Through our partnership with recycling business Collection 4 Clothes, we’re guaranteed to receive a minimum of £102,000 a year to help give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood possible.
We’re hugely grateful for any additional donations made through this page.
Meet Joshua
Joshua was three years old when he was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer.
He had had three different types of chemotherapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), as well as proton beam therapy, a type of radiotherapy, at University College London Hospital.
As the tumour was on Joshua’s eyelid, he was also treated at the Sight and Sound Centre, which is a purpose-built home for children and young people with sight and hearing loss.
During his time in hospital, Joshua spent lots of time with the Play team. Funded by GOSH Charity, this toy-toting team make hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun, while helping to ease fears and concerns for patients, siblings and parents.
“Every single time we went to GOSH we saw the Play team,” says Joshua’s dad, Chris. “Joshua always picked the activities and games he wanted to play. The team made a huge difference.”
Joshua’s treatment went well, and he rang his end of treatment bell on Safari ward in February 2023.
A monthly gift from you today could help make GOSH extraordinary for more children like Joshua.
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£3a month could help our Play team to bring fun and laughter into the hospital
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£5a month could help to fund cutting-edge hospital equipment to deliver better care to children at GOSH
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£10a month could help to provide free accommodation keeping parents close when their child needs them most
Together for childhood
Childhood. It’s what makes us. It should be a time of joy, wonder, curiosity and fun. Of making friends, making mistakes and growing into the adults we become.
But it’s also fragile, and sometimes all too brief.
That’s why, together with GOSH, with pioneering medical researchers, and with supporters and fundraisers like you, we stop at nothing for seriously ill children and their families.
Your donation will help fund:
- groundbreaking research
- cutting-edge medical equipment
- the building and refurbishment of child-centred facilities
- essential support for patients, families and staff.
Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible.
Be part of it.