
The Play2Give Room - a single patient room for teenagers - was unveiled on Melanie's Ward in March 2017 after we raised over £40,000 in a decade so we could name the room in our honour as a lifelong tribute as a small token of appreciation by the hospital for our efforts. Thanks to everyone who helped us achieve this in almost a decade.
Oxford Children's Hospital

Play2Give has supported the Oxford Children's Hospital (CHOX) since 2007.
The Children's Hospital has been at the forefront of our fundraising since former patient Andrew Baker founded our fundraising organisation in September 2007.
Play2Give continued Andy's fundraising efforts which he began aged 14 in 2003 whilst a student at St Birinus School in Didcot, and it was a 6 a side football tournament that resulted in Play2Give being born, and became most known for, across Oxfordshire.
We have raised many thousands over the years from a wide range of events and fundraising activities including football tournaments to black-tie balls and family fun days through to martial arts sparathons, cakes sales, Superheroes walks, colour runs, danceathons, supermarket collections, tombolas and much more. To date we have donated around £85,000!
In tribute to our efforts over many years, we sponsored a single patient room in Play2Give's name at £40k and officially unveiled in March 2017 on the teenage ward as a small token of appreciation for our tireless efforts.
The Oxford Children's Hospital opened in January 2007 after a successful fundraising campaign which raised nearly £15 million to build the hospital. It is one of a handful of specialist, purpose-built children's hospitals in Britain. The dedicated and integrated Children's Hospital greatly enhanced Oxford University Hospital's Trust's already high standards by bringing the majority of its children's services under one roof into a specifically child-and family-friendly building. Many thousands of children - around 60,000 a year - are treated here each year, not only from Oxfordshire but the surrounding counties and, in some specialiaties such as cranio-facial, from across the country.
The Children's Hospital has been at the forefront of our fundraising since former patient Andrew Baker founded our fundraising organisation in September 2007.
Play2Give continued Andy's fundraising efforts which he began aged 14 in 2003 whilst a student at St Birinus School in Didcot, and it was a 6 a side football tournament that resulted in Play2Give being born, and became most known for, across Oxfordshire.
We have raised many thousands over the years from a wide range of events and fundraising activities including football tournaments to black-tie balls and family fun days through to martial arts sparathons, cakes sales, Superheroes walks, colour runs, danceathons, supermarket collections, tombolas and much more. To date we have donated around £85,000!
In tribute to our efforts over many years, we sponsored a single patient room in Play2Give's name at £40k and officially unveiled in March 2017 on the teenage ward as a small token of appreciation for our tireless efforts.
The Oxford Children's Hospital opened in January 2007 after a successful fundraising campaign which raised nearly £15 million to build the hospital. It is one of a handful of specialist, purpose-built children's hospitals in Britain. The dedicated and integrated Children's Hospital greatly enhanced Oxford University Hospital's Trust's already high standards by bringing the majority of its children's services under one roof into a specifically child-and family-friendly building. Many thousands of children - around 60,000 a year - are treated here each year, not only from Oxfordshire but the surrounding counties and, in some specialiaties such as cranio-facial, from across the country.

Charitable funding supported the building of the bright and spacious Children's Hospital, which, thanks to the generosity of families, businesses, schools and communities, enabled facilities and cutting-edge medical equipment to be provided. Classrooms, colourful indoor and outdoor play areas sponsored by the likes of Renault F1 and Prodrive, play and counselling rooms on wards and parent beds alongside the child's beds, sitting rooms, sensory rooms and even a Hospital School are just some examples of what was funded through the wonderful support of many people, like you and us in the local community through to corporate sponsors.
Today, fundraising such as the continued support that Play2Give provide year on year, continues to fundraise to keep the hospital at the very highest standards achieved by investing in the latest medical equipment as well as further enhancing the patient and family environment and making the children and families lives just that bit more brighter and comfortable. This applies not only within the Children's Hospital but throughout the whole of Children's Services as some services, like Children's Critical Care and A&E, as well as the Horton Banbury's children's ward.
The Oxford Children's Hospital Charity through donations such as those we raise helps fund the very latest medical equipment and upgrading of facilities, patient comforts and the little added extras for babies and toddlers through to teens for all the departments within the Oxford Children's Hospital and across Children's Services within the Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
In the past from funds raised the fund for children have purchased items including an ultrasound scanner,state-of-the-art equipment for children's critical care, a teenage chill-out room on the oncology ward to various items for distracting children while they have blood tests or procedures, fun and engaging artwork for the outpatients department, and a pioneering video link for parents with babies in NICU, thermo-cooling mugs, we funded nearly £7k towards cutting edge bedside monitors to more.
Today, fundraising such as the continued support that Play2Give provide year on year, continues to fundraise to keep the hospital at the very highest standards achieved by investing in the latest medical equipment as well as further enhancing the patient and family environment and making the children and families lives just that bit more brighter and comfortable. This applies not only within the Children's Hospital but throughout the whole of Children's Services as some services, like Children's Critical Care and A&E, as well as the Horton Banbury's children's ward.
The Oxford Children's Hospital Charity through donations such as those we raise helps fund the very latest medical equipment and upgrading of facilities, patient comforts and the little added extras for babies and toddlers through to teens for all the departments within the Oxford Children's Hospital and across Children's Services within the Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
In the past from funds raised the fund for children have purchased items including an ultrasound scanner,state-of-the-art equipment for children's critical care, a teenage chill-out room on the oncology ward to various items for distracting children while they have blood tests or procedures, fun and engaging artwork for the outpatients department, and a pioneering video link for parents with babies in NICU, thermo-cooling mugs, we funded nearly £7k towards cutting edge bedside monitors to more.
In 2021 we donated over £3,180 including...
In 2020 we donated over £4,545 including...
2019 we raised over £4,530 through...
Funds raised in 2019 helped towards funding...
In 2016, we contributed £4,792 towards:
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2018 we raised over £7,414 through...
In 2017, we raised a record £12,000 funding the following;
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A huge thank you to everyone who have and continue to support our fundraising for this very special children's hospital, and to everyone who has generously donated in money, their time or efforts towards our amazing achievements to date for the Oxford Children's Hospital. It is all very much appreciated.
Oxfordshire fundraising organisation Established 2007 - Changing transforming and saving lives across Oxfordshire
Patrons: Dr Winston Ellis and David Johnston OBE MP
Head Office: 3 King Walk, Didcot, Oxon OX11 7PE
Email: hello@play2give.org.uk | Telephone: 07939064308
Patrons: Dr Winston Ellis and David Johnston OBE MP
Head Office: 3 King Walk, Didcot, Oxon OX11 7PE
Email: hello@play2give.org.uk | Telephone: 07939064308