The Transplant Games aim to demonstrate the benefits of organ donation and transplantation, encourage transplant patients to regain their fitness and socialise with other families on a similar journey, as well as increasing awareness of the Organ Donation Register.
The games also seek to thank and celebrate donor families for their gift of life.
The British Transplant Games take place each year around the UK with The World Transplant Games and The Winter Transplant Games taking place every 2 years all over the world.
CHUF is proud to fund families attending the games each year and would love to grow the team! If you would like more information about attending the games please get in touch!
We are delighted to be working in partnership with Over the Wall, a UK charity providing high quality, residential activity camps in a number of regions across the UK for children and young people aged 8-17 living with serious health challenges. The charity also runs camps for siblings and families.
Over the Wall is heavily focused on delivering high quality and safe services that are great fun and transformational for those attending. Typically 60 children/young people attend each of the main camps (Health Challenge and Siblings), supported by specialist staff and approximately 85 adult volunteers including a medical team of paediatric doctors and nurse specialists.
For more information please visit the Over the Wall website:
If you would be interested in attending an Over the Wall camp in partnership with CHUF please get in touch.
Helping people to achieve their dreams is at the heart of everything we do at CHUF.
We were recently asked to support our Heart Hero Lily to enable her to attend a school residential to Lockerbie by providing her with a SATS monitor to take with her on the trip. Lily’s family raised money towards the SATS monitor so that children like Lily are able to use the monitor if they are given the opportunity to go away with school. The monitor will give reassurance to everyone whilst away, should the child become unwell, or need monitoring when being more active than usual. CHUF funded the shortfall between that which the family raised and the cost of the monitor.
By providing Lily with a SATS monitor, her teachers were able to monitor her oxygen saturation levels throughout her stay enabling her to take part in the various activities alongside her classmates.
A huge thank you must go to Lily and her family for fundraising and providing this opportunity which other Heart Heroes can benefit from going forward. If your child requires use of a SATS monitor for a school trip or a similar activity, get in touch to find out how we can help.
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