Red Sky Foundation – HELPING LITTLE HEARTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

HELPING LITTLE
HEARTS AND

THEIR FAMILIES

We raise vital funds for babies, children and adults, who are born with or develop heart conditions and who are in need of cardiac care, by providing lifelong support to them and their families.

Whether it’s funding state-of-the-art equipment for our NHS or placing defibrillators and providing training to help save lives, Red Sky Foundation are making a positive impact near you.

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raised so far by fundraising, events, and corporate sponsorships

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defibrillators we've placed in communities around the UK to help save lives

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number of people that will have a heart attack TODAY

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heart & brain scans per year from machines funded by Red Sky Foundation

OUR MISSION

Red Sky Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of people needing cardiac care who are born with or develop heart conditions by providing lifelong support to them and their families.

We do this by providing a range of services to relieve sickness and preserve the health of individuals in the UK. We assist with the provision of grants, equipment and awareness to support the world class Children’s Heart Unit at The Freeman Hospital in Newcastle as well as other cardiac hospital units around the UK; and support other regional health services within the NHS and other charitable organisations.

We provide life-saving defibrillators for local schools and public spaces, working with local education and council representatives. We collaborate with third party organisations to offer a range of training and education from defibrillator use and CPR performance, through to advanced support for babies, children and adults with heart problems and their families.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to help little hearts and their families by providing much needed support through our fundraising work. We strive to raise awareness of heart health and enable our supporters and contributors to spread the word, making a positive impact across our local communities, schools and city centres.

Defibrillators

Red Sky Foundation provides life-saving defibrillators for city centres, local communities, schools and also NHS Hospitals.

Children’s Heart Unit

Red Sky Foundation actively supports The Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, one of the world’s leading specialist centres for children and babies born with, or who develop, heart conditions.

Equipment

We raise vital funds for large and small pieces of equipment, facilities and aftercare for the Children’s Heart Unit and other district hospitals providing coronary care.

WHERE THE MONEY GOES

We raise vital funds for large and small pieces of equipment, facilities and aftercare for the Children’s Heart Unit and other district hospitals providing coronary care. However, we go far beyond funding cardiac machines and nursing care; we make a positive impact across our local communities, our schools and our city centres with our inclusive defibrillator programme making the UK a safer place to enjoy.

We work closely with local schools and education facilities to encourage them to have defibrillators on site to protect children, staff and the general public.

KICKSTART A PROGRAMME TO WORK WITH LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO HAVE THEIR OWN DEFIBRILLATORS

The specialist software is used to illustrate to parents how the cardiologists plan to treat their children in surgery and for them to get a better understanding of the procedures.

SPECIALIST SOFTWARE FOR THREE OF THE REGIONS CARDIOLOGISTS

The ongoing holistic treatment for babies and children that we regularly support is in Ward 23 at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.

ONGOING HOLISTIC TREATMENT FOR BABIES AND CHILDREN

We have provided the first annual salary of a specialist Fontan procedure cardiac nurse based in the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle and provided the first appointment of its kind in the UK.

SPECIALIST FONTAN PROCEDURE CARDIAC NURSE

We continuously help to fund and install life-saving defibrillators in public areas across the North East of England. We have now installed over 500 defibrillators.

PUBLIC USE DEFIBRILLATORS

Thanks to our incredible supporters, over £610,000 has been raised for the Children’s Heart Unit in Newcastle's Freeman Hospital and cardiac care related projects so far.

OVER £610,000 RAISED FOR CHILDREN’S HEART UNIT

Two echocardiogram heart scanners have been purchased for Sunderland Royal and Teesside’s James Cook Hospitals using funds raised at the annual Red Sky Ball.

TWO ECHOCARDIOGRAM HEART SCANNERS

We funded an organ care transplant system machine which featured heavily on a BBC Documentary: “Heart Matters – A Chance to Live” and The Pride of Britain Awards.

AN ORGAN CARE TRANSPLANT SYSTEM MACHINE

GIFT AID

Any money you donate to us can be Gift Aided. Gift Aid means that Red Sky Foundation can claim back the 25% tax paid on donations from HM Revenue & Customs. This adds up to a huge amount of money so we just want to remind all of our supporters to remember to Gift Aid all donations.

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