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Features, news, stories and interviews from Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.

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Two boys wearing RBC Race for the Kids t-shirts standing together in Hyde Park, cheering runners on

Get excited: RBC Race for the Kids is back this autumn

16 Aug 2024, 10:39 a.m.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of our annual fun run and family festival RBC Race for the Kids.

The action-packed day will take place on Saturday 12 October 2024 in London’s Hyde Park.

With just two months to go, we look at what the day has in s…

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Launching GOSH Charity’s Lift-Off Grants

1 Aug 2024, 4:03 p.m.

Some of the biggest breakthroughs come from the smallest ideas, which is why we recently launched our new Lift-off Grant scheme.

Designed to help early-stage research get to a point where it can secure further funding to grow and thrive, the scheme m…

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‘She can put her stamp on the world’: Meet Emily

23 Jul 2024, 3:11 p.m.

Meet Emily, a confident, happy seven-year-old who loves music. Born blind and with multiple health problems including severe aortic stenosis, she's been a patient at GOSH since she was a baby. Her family shares her story.

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Teenage boy mid gymnastics routine at the British championships

Going for gold: Meet Riley

23 Jul 2024, 11:56 a.m.

As the world gears up for the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, we speak with professional gymnast and former GOSH patient Riley about his time at GOSH and high hopes for the future.

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Little boy in his living room dancing. His mum sits behind him smiling.

'He missed out on a lot of things': Ezra’s story

3 Jul 2024, 3:23 p.m.

In August 2022 Ezra was diagnosed with a rare condition called aplastic anaemia. Instead of starting school, he started intense treatment at GOSH. Now almost seven, he's home and doing well. His mum Merley shares their story.

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