Pod Children's Charity

POD Children's Charity

Pod Children's Charity (registered Pod Charitable Trust no: 279743) is an English non-profit organisation who provide live entertainment for children in hospital and hospices.[1] Pod employs carefully chosen professional children's entertainers, who perform in the playroom, on the ward or at the bedside.[2][3] Pod Organises monthly shows at over 150 hospitals and hospices across the UK and over the years Pod Children's Charity has entertained over 1,000,000 children.

Aim

Pod helps to alleviate the trauma of hospital stay by sowing the seeds of fun, laughter and feeling better. Pod has always believed that happy children get better faster.[4]

Mission

Pod provides shows at most hospitals and hospices in the UK which admit children.[5]

History

Pod was founded in 1977 by David Jamilly at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 1981 Margaret Munford became Administrator for Pod and was awarded an MBE in 2012 for services to Pod Children's Charity.

Hospitals

Hospitals visited:

London:

Barnet, Bromley, Brompton, Carshalton, Chelsea, Dartford, Ealing, Evelina Children's, Gt Ormand Street, Harefield, Hillingdon, Ilford, King's College, Kingston, Lewisham, Moorfields, National Throat, Nose and Ear, Newham, North Middlesex, Northwick Park, Romford, Royal Free, Royal London, Royal Marsden, St Mary's, Stanmore, Tadworth Court, Tooting, UCLH, Watford, [6] W.Middx, Whipp's Cross, Whittington, Haven House, Richard House.

South East:

Basildon, Basingstoke, Bedford, Brighton Children's, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Chichester, Colchester, East Surrey, Harlow, High Wycombe, Luton, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Southend, Stevenage, Stoke Mandeville, W.Suffolk, East Anglia Children's Hospice.

East Midlands:

Chesterfield, Derbyshire Children's, Leicester, Nottingham Children's, Bluebell Wood.

North East:

Airedale, Barnsley, Bradford, Cramlington, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Gateshead, Great North Children's, Halifax, Hartlepool, Leed's Children's, Middlesbrough, N.Tees, Rotherham, Sunderland, Wakefield, York, Hannah House, Martin House.

Scotland:

Aberdeen Children's, Edinburgh Children's, Glasgow Children's, Paisley, Wishaw.

West Midlands:[7]

Birmingham Children's, Birmingham City, Birmingham Heartlands, Birmingham Orthopaedic, Coventry, Dudley, N.Staffs, Oswestry, Redditch, Sandwell, Stafford, Sutton Coldfield, Telford, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Acorns and Donna Louise/Treetops Children's Hospices.

South West:

Bath, Bristol Children's, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth, Swindon, Torbay, Truro.

Central Midlands and South:

Basingstoke, Bedford, Brighton Children's, Chichester, East Grinstead, Luton, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Stoke Mandeville, Christopher's and Keech Cottage Children's Hospices.

Wales:

Abergavenny, Bangor, Cardiff Children's Hospital for Wales, Carmarthen, Glan Clwyd, Haverfordwest, Newport, Royal Glamorgan, Swansea, Wrexham.

Northern Ireland:

Royal Belfast Children's.

North West:

Arrowe Park, Blackburn, Bolton, Bury, Chester, Crewe, Lancaster, Liverpool Children's, Manchester Children's, North Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Warrington, Whiston, Wigan, Wythenshawe, Claire House and Derian House Hospices.

The League of Friends of Pod Charitable Trust

The League of Friends of Pod (Charity no: 296119) is an entirely separate organisation who cover all of Pod Charitable Trust’s administrative costs. This means that any donations to Pod Children's Charity go directly to entertaining children in hospital.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/31lX6W5fGG4Yrw2rqv2JK7J/throughout-the-uk
  2. ↑ https://auntiejulie.wordpress.com/02pod/
  3. ↑ https://auntiejulie.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/pod-and-the-christmas-lights/
  4. ↑ Paul Condon, "Happy St George's Day!", BBC Blogs, London, 20/08/2012
  5. ↑ Michael Knowles, "Record number of people gather in Croxley Green to witness Christmas House come to life", Watford Observer, Watford, 25/11/2014
  6. ↑ Frazer Ansell, "Watford Hospital staff take part in play week initiative", Watford Observer, Watford, 20/10/2014
  7. ↑ http://www.picklelilycircus.co.uk/pod_childrens_charity.html

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