment of children with heart defects, whilst providing a support service for both the children and their families along the way.

Their motto is: “Our aim is to ensure that these children have the best possible chance of survival. Our hope is to give ‘each child a childhood’; our dream is to give them adulthood.”

As a parent of a child who recently had corrective open heart surgery at the LGI, this really is a charity close to my own heart. I know how important it is to ensure they can continue providing these services and giving all families hope. Without this, the situation we found ourselves in would have been unbearable. From the amazing equipment they buy, the recently refurbished playroom on the ward, to the simple parent’s room that they provided funding to create, the work they do makes a huge difference to the lives of the children and parents. You can see for yourself the difference in Abigail now!

I look forward to getting stuck in with everyone and raising some money so that we can continue helping other families with the misfortune of having a child with a heart defect. Let’s have some fun and raise some cash!!