Help build the new Children’s Cancer Centre
Cancer doesn’t care about childhood. But we do.
Despite progress in treatments and cures, cancer is still the biggest killer of children aged one to 14 in the UK.* Around 1,900 children are diagnosed every year.*
That’s why we’re building a new, world-leading Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
We have an incredible team of doctors, builders, nurses, researchers and many more helping to build the new centre. Now we just need you.
With cutting-edge facilities and an environment where pioneering research can thrive, the centre will be a beacon of hope for families facing the unimaginable.
If we can build it, we can help beat cancer for more children. Join the team today.
The new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH will include:
A 20% increase in capacity, offering life-changing and life-saving care for more children with cancer.
State-of-the-art inpatient wards tailored to children with cancer, allowing children to stay connected with loved ones in a ‘home from home’ environment.
A new critical care unit with dedicated family spaces and on-site accommodation, allowing families to stay together at the most challenging of times.
New imaging technology that better reveals what’s happening inside cancer cells and improves GOSH’s diagnostic capability.
A new hospital school with more capacity for learning and play. Different age groups will have dedicated areas designed with their specific needs in mind.
A sustainable environment with green spaces and a roof garden, so children and their families can still have time outside, even when they can’t leave the hospital.
Join the team for kids like Yumna
Two weeks after her second birthday, Yumna was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer. She came to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), where specialist teams care for children with the most complex cancers.
The treatment that followed really took its toll. “She turned into this little zombie,” her mum, Salma, says. “The Yumna that we knew and loved, we just lost her.”
Yumna spent Ramadan at GOSH having high-dose chemotherapy.
"She was always just with mum or dad at GOSH,” Salma says. “You could only have two people in the room, so she missed out on interacting with other children and seeing our extended family. Family rooms would have made a big difference.”
Don’t let cancer steal childhoods
From missed trips to the park to missed school lessons, holidays and birthdays, we know that when cancer hits, childhood suffers.
Our new film spotlights the harsh realities of childhood cancer and shows how we're dedicated to saving childhood, no matter how tough it gets.
Will you join us?
Stay tuned for the Children’s Cancer Centre build
You can find news stories and updates relating to our Build it. Beat it. appeal to help build the Children's Cancer Centre in the News and features section of our website. More information on the Children's Cancer Centre build can also be found on the redevelopment page on the hospital website.
To learn more about GOSH Charity's mission to transform the outcomes and experiences of children and young people with the rarest and hardest to treat cancers, read our cancer research strategy.
Your kind donation will contribute towards funding the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH. Our target for this appeal is to raise £300 million. 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 against the Hospital’s most urgent needs.