Impact of Philanthropy
For almost a hundred years before the NHS was founded in 1948, Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) survival depended on donations from notable philanthropists, including Charles Dickens and Queen Victoria.
Philanthropists have had an extraordinary impact on the hospital’s patients, families and staff, and have helped to give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer.
How has philanthropy impacted GOSH Charity?
- Modernising and extending the hospital with the Mittal Children’s Medical Centre, including the Wolfson Heart and Lung Centre, British Kidney Patient Association Children’s Kidney Centre, The Aghia Philothei Trust Respiratory Unit, JN and Phyllis Somers Neurosciences Centre, Khoo Teck Puat Foundation Centre for Children and The Dorfman Surgery Centre.
- Creating leading research centres such as the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, the Wolfson Centre for Gene Therapy of Childhood Disease, the Somers Clinical Research Facility, Newlife Birth Defects Research Centre, the Livingstone Skin Research Centre and the Louis Dundas Centre for Children’s Palliative Care.
- Investing in the best equipment, such as within the Lionhearted Interventional Radiology Suite.
- Making a difficult time that bit easier for parents by supporting vital family accommodation including the patient hotel in Weston House.
Without philanthropy we simply couldn’t give seriously ill children the extraordinary care they deserve. Together, we can give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood possible.
