250-mile canal challenge in support of children’s charities
Catherine and Garry Dowdle recently completed an epic fundraising challenge raising more than £10,500 to support The Sick Children’s Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital
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Organ Donation Week 2023: Our families share their transplant stories
Having supported countless families with children needing transplants over the past four decades, we remain determined to ensure that the subject of child organ donation continues to be discussed. In support of NHS's Organ Donation Week 2023, a trio of families have kindly shared their transplant stories.
Guilford Street House really is our 'Home from Home' while Amelia waits for a new heart
Organ Donation Week 2023: After suffering heart failure last year aged one, Amelia Bolter has been a patient at Great Ormond Street Hospital since October 2022, waiting for a donor heart to become available. Amelia's mum Jodie - who arrived at Guilford Street House heavily pregnant but now has eight-month-old Blossom in tow - shares their story.
‘We would never have coped without the support of The Sick Children’s Trust’
Danny Joy, the driving force behind ISG’s recent £30,000 kitchen re-fit at our Stevenson House 'Home from Home', shares about how The Sick Children's Trust was there for his family when they needed it the most.
Anton Du Beke Becomes Ambassador For The Sick Children's Trust
"Absolutely delighted" Strictly star to host a golf day at the stunning Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire to raise funds and awareness
Newcastle Swimmers Raise Thousands For The Sick Children's Trust
Darren Wigg and the Newcastle Swim Team successfully covered a staggering 286 miles in five hours, raising £6000 and counting
Updated: BBC Lifeline Appeal - Meet our families
Ahead of broadcast, we introduce the three wonderful families who appear in this amazing showcase of our charity.
During a difficult time The Sick Children’s Trust helped us so much
While six-month-old Nivan had surgery to remove a brain tumour, we provided his parents with a place to rest their heads, just minutes from his hospital bedside.
The Sick Children’s Trust launches fundraiser to mark 40th anniversary of keeping families together
Help us raise £237,000 to support families in all 148 rooms of our ‘Homes from Home’ for 40 nights
Guilford Street House gave the me the privacy and support I needed to process everything my daughter was going through
Natania was rushed to Great Ormond Street Hospital to have emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her brain. Guildford Street House kept her mum Evarine by her side
It made this time in hospital just a little bit easier
Elijah has complex medical needs which means catching a cold can be really dangerous. Earlier this year he was admitted to GOSH with pneumonia and a collapsed lung. We supported his mum in Guilford Street House while he underwent treatment
Virtual Race Club helps ease reality of having a seriously ill child in hospital through fundraising endurance race
A Virtual Race Club has raised £1,000 by hosting an endurance race for Rainbow and Guilford Street Houses
Suffolk couple back Together this Christmas appeal to give other families with a seriously ill child in hospital a ‘Home from Home’
Charlotte and Dominic spent three months in hospital last year after their daughter suddenly became critically ill and was also diagnosed with SCID. We gave them a 'Home from Home' at Acorn. Rainbow and Guilford Street Houses
Being told we had somewhere to stay which meant we didn’t have to leave our child was the biggest relief.
Esther became critically ill last Autumn. She had a rare virus and was also diagnosed with SCID, she spent three months in hospitals across the country. We gave her parents a place to stay so they could be right by her side.
Both our girls had heart failure. Both received the gift of life.
Sisters Lucie and Isobel share something unique. Both have been listed on the urgent transplant list, and both were given the gift of life.