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Great Ormond Street Hospital
In 1843 a survey revealed that despite the fact that 21,000 children under the age of 10 died in London that year, only 26 were admitted to hospital.
It was generally assumed that children were "expendable", and better off staying with their mothers even when seriously ill.
Nearly ten years later, on Valentine’s Day 1852, Great Ormond St Hospital first opened its doors as the Hospital for Sick Children. With only 10 beds, it was the first hospital in the UK dedicated to children.
Today, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (GOSH) is a national centre of excellence in the provision of specialist children's healthcare and delivers the widest range of specialities of any children's hospital in the UK.
Their mission supported by a motto of “the child is first in everything we do”, is to provide world-class clinical care and training, pioneering new research and treatments, in partnership with others for the benefit of children in the UK and worldwide.
From the 19th to 21st of June, I will be walking 41km across the Northumberland moors along the route of the only remaining sections of Hadrian’s Wall to raise money for GOSH and I would like you to sponsor me.
Great Ormond St Hospital is a wonderful institution, run by dedicated people and it saves the lives of children from all over the world, examples of their work including “the 1000th Bone Marrow Transplant” can been seen by visiting their press office.
www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/pressoffice/feature/bmt1000/casestudy1000.html
Please give whatever you can, it will only take a few minutes of your time to do it and the “feel good factor” you will get from having done it will last a lot longer.
Any donation will make a difference and be very much appreciated.
Thank you