Every moment matters for seriously ill children
When you’re young, Christmastime should be about getting ready for a visit from Santa, not for lifesaving surgery.
Some children have to do both.
No child should have to spend the festive period in hospital. But when they have to, we do everything we can to make it feel like home. Because every moment matters for seriously ill children.
Will you help us?
Where your donation goes this Christmas
Special, festive moments at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) can only happen because of supporters like you.
By donating to our Christmas Appeal, you’ll help to:
- bring joy to the wards – from tree decorating with the Play team to carol singing with the chaplaincy team
- keep families with a child in intensive care together through free accommodation right by the hospital
- find new treatments and cures for the rarest and most complex childhood illnesses, so more children can look forward to many more Christmases to come.
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£50could fund everything a ballet dancer needs to bring festive joy to children on a ward for an hour.
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£45could provide a night's stay in home-from-home accommodation, so children in intensive care have loved ones close.
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£20could help fund all the supplies child health researchers need in the lab for a day.
Your donation matters this Christmas
Ruby was diagnosed with a rare condition when she was a few months old. She’s been in and out of GOSH most of her life and spent her very first Christmas on the ward.
“The teams at GOSH do a really good job at Christmastime,” her mum, Elle, says. “We took Ruby to a special party for patients, and we went to hear some carols.”
Throughout Ruby’s stay in hospital, the GOSH Charity-funded Play team were a big source of support. “Ruby could be having a rubbish day, but when the Play specialist appeared, she’d turn the whole day around. She turned the day around for me too.”
Earlier this year, Ruby had a liver transplant with Elle as her donor. They're planning to spend Christmas at home together this year.
How to donate to the GOSH Charity Christmas Appeal
Online: use the donation box at the top of this page. It will guide you through each step.
By phone: call 0330 002 1514.
By post: Send cash or a cheque, made payable to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (or GOSHCC), in a sealed envelope to:
Freepost Plus RUBR-CSHE-SKKJ
GOSH Charity Christmas Appeal
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Bumpers Way
Bumpers Farm
Chippenham
SN14 6NG