Scott House has given us the freedom to be there at 4am and be together
Emma and David have been staying at Scott House for the last 11 weeks since their son, Isaac, was suddenly diagnosed with a rare heart condition.
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CHUF donates over £10,000 to help keep families together
The Children's Heart Unit Fund have donated £10,740 to fund two family bedrooms at Scott House for a year. Read more about the difference this will make.
Mum’s epic running challenge in support of The Sick Children’s Trust
Charlotte McKenzie is running 62 miles throughout January to cover the cost of her stay at Scott House during her daughter's emergency heart surgery.
By the time I got into bed I felt like even though I was on my own – I wasn’t alone
Eliana was born with multiple heart defects and needed heart surgery at six months old. Throughout their time at Leeds Children‘s Hospital, Eckersley House has been their ‘Home from Home’
It was a monumental moment of strange normality and respite
Hayley and Paul found themselves 60 miles away from home at their baby daughter's hospital bedside as she underwent open heart surgery. Rainbow House kept their family together
Grandparents’ cycling passion raises thousands for ‘Homes from Home’
Dave and Sue Mercer have turned their cycling passion into fundraising for our 'Homes from Home' to thank us for supporting their family when their granddaughter was in hospital
Nine year old’s charity car wash gives family with child in hospital a place to stay
Lilly Stead remembered how we helped her parents stay close to her little brother in hospital and has now raised money to support another family like hers
We were on the other side of the hospital, rather than the other side of the country
Over the last three years we have supported Louise and Sam while their daughter has undergone treatment for her heart in Freeman Hospital, which now is a day's journey from their home.
From Grandad’s point of view
Dave Mercer tells us how knowing his daughter and son-in-law had a place to stay at Scott House impacted the whole family when his granddaughter was in Freeman Hospital
Newcastle family take on virtual Great North Run in support of The Sick Children’s Trust
Kate Blakely along with her husband Matt, daughter Matilda, and son Harry, will all be running at least one of the 13.1 mile distance with help from close friends and family making up the rest of the mileage.
We couldn’t be together by her bedside, but at least one of us could always be there without the other being far away
During lockdown, Stacey gave birth to her daughter Esme who was diagnosed with a rare heart condition who needed treatment at Freeman Hospital, which is where we supported her and husband Karl at Scott House
Couple whose daughter is one in 10,000 raise nearly £2,000 for The Sick Children’s Trust and CHUF
Esme was diagnosed with a rare heart condition when she was born in May and remained at Freeman Hospital for two weeks. During this time we supported her parents at Scott House
If we couldn’t stay at Rainbow House I don’t know what we would’ve have done
After Florence suffered a cardiac arrest due to a heart condition Acorn and Rainbow Houses made sure her parents were always be her side.
At Eckersley House you’re with people who understand
Isabelle’s life was in danger when she underwent heart surgery at just three months old. Read how we supported her parents during this time
Castleford dad’s thanks to charity for keeping family together with newborn sons
A Castleford dad is hosting a night full of entertainment for charity The Sick Children’s Trust to say thanks for its support in keeping his family close to his son’s hospital bedside