Children And Young People
To help our young patients when they arrive at our Children's Unit we want to make them feel as relaxed as possible ahead of their treatment. This not only helps the children but the family and staff as well.
We decorate our Children's Wards and Departments with bright, colourful walls and supply toys for them to play with. It's thanks to donations and our fabulous fundraisers, that we have been able to transform the cold clinical wards provided as standard by the NHS into welcoming environments for the 120,000 young patients we see every year.
Children's Star Appeal
Sponsor a star for a year and help support our youngest patients.
Our hospitals treat over 120,000 children each year. Being in hospital can be an extremely scary and overwhelming experience for our youngest patients. By sponsoring a star and supporting the hospital charity, you can help make their time in hospital less stressful and as comfortable as possible.
How sponsoring a star works...
- Make a donation to the hospital charity of £250 or more.
- Choose what name you would like on your star.
- Your star will be displayed on the wall for 1 year.
- We will send you your star as a keepsake at the end of the sponsorship year.
Click here to: SPONSOR A STAR
*Donations under £250 are gratefully received. Only donations £250+ will receive a plaque on the wall.
Exciting and child-friendly
As well as brightening up the wards inside we also create fantastic playgrounds, providing a fun and safe space for our young patients to play while they receive their treatment, enabling them to still be children despite feeling poorly.
We are fundraising to help the Outpatients and Physiotherapy Departments at Heartlands Hospital and Good Hope Hospital to make those areas more exciting and child-friendly for the tens of thousands of children who come for outpatient treatment, many times a year.
We’ll also create bespoke play areas that will transform the way staff assess their young patients’ progress, making it a more enjoyable experience for both. To Donate, please click the button above. Thank you.
Refurbishing makes a huge difference
The refurbishments not only relieve stress for the family but also help staff engage with the children to distract them while they receive their treatment.
For parents, the wall decoration is an immediate indicator that they are entering a children’s area, and for our young patients it makes it less scary for them and more inviting with the different themed murals on the walls from jungle animals and pirates to hot air balloons and flowers.