In this heartfelt episode of Inspired Voices, we are joined by Emma Weaver, whose family has been supporting Alder Hey since 2014 in memory of her daughter, Georgie. After Georgie was born with a rare condition, tracheal agenesis, she was trans...

Sarah and Jane Coventry join the Inspired Voices podcast to share their deeply personal journey with Alder Hey, inspired by Emily, Sarah’s sister and Jane’s daughter, who was treated at the hospital for eight years after being diagnosed wit...

George Blackshaw joins the Inspired Voices podcast to share his incredible journey from being treated at Alder Hey as a toddler to becoming a champion fundraiser and talented golfer.After a life-changing accident at just 15 months old, ...

Karen Ennis joins the Inspired Voices podcast to share her extraordinary journey as an open-water swimmer and fundraiser for Alder Hey.After facing personal tragedy, Karen turned to swimming as a way to rebuild her life—what started as ...

Chris Myler joins the Inspired Voices podcast to speak about his many years of fundraising for Alder Hey, what encourages him as a fundraiser, and why others should get involved in fundraising.After being inspired to support Alder Hey fo...

This  episode of Inspired Voices features Jo and Shaun Keeling, who have been Alder Hey fundraisers for over seven years in memory of their daughter Poppy, who was cared for at Alder Hey.Poppy sadly passed away at four days old...

In this  episode of Inspired Voices, Cath and Adam sit down with Derek Russell, as he recalls his fundraising journey which has taken him all over the world to raise vital funds for Alder Hey in memory of his granddaughter Lillian.

In this week’s episode of Inspired Voices, Cath and Adam welcome John and Donna Connett to the studio where they discuss their family’s inspiring story and the incredible fundraising efforts they have achieved over the past decade.John ...

In this episode of the Inspired Voices podcast, Cath and Adam speak to The Batt family, as Karen and Phil share their incredible journey through daughter Betty’s early and challenging life. Born over four months premature and weighing just 650 ...

At just 15 years old, Archie Veal’s life took an unexpected turn. An active teenager from the Isle of Man, he initially dismissed his worsening back pain as a minor injury. However, within days, his condition deteriorated rapidly. By the time h...

Carly is mum of Henri - a patient Alder Hey Children's Hospital in December 2022. Henri had complained of a headache, which  Carly initially put down to festive excitement. However, after doctors at Henri’s local hospital diagnosed him wit...

Matt and Pip talk to us about being artists on the wards at Alder Hey. Matt is an actor and Pip is a musician, (short version)

Tracey Wilson, Head of Philanthropy at Alder Hey Children’s Charity speaks to Phil Munns on BBC Radio Merseyside about how the Surgical Neonatal Appeal hit it's £3m target  and the lasting impact it will have on families from the North Wes...

Thanks to funding from the Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association, we have been able to run regular participatory music workshops on our Oncology Unit. Led by professional cellist Georgina Aasgaard, we have seen our children and young people t...

Alder Hey Children's Charity funds musicians (Cascade Music) to work with staff in the Emergency Department at Alder Hey Children's Hospital to the benefit of patients, parents,  clinicians and the health service. In this short podcast you...

Betty Batt is the Grand National 2022 Honorary 41st Runner at Aintree - and Betty's mum Karen discusses the honour with Paul Salt on his Breakfast show on BBC Radio Merseyside on 4th April 2022 - full show available on BBC Sounds. Used with per...

The Three Little PigsStory Time! Part of the Stories@AlderHey strand.Actor and Alder Hey supporter Chris Mason performs the Three Little Pigs with humour and just a touch of scouse swagger!Please enjoy the podcast an...

Jennifer Johnston is an English operatic mezzo-soprano. Born in Liverpool, she studied law at the University of Cambridge and worked in London chambers as a barrister before studying opera at the Royal College of Music.In this podca...

Karen Ennis is taking on the Oceans Seven Swimming Challenge to raise £100,000 for Alder Hey. The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of seven open water channel swims and covering 123.5 miles. It was devised a...

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Hillsborough, football supporters will walk 265 miles continuously around 30 football stadia raising money for Alder Hey Children's Charity between April 18 and April 21, 2019. Some of the people taking pa...

330,000 children and young people are treated at Alder Hey each year but we have just a handful of rooms kitted out with the latest distraction technology allowing us to use an immersive person-centred approach to improve the well-being and com...

The Charity is proud to fund a huge array of Arts for Health projects at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. This podcast looks at the Ward Musicians programme, featuring Georgina Aasgaard, the hospital's Musician in Residence, who discusses the imp...

For a child, coming to hospital can be a daunting experience, but the staff at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital ensure they are made to feel welcome and work hard to build friendships with their young patients. Alder Hey Children's Charity is plea...

The charity is proud to have funded the £94,000 required to upgrade the equipment used in epilepsy surgery at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, ensuring our amazing clinicians can dramatically reduce seizures and risk of Sudden Death in Epilepsy (...

The charity recently funded £25,000 for SensaVue equipment so it's now available in two of the MRI scanners used at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Here Deborah Garlick, Lead Radiographer for MRI, explains the impact of this distraction technolo...