Serious illness is distressing at any age, but in children more cruelly so because it steals away childhood itself. Sick children in hospitals and hospices around the UK have the right to enjoy a carefree, fun and happy childhood despite their medical condition. Wallace and Gromit's Children's Foundation is a UK wide national charity championing the cause of sick children by raising funds to improve the quality of life of children in hospitals and hospices throughout the UK. The Foundation funds an innovative range of projects to ensure children in hospitals and hospices have access to the very best comforts, facilities and equipment giving them a better, brighter future. .

What We Do

Hospitals and hospices can be frightening enough if you're an adult, but for a child it can seem like another world - strange rooms, needles, tubes, medicine and funny smells can all combine to make a stay in hospital uncomfortable. Wallace and Gromit's Children's Foundation supports a range of innovative projects aiming to give children a better experience whilst being cared for in hospitals and hospices. These include arts, music and play therapy programs, sensory equipment and facilities, respite care, state of the art equipment and pull down beds and refreshments rooms for parents.

These extra facilities not covered by statutory funding, can make an extra-ordinary difference to the lives of children and their families in hospitals and hospices.

Who We Help

We pride ourselves on supporting local communities and strive to ensure children receive the very best healthcare no matter where they live in the UK. We are the only national charity supporting local children's hospitals and hospices across the UK. We support hospitals and hospices covering the largest community catchment areas, therefore benefiting as many children and families as possible.

Wallace and Gromit

Wallace and Gromit's Children's Foundation is unique in being a national charity, having national brand identity and appeal and yet being the only national children's charity supporting local hospitals and hospice across the UK. Wallace and Gromit are academy award winning characters and are almost unique in appealing to all sectors and age groups of society. They are the perfect figureheads of the Foundation, fronting our campaign to support children and their families in hospitals and hospices.

We can't stop children getting ill or cure every illness but Wallace and Gromit's Children's Foundation works hard to ensure that children in hospitals and hospices receive the very best care, comforts and facilities available.

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