GOSH Charity launches The Power of Play

GOSH Charity has launched a new digital learning and entertainment hub to showcase how play can help children cope with life’s challenges, big or small.

The experts at GOSH know first-hand how play helps children feel happier and builds their emotional resilience. The hospital’s incredible Play team – the largest in Europe – helps ease the worries of hundreds of seriously ill children every day, as they prepare for treatments and go through their recovery.

With help from well-known characters – Hey Duggee, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Peppy Pals (with more to come!) – parents can get tips on how play can help children cope with issues such as loneliness, making friends, sadness, handling loss, changing environments, fear of the unknown and coping with illness.

All of the activities on the hub have been written and created with the hospital’s Play team to help all families and children across the UK cope with whatever life throws at them through the power of play.

Visit the learning and entertainment hub to find:

• A new Peter Pan story illustrated by Julian Beresford, in which Peter feels lonely but Tinker Bell devises a game to give Peter the confidence he needs to tackle his worries and make new friends
• Activity sheets designed to help children cope with everyday childhood challenges, are inspired by much-loved children’s books and their characters, including picture book by Julia Donaldson: The Go Away Bird, illustrated by Catherine Rayner.
• Step-by-step “how to” video guides from GOSH’s expert Play team demonstrating play techniques parents can adapt with their own children, including how to create memory boxes to help youngsters deal with change and uncertainty, giving them the best chance to thrive

Visit the Power of Play hub now to discover these and many more.