Alder Hey Official

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)

Support the show

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 targe  and the lasting impact it will have on families from the North West and beyond. Broadcast 12/12/23 full programme available on BBC Sounds.

Support the show

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 take part in music making, song writing, learning to play a wide range of instruments such as keyboard and ukulele and performing alongside Georgina. Music has also been used to help them de-stress and relax. As a result, we have seen significant improvements to children and young people’s anxiety levels, confidence and resilience, which have helped the whole family when spending long periods of time in hospital.

Podcast recorded and produced by Twin Vision

Support the show

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 can hear from Paediatric Consultant Dr Shroul Messahel about the impact of live music in an acute setting, from Rachel Fillhart one half of Cascade Music and from Vicky Charnock the Arts for Health Manager at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

Support the show

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 permission.

Support the show

The Three Little Pigs

Story 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 and consider a donation to Alder Hey!

Support the show

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 podcast Jennifer visits Alder Hey to talk about her debut album and why giving back to her home city is so important to her.

A Love Letter to Liverpool  is available to buy online and in store, or to stream on your favourite streaming service. Proceeds will be split between Alder Hey Children's Charity and Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company.

Support the show

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 as the swimming equivalent of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. It includes the North Channel, the Cook Strait, the Molokai Channel, the English Channel, the Catalina Channel, the Tsugaru Strait and the Strait of Gibraltar.

123.5 miles...and yet Karen claims she isn't an athlete!

Here she talks about her motivation and reasons for starting the challenge and what Alder Hey means to her.

Support the show

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 part explain why they are doing this, what Hillsborough means to them and why Alder Hey is such a great cause.

The route is to in start in Nottingham and finish at Anfield, passing Hillsborough along the way. More details www.redwoodevents.co.uk

Along the route, the walkers will collect food donations for

• Merseyside Foodbanks through Fand Supporting Foodbanks. 
• Leeds Foodbanks through LUFC Foodbanks  & LUFC Trust

#RedsFootyTour  
#RedsNeverWalkAlone

Support the show

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 comfort of patients.

Distraction technology – the use of 4D immersive projection, lighting  effects and surround sound - is proven to reduce the use of sedation by 40%, meaning children are not exposed to unnecessary medicine and staff can see and treat more children. 

Alder Hey Children's Charity thinks hospital staff should be able to use this technology with all of our young patients and so we raise funds to enable this. Listen to Sharon Clarke, Cardiac Physiologist explaining why this technology is so important.

Support the show