How your money will change lives – from £3 to £100

No matter how big or small, your donations will help improve patients' lives in a whole range of different ways

Elliott Livingstone, whose story we will be following

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is not only one of the world's leading children's hospitals, but it also one of the oldest. There is a common misconception that its global reputation and history means it doesn’t need to rely on the public for donations. In fact, it is exactly for these reasons that it does.

The Government funding that GOSH receives is an essential starting point. But the specialised treatments it provides – and that give the institution its world-class reputation – can often be very expensive. The same can be said for its pioneering research. Because of its long history, there is also a desperate need to relocate many of the wards out of ageing infrastructure and into more modern buildings.

This can’t all be done without your generosity. To continue offering the best possible care for the UK’s most poorly children, and to continue offering them hope, the hospital needs your help.

What your money will buy

£3 could buy a box of glass microscope slides, which will allow GOSH researchers to examine life-threatening illnesses.

£9 could cover the cost of training a PhD student for an hour. Students are the research leaders of tomorrow. Through years of intensive training, they will develop the skills needed to discover the cures of the future.

£16 could help the play team organise fun and vital activities for patients who may be in hospital for days, weeks or even months at a time.

£23 could pay for an hour’s research time of one of GOSH’s senior scientists on the hospital’s pioneering pain research programme, helping children with life-limiting conditions who often experience excruciating pain.

£25 could help lift a patient’s spirits by sending them to a magical Christmas party.

£50 could cover the costs for a parent to stay a night in family accommodation so families from across the UK are never far from their child while they are in hospital.

£80 could cover the cost of one flowmeter in the planned cardiac unit, a crucial device that helps ensure children are getting just the right amount of oxygen while they recover.

£100 could help to buy equipment to help researchers understand children’s DNA. This equipment helps scientists to fight back against genetic diseases.

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