Cancer doesn’t care about childhood
Cancer doesn’t care what children miss out on when they go through their diagnosis and treatment. It doesn’t care how much their families want to protect them.
But at Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), we do. And we know you do too.
When you donate to our Build it. Beat it. appeal today, you’ll be helping to build a world-class Children’s Cancer Centre that’s more than just a hospital. A place where children like Jess (pictured above) and their families can be fully supported – and have time together when they need it most.
Give today and together we’ll be one step closer to building a centre that offers:
- a new critical care unit with dedicated family spaces and on-site accommodation
- a bigger space for the school, and a new roof garden so seriously ill kids can still be kids, even when they can’t leave hospital
- a built-in specialist pharmacy and special feeds unit
- state-of-the-art inpatient wards for children receiving cancer care
Meet Jess's family
When Jess had surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to remove a rare, aggressive brain tumour, she was just three years old. Thankfully, her surgery and treatment went well.
“The recovery nurses said they hadn’t seen a child come round from brain surgery and just sit up,” says Jess’s dad, Lee. “About 36 hours after surgery, she was up and walking.” Jess is now six, and doing well, but the experience has been life-changing.
“What children have to go through is brutal,” says Lee. “Without research, Jess would never have had proton beam therapy – a game changer for her. If there are new, easier drugs that can be pioneered, it has to be done.”
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£25could help pay for a kitchen table, so that families can eat together, relax and socialise.
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£30could help pay for a bespoke sofa bed, so that mums, dads and carers can stay close to their child when they need it most.
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£50could help fund specialist exercise equipment, like parallel bars or a treadmill, to help more children stay active and support their recovery.
You can help stop cancer
With your support, we can build a space designed entirely around children and their families, guiding them through every step of their journey, from diagnosis to remission and beyond.
Your donation could make such a huge difference to patients at GOSH. By helping us build a brand-new Children’s Cancer Centre, you’ll be helping to give seriously ill children the best care, the best chance and the best childhood possible.
Other ways to give
By phone: 0330 002 1514
By post: GOSH Charity, Bumpers Way, Bumpers Farm, Chippenham, SN14 6NG
Your kind donation will be used towards funding the development of the new Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In the event that we cannot use your donation as originally intended, e.g. costs change, additional funds are received over and above our target, the needs of the hospital or patients change, or the project is no longer deliverable, we reserve the right to redirect funds for use in accordance with the charitable objectives of GOSH Charity.