The Difference We Make

Here is a selection of facts and figures about the support we have been able to offer our heart families in last year due to the efforts of our fabulous fundraisers.

Children’s Heartbeat Trust

200

CHD is the most common birth defect in children born in NI with on average 200 babies per year born with one or more heart conditions.

Heart Family Focused

We create over £2,450,000 of social value from our work.

1/3

1/3 of children born with CHD will face open heart surgery throughout their lives.

£1 > £8

For every £1 invested in the charity, we create a social value of approximately £8!

55,353

Website page views and 13,506 users.

Family Support Activity

135

Ward visits made to 319 heart families

119

Counselling sessions delivered.

83

Families staying at our three caravans.

£110,400

in financial support payments made to 216 families travelling for cardiac care facing long term hospital admissions.

200

trips have been made by the Children's Ambulance since it launched in 2023.

Youth Services Activity

100%

Mental health improvement for young people after Summer Blast 2023.

1

World’s first CHD Transition App developed.

12

Youth Council members.

4

Quarterly teen events.

Clark Clinic Support

26

Coaguchek machines purchased.

9

Group and 54 individual Music Therapy sessions held on Clark Clinic

119

Families used our parent accommodation in Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.