Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital (GOSH) is without doubt one of Britain’s greatest institutions. It is the UK’s largest paediatric hopsital — caring for over 250,000 children. Every year.

The GOSH Charity raise £90 million annually to keep the hospital at the cutting edge of paediatric care. The money is incredibly well invested. It’s spent on incredible medical research, the best equipment, incredible patient care — and then of course the building needs maintaining.

The above is all incredibly important, but something that stands out for every parent who has had to spend time at GOSH, is the care provided to families. GOSH make sure that parents and family have accommodation onsite or nearby. They provide meals for breast feeding mothers and provide financial support for families who need it.

“There are few greater challenges for a parent than when their child is ill. Providing welfare and support for families and staff is so important as it allows everyone to concentrate on what matters most — caring for the patients.”

Alan Hodson — Special Trustees Chair, GOSH

The care that Hannah recieved at Great Ormond Street was always excellent — and I know her family feel the same of the care and support shown to them during the times they spent there. We’re lucky to have such an amazing facility in the UK and I’m honoured to have been chosen amongst their team of London Marathon 2016 runners.

I’m running in memory of the wonderful Hannah Kate Lindfield — and in support of an institution that gives children who find themselves in situations like Hannah’s a fighting chance.

I hope to do them both proud.

How can you help?

My Blue — by Hannah Lindfield

In short, donate. My JustGiving page is here.

That’s the obvious one. I’ll also be blogging about my efforts here on Medium — and via the publication I’ve setup here.

As a follow up, I’m writing a few thoughts on my relationship with running. As you’ll see — we’re not quite the best of friends. Anyway, I hope that my progress and updates might interest you — if they do, please share this blog and help me raise as much as possible for the incredible Great Ormond Street.

You can also see more of Hannah’s incredible artwork and read more of her poetry here.

Thank you — Ed Maughan.