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RAISING AWARENESS: Children’s Heart Federation’s vice-chair of trustees, Paul Willgoss MBE meeting HRH The Princess Royal at the St James’s Palace event
Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) were invited to The British Cardiovascular Society’s centenary reception hosted by HRH The Princess Royal in recognition of their work.
Having built relationships over years of dedicated service working with patients and others in the congenital heart world CHF’s chair of trustees, Julie Wootton and vice-chair, Paul Willgoss MBE were delighted to have the charities work recognised at The British Cardiovascular Society’s centenary reception at St James’s Palace in London last month.
In the UK one in 100 babies are born with a heart condition and between 500 and 1,000 develop heart conditions after birth. CHF’s mission to provide recognition, research, and resources to support those affected by children’s heart conditions – lies at the core of the charity’s passion supporting children living with heart conditions so they can live the fullest life possible.
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Vice-chair of CHF, Paul Willgoss MBE, said: “I’ve had the privilege of working with and raising awareness of childhood heart conditions for over 20 years. Being born with my own condition I know how important recognition of the issues we face is, and this chance to talk about them with The Princess Royal was a lovely way to start heart month.”
Rajwant Kaur Singh, the CEO of Children’s Heart Federation, said: “I am delighted that both the chair and vice-chair of the Children’s Heart Federation were recognised by the British Cardiovascular Society for their roles in the heart community, raising awareness and campaigning to improve the care and services for children with congenital or acquired heart conditions.
“It was great to see both Julie and Paul fulfilling CHF’s mission to provide recognition, research, and resources to support those affected by heart conditions in children.”
Submitted by Children’s Heart Federation.
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