Help make Christmas merry for seriously ill children like Zarwa
This year, there are children all over the UK who won’t get to hang their stockings up at home. Instead, they’ll be spending the festive season at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Each year at Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), we do everything we can to spread cheer and make hospital feel like home, from crafting decorations with the Play team to keeping loved ones close through our family accommodation for parents with a child in intensive care.
Donate to our appeal today and leave a special stocking message for the children, families and staff at GOSH. These messages will be displayed in the hospital during the festive period.
Your support will help fund groundbreaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment and the creation of child-centred facilities to help save more young lives, as well as essential support services that help save childhoods too.
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£45could fund a night's stay in home-from-home accommodation, so children in intensive care can have loved ones close.
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£30could help towards funding cutting-edge medical equipment and facilities, to provide world-class care to children and their families.
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£20could help fund vital support services like the Play team, who help make hospital stays a bit less hard and a lot more fun.
Zarwa’s Christmas at GOSH
Seven-year-old Zarwa was just six months old when she was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and referred to GOSH.
Zarwa’s treatment meant she had to spend last Christmas in hospital.
“The lead up to Christmas brought really touching moments,” Zarwa’s mum, Fahima, says. “One morning, we woke up to see that all the decorations had been put up in the hospital. Zarwa got presents, and she even met Santa and the Grinch!”
Today, Zarwa is doing well, and loves playing with Barbie, arts and crafts, and all things Disney.
Step inside GOSH at Christmas
Every wondered what Christmastime looks like at GOSH? From ballerinas in the halls to quiet bedside moments, watch our Christmas film to see the joy and hope that your support makes possible.
Other ways to give
By phone: 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
Donations from the St Pancras Christmas Tree
Any donations made via the Tap to Donate machine on the St Pancras Tree are subject to a 5% processing fee from the machine provider. GOSH Charity also pays the provider £19.95 a month for their services.
Donations will be used where the hospital’s need is greatest.