The Sick Kids Friends Foundation, Edinburgh

Thanks to your help, we were able to provide a very special piece of equipment for our Neurology patients at the hospital.

The Sick Kids Drop In Centre has been opened to provide an informal setting where children with life limiting or long-term illness and their families, friends and carers can meet others in similar circumstances, access information on welfare services, counselling, complementary therapies, take part in activities and classes and gain informal support. The friendly environment of the centre, whilst being close to the hospital, invites families to take time out and gives them a non-institutional place they can call their own.

The conditions which it is envisaged will be encompassed within the Centre include leukaemia, cancer, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, arthritis, epilepsy, spinal problems, neurological and respiratory conditions.

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Thanks to your help, we were able to raise lots of funds to help people to sit comfortably in wards, the Sitting Room, the Sanctuary, wheelchairs, in the Sensory gardens, on trolleys and in Waiting Rooms. The appeal covered wheelchairs, garden benches, comfortable chairs in the wards, play and relaxation equipment for children in X-ray department and refurbishing our Family Sitting Room and the Chapel.

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For further information, and to hear about our ongoing work and funding commitments please contact the Sick Kids Friends Foundation on 0131 668 4949

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