GOSH - Peter Pan Week

We’ve been extremely lucky with BG’s health, apart from having to spend her first night in the SBU with a heart murmur, which thankfully went away, she’s fit and healthy. Some children aren’t so lucky and they rely on hospitals such Great Ormond Street to look after them and make them better.

Great Ormond Street Hospital needs £50 million pounds a year to do what it does best, look after sick children, they do this by fundraising throughout the year and you can help.

JM Barrie gave all the rights to Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929, and this was later confirmed when he died in 1937. Since then, the hospital has received royalties every time a production of the play is put on, as well as from the sale of Peter Pan books and other products.

On 14 December 1929, at Barrie’s suggestion, the cast of a London production of Peter Pan came to the hospital and played out the Nursery Scene for the children, the first of a long tradition. Great Ormond Street Hospital now holds a Peter Pan Week. 

Peter Pan week is 26^th -30^th April. It's a week of Peter Pan themed fundraising
activities. There is a selection of fundraising ideas on the site such as a Captain Cooks treasure hunt, a Tinker Bell fairy cake sale or a Scarlet Day themed Mufti day at school 

On Friday 30th April at 9:15am a Guinness World record attempt will take place for the largest number of people dressed as Peter Pan 

There are some fun videos presented by Children's BBC SMART presenter, Kirsten O'Brien, demonstrating how to make your own Peter Pan costume

So if you want to get involved or think you children’s school or nursery want to be a part of Peter Pan Week, then click here for all the information you need. 

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Help Great Ormond Street Hostpital

All 12 of this year’s X Factor finalists have released a fantastic cover of Michael Jackson’s You Are Not Alone in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.

If you want to find out why Great Ormond Street Hospital needs your support please see Oscar’s video.  Anyone who watched X Factor on Sunday night will know that Oscar really was the star of the show!

Thousands of children just like Oscar, who really is an inspiration to us all, need the help of the amazing staff at GOSH and this single will help sick children from across the UK to get better. Some of the patients of Great Ormond Street Hospital appear in the official music video launched with the single on Sunday night and if you watch this then I am sure you won’t fail to want to support them.

We are asking for everyone’s support in helping this single make the number one spot this weekend. Sony are donating all profits from the sale of the single and a number of retailers are also very kindly donating all their profits from the sale of the single (find out which ones by clicking here  ).

Please ask everyone you know to buy/download this single now – it doesn’t cost much but every single bought will make an incredible difference to the sickest children in the UK right now."

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