No child should have to spend Christmas in hospital. But when they do, we do everything we can to make Christmas feel like Christmas.

By donating to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), you’ll help to bring joy to the wards and create magical memories like Christmas parties, crafting, Santa visits and free home-from-home accommodation to keep loved ones close.

Your donation will also help us find new treatments and cures for the rarest and most complex childhood illnesses. And that means more children can look forward to many more Christmases to come.

Five-year-old Destiny-Rae (pictured above) has been a GOSH patient her whole life, after being diagnosed with a rare condition and developing kidney failure.

Earlier this year, she received a kidney donation, which means this will be her first Christmas without dialysis. She’s really looking forward to spending the festive season at home with her family.

Help Christmas feel like Christmas for kids like Destiny-Rae by sending your own special Christmas stocking message to the children, families and staff at GOSH when you make your donation.

These messages will be displayed throughout the hospital and will help bring joy to the wards during the festive period.

Simply use the box at the top of the page to send your Christmas stocking message today.

Your donation to our Christmas Appeal could help towards:

• Groundbreaking research into kinder treatments and cures for rare conditions.
• Cutting-edge medical equipment to help GOSH go above and beyond for seriously ill children.
• The building and refurbishment of child-centred facilities to help the amazing medical teams at the hospital save even more young lives.
• Essential support services like free accommodation near GOSH so families can stay close and in-hospital play specialists to help children process their experiences and prepare for treatment.