Your celebration
We love celebrating special moments. Putting up the decorations with anticipation, knowing there’ is just ‘one more sleep’, getting together with family and friends. For seriously ill children, lots of special childhood moments are spent in hospital. At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), we’re determined to make sure every first Diwali, every bar mitzvah, and every sweet sixteen, is a moment of celebration for every child at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Your special occasion fundraising could provide vital support for children and their families at GOSH to help create more special moments – from bedtime stories to ringing the end of treatment bell.
Making the most of your celebration
Invitations
When you send your invitation, include a link or QR code to an online fundraising page so that your guests can easily make a donation. Set up a JustGiving page for your special occasion.
Decorations
If you’d like to bring a bit of GOSH Charity sparkle to your celebration we can help with collection boxes, balloons, stickers and tablecloths. Simply email us to order your resources.
Party games
Add even more fun-raising to your event with some extra party games or activities such as a quiz, raffle or cake sale. Check out our fundraising guides for information and inspiration on additional ways to fundraise.
Harley’s birthday
“The one thing he asked for was to feel better on his big day.”
Harley was eight yeas old when his mum, Rachael, noticed something wasn’t right. After tests at the local hospital, doctors confirmed that Harley had leukaemia and he was transferred to GOSH. “Just like that, it felt like a comet hitting you,” Rachael says.
During his treatment, Harley spent his 10th birthday at GOSH. “The one thing he asked for, for his birthday, was that he wanted to feel better on his big day. That’s all he kept saying,” Rachael says.
“At midnight the whole team of nurses came in playing the Happy Birthday song! They had a big happy birthday banner and messages from all the nurses. It was really emotional for me but Harley just had the biggest smile on his face. They went above and beyond just to make him feel really special. To burst in his room for five minutes like that, singing to him, was a memory that will stay with me forever.”
Finally, Harley was able to ring the end of treatment bell, marking the completion of his inpatient treatment at GOSH. “All the nurses that had provided his care through the toughest times were there to congratulate him. That was quite emotional and the fact that we were going home that day was so significant,” reflects Rachael.
Since going home, Harley and his family have been able to celebrate even more big and small moments together – from family holidays to winning at snooker.
