Introducing GOSH Streaming Week: Get your game face on for a good cause

Content creators and streamers, now’s the time to game for good! Between 7-13 November, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity) is holding its first ever Streaming Week. GOSH Streaming Week aims to raise money for GOSH Charity by encouraging fans to tune in to their favourite online Streamers, or go one step further and set up their own fundraiser.

GOSH is a world-leading children’s hospital with the broadest range of dedicated healthcare specialists under one roof in the UK. The hospital sees around 600 children from across the UK arrive every day, with the rarest, most complex and often life-threatening conditions. GOSH Charity supports the hospital to provide extraordinary care, expertise and facilities that these children and their families need.

Liz Tait, Director of Fundraising at GOSH Charity said, “We’re delighted to be launching the first ever GOSH Streaming Week. It’s a relatively recent area of development for GOSH Charity fundraising, so we’re really looking forward to reaching new supporters and seeing the results.

“We’re also very grateful to the celebrity streamers for using their platforms to raise much needed funds and awareness of GOSH.”

Milky Queen, a British VTuber based in Japan, will be broadcasting daily never-seen-before content for GOSH Streaming Week. She said, “All the work that GOSH does is so important for helping children and their families.

“I'm excited to try streams outside of my comfort zone and have fun together with my supporters all for a great cause!”

The money raised through GOSH Streaming Week will help support the hospital’s most urgent needs, which could include ground-breaking research, advanced medical equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding of wards and medical facilities.

To get involved:

• Follow your favourite streamer online and donate to their fundraiser: find out who’s streaming when by following @StreamForGOSH on Twitter or signing up to updates from their fundraising page via Tiltify.
• Host your own streaming fundraiser and get your friends and family to donate as you stream. Find out more and sign up here.
• Set yourself (or a team) a challenge that you take on at a date and time that suits you, and ask for sponsorship. Get started here.

Follow updates from GOSH Streaming Week via Twitter (@Stream4GOSH). Keep up to date with all the latest from GOSH Charity via our website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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For more information, please contact: 

Francesca Smith, GOSH Charity press office Francesca.smith@gosh.org / 020 3841 3003

Notes to editors

About Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity)

Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals with the broadest range of dedicated, children’s healthcare specialists under one roof in the UK. The hospital’s pioneering research and treatment gives hope to children from across the UK with the rarest, most complex and often life-threatening conditions. Our patients and families are central to everything we do – from the moment they come through the door and for as long as they need us.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity needs to raise money to support the hospital to give seriously ill children the best chance for life. The charity funds research into pioneering new treatments for children, provides the most up to date medical equipment, funds support services for children and their families and supports the essential rebuilding and refurbishment of the hospital. You can help us to provide world class care for our patients and families. For more information visit www.gosh.org.

About Milky Queen

Milky Queen is a ‘Vtuber’ (a virtual YouTuber) with over 47,000 YouTube followers. As a passionate musician, she streams everything from video games to quiz shows to concerts. This is the second time she has fundraised for GOSH Charity and she hopes to smash her previous total of £10,000! You can find her fundraising page on Tiltify. She is on YouTube, Twitch and Twitter.

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