Charitable donations have allowed us to create spaces that enable us to treat more children in better environments. It has also given our researchers and clinical staff the resources they need to develop new treatments and new approaches to care.
Each year around 1,700 children are diagnosed with cancer and more than 250 of them are treated at our hospital. To do more to improve the hospital experience for children and families facing very frightening and challenging time our Children’s Cancer Centre Appeal was launched in 2012, with the aim of raising £4million to develop a new state-of-the-art centre of our young patients. Read more
Our Star Appeal raised £3.65 million to create the UK’s first centre for the care and treatment of children with rare diseases. Read more
The first of its kind in the UK and funded entirely by charitable donations, Magnolia House provides a safe-haven for parents and families at their time of need. Read more
With charitable support we were able to replace our Emergency Department’s dated x-ray machine, taking advantage of recent advances in technology. Read more
In 2006, our Burn Centre Appeal helped to fund the creation of a new Paediatric Burn Centre, which enabled us to double the number of children with burn injuries that we treat each year. Although the NHS paid the majority of the development our appeal raised an additional £3 million to create the very best possible healing environment for our patients. Read more
Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of our supporters, in 2011 our Children’s Heart Appeal succeeded in raising £2 million for a brand new “hybrid” cardiac theatre. Read more