Children's Heartbeat Trust

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The Childrens Heartbeat Trust provides practical and emotional support to parents and families of children with heart disease in Northern Ireland.

Heart disease is now the most common problem at birth in Northern Ireland. Over 200 children a year are born with heart disease. One third of these children will require further investigation and/ or surgery.

The Children’s Heartbeat Trust works closely with the Clark Clinic at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children to help fund top quality medical equipment and initiatives, to ensure that children with heart disease in Northern Ireland receive the best care and treatment possible.

The Children’s Heartbeat Trust is a local charity, funded solely from public donations.

We provide support in a number of ways including;

- Financial support for Clark Clinic

- Family Support Groups throughout Northern Ireland

- Parent accommodation at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

- Parent support and information networks

- Research into heart disease in children

Your support will help change the lives of children with heart disease in Northern Ireland.

**£2,000,000 Children's MRI Scanner Appeal**

The Children's Heartbeat Trust are a key partner charity in the current £2,000,000 Children's MRI Scanner Appeal to buy an MRI Scanner for the Children's Hospital.

RBHSC is the only children's hospital in the UK without this facility which means that children who would benefit from an MRI scan may be receiving instead treatments which are invasive or involve radiation.

Help us ensure that all sick children in Northern Ireland can access this safe and repeatable scan.

For further information and to give online click onto the Children's MRI Scanner Appeal link on this page.