What do we offer?

The Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults produces a wide range of information material for the people with CHD, their families and close ones and for the health care staff. The material is mainly in Finnish but some material is available also in Swedish. Material can be ordered and/or downloaded and printed from these pages.

The latest issues of the member magazine in pdf-form (magazines are in Finnish) from here.

The information brochures and guides are free (although in large quantities the material will be delivered only to hospitals) Please note, that the material is in Finnish . The online ordering form is in Finnish also. Go here.

The Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults offers a wide range of support at various life stages for people with congenital heart defects and for their families and close ones.

Different forms of support provided include the production of information material and organising various types of courses, camps and events. The central activities of the association are passing the information about CHDs and its effects on life in general, as well as to provide the opportunities for people to exchange the experiences with one another about the issues around CHDs.

The Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults has a nationwide web of regional associations and three nationwide divisions. Regional associations and divisions plan and organise a large variety of activities and events. You are more than welcome to join the action!

In addition, the association has a big and helpful group of volunteers giving peer support. Feel free to contact then – they will listen and support you.  

The most recent form of support provided by the association is the discussion forum at the intranet of the association. On the discussion forum you can exchange thoughts and opinions about everything with other people in similar situations.

Do you wish to become a peer support person?

Contact the office of the Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults, tel. # +358 9 752 752 73.

Discussions and forums

The Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults offers you a chance to contact other people in similar situations and with similar experiences. There are email posting lists and discussion forums for the families and for the young and the adults – pick your choice! For more information, go here.

Rehabilitation courses, adaptation training courses and camps

The Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults organises rehabilitation, camps and adaptation training courses for the families of the children with CHD and to the young and adults with CHD.

The aim of the rehabilitation and adaptation training courses is to share the information about CHDs through lectures given by various experts on the fields touching CHDs and to give people strength and tools to tackle the everyday life with CHD.

On the informal camps the emphasis of the activity is more on being and doing together and on learning new skills.   

On the courses and camps alike, the peer contacts are often regarded as being of the highest importance.

Rehabilitation and Adaptation training courses and camps for the families of children with CHD - for more information, go here.

Rehabilitation and adaptation training courses for the young and for adults with CHD  - for more information, go here.

For information about information & peer support meetings, go here.

Regional activity

Regional Groups

The Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults has a nationwide net of regional associations for the families, for the young and for adults affected by congenital heart defects. The regional associations organise activities in their own regions for their members. The activities are planned and organised by the committees of voluntary members. Most of the activities are directed to the families but recreational activity is been organised for the parents as well as the young and the adults with CHD.

More information about the regional activity from the office or straight from the activists from your own region.

The Finnish Association for Heart Children and Adults has 3 nationwide divisions – Heart Angels Division (support group for those, who have lost their child due to CHD), Synja Division (division for young people with and adults with CHD) and Long QT Division (division for people with Long QT Syndrome.)

Order our products and play a role in something important!

You can also buy our products at our events. The products can be seen in our member magazine and ordered with the postal order form which you can find in the magazine as well.