Feel Good Friday

Wisdom Wednesday

Feel Good Friday

Wisdom Wednesday

Positivity Collage

Sometimes when times are tough it can be helpful to try and find ways to keep ourselves going. We're not suggesting that making a collage will make everything better but it can be a reminder to hold in there, or to affirm something important for yourself. Involving yourself in a creative activity can also be very absorbing and take your mind off any worries you might have.

Start off with a base piece of card (any size) and some old magazines. Collect together, arrange and stick on any photos, pictures, words, or quotes that you like, give you a lift or appeal to you. You can also get some inspiration from Google! Once you have created your own collage you could put it on your wall, stick it on the fridge etc as a reminder of something positive for yourself. You could also make a poster or put them in a scrap book.

Idea taken from The Somerville Foundation.

Feel Good Friday

Valentines Day

Valentines Day is a time for sharing matters of the heart. 

Make a change this Valentines Day by sharing a different matter of the heart for Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week.

Share this post and help raise awareness for Little Hearts Matter and the work we do providing care and support to children and families affected by Single Ventricle Heart Conditions. 

Follow the link for more information on what Little Hearts Matter do and why we're here: www.lhm.org.uk/

Growing Up

Growing up into being a teenager can be hard at the best of times, but there can also be lots of other hurdles when you have a complex congenital heart condition. This comic from The Somerville Foundation, "Michael's Growing Up" looks at what subjects interest or worry teenagers who were born with a heart condition. The story, although made up, describes personal experiences that teenagers, in one way or another, have lived through and that might also be familiar to you if you have a heart condition. Hopefully the story highlights some of the issues that can affect teenagers growing up with a heart condition.

Click the comic to read it in full.

A Big Hello!

Hi everybody, my name's Laura!

I'm taking over from Olivia who's been working as the Youth Lead for Little Hearts Matter for the last 6 months, so this is my new job! Olivia's done an amazing job standing in to make sure that the youth support has kept going, but now she's going back to acting and drama teaching.

I'm really excited to be getting to work at LHM and to build the youth services with the help of the Youth Council.

How about some quick facts about me that you might (probably don't) know

• I can't ride a bike (like, at all)

• I'm obsessed with owls (all owls, all the time)

• I'm really into my video games (I'm an Xbox diehard, sorry not sorry)

• I'm an explorer scout leader in my spare time (just don't ask me to tie a knot)

Ok, so that's a little bit about me. If you're part of the LHM Youth Council, please drop me an email to introduce yourself!

If you have any ideas about what I can be doing for you or things that you think the charity can do, please get in touch with me laura@lhm.org.uk

Welcome!

The Little Hearts Matter team would like to welcome Laura Goodwin as the new Youth Project Leader. Laura will be working over the next few weeks to get herself up to speed on the current youth work but she will be at the LHM Open day working with our young members, we are delighted that she has joined us and look forward to building our youth services over the year. We would like to thank Olivia, who has been standing in to keep the Youth support going over the last few months but now needs to return to her acting and drama teaching, Good Luck Olls.