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.
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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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Andy and two of our Superheroes Andy (also known as Robin) and Chloe hands over a grand £3,531 raised through fundraising endeavours in 2019 including £580 from the Superheroes 12-hour Didcot to JR Walk in aid of the Children's Hospital
December 2017 saw the Mayor of Didcot along with Oxford Harlequins give a helping hand to give out thousands of presents raised as part of our third Christmas 'Sleigh2Give' campaign to the children's hospital
Across nine years from 2007 we raised over £40,000 which funded a single patient room in our name on the teenage ward. We showcased the grand total raised for the room with representatives from two of our key sponsors over many years.
We raised £8,590 throughout 2014 for the hospital and was delighted to hand over a large cheque to Penny from the charity. £7,209 came from the kids football tournament and also pictured are sponsor representatives from Breckon & Breckon and Newbury Building Society.
We raised £4,812.40 in 2013 mainly from our second kids football tournament and we presented the proceeds to the hospital charity, with Keith Stacey, back left, sponsor - Breckon & Breckon, and celebrated with Oxford City Nomads team, who raised the most money of any boys team.
Our second football tournament contested by 23 teams in July 2008 raised £1,700 towards the hospital. Andrew and Maxine presented Penny, left, from the charity with a grand cheque for the proceeds.
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In 2019 our fifth 'Sleigh2Give' campaign raised around £70k estimated in value for Christmas presents for children in the hospital and others less fortunate in our biggest and record breaking festive drive ever
A 4-hour martial Arts Sparathon in June 2018 organised by Andy with Taekwondo master Carl Davis, also a former Chox patient, raised a fantastic £5,557
Our second 'Sleigh2Give' Christmas toy appeal for the Oxford Children's Hospital was the biggest with around £18,000 worth of presents given out to the children's hospital
December 2015 saw 3 sacksful of presents collected as part of our first and what would become our annual 'Sleigh2Give' Christmas toy drive for the children's hospital. Andy (Elf) along with Santa Lee Crook (Sainsbury's Didcot) are pictured with the haul and Erica Watson, senior play specialist at the hospital
We contributed over £5,150 to the hospital from our fundraising efforts in 2009, which included our most successful football tournament of 29 teams that took part as well as proceeds from a fundraising evening. It also saw Andrew top his £20,000 goal since he set out fundraising in 2003.
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Andy presenting senior play specialist Erica Watson with a grand cheque in March 2019 for the total raised across two years, 2017 and 2018. We raised £12k in our tenth year and over £7,410 in 2018.
We raised and delivered our biggest haul of presents to the Children's wards in December 2018 as part of our fourth 'Sleigh2Give' Christmas campaign with an estimated £30k in presents
In late 2016 we were honoured to have been nominated by the Oxford Hospitals Charity in the OUH NHS Trust Staff Recognition Awards. We won the 'Bronze Supporter of the Year' Award in recognition of all our many years of fundraising for the Children's Hospital and the Paediatric Eye Fund.
In 2015 we raised £9,439 in total for the hospital, and we was delighted to hand over a large cheque for the total to charity representatives with sponsors Breckon & Breckon and Newbury Building Society, and GFA Enfield FC, and Barry Bear.
We raised £5,273 in 2012 with our very first children's football tournament and a fundraising party. Andy and Dale, right, presents Penny from the hospital charity with our cheque for 2012's total.
A fundraising evening at the Bowyer Arms in Radley in October 2010 raised £160
We raised £900 for the hospital with our very first football tournament in November 2007. We handed over the cheque at the Hospital in April 2008
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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
