Lioness and FC Barcelona defender
@LucyBronze
joined us for a Christmas Eve visit to Sheffield Children’s today with The Children's Hospital Charity and charity
@whenyouwishUK
🎄🎁
We can’t thank her enough for spreading some festive cheer💛💙
@Lionesses
@FCBarcelona
This week, we were joined by Manchester United and England defender
@HarryMaguire93
! 💛
We are so grateful to Harry and his family for bringing smiles and laughter to patients and staff!
Thank you so much!
Yesterday our Cancer Ward held a wedding! 11-year-old Kayleigh’s parents had arranged their big day before she was admitted in June. Thanks to our generous supporters we were able to make it extra special & Kayleigh was able to be a bridesmaid for her Mum
#WardWedding
We won!!!! 👏😭😀
Thank you so so much to everyone who voted for us and a huge thank you to
@persimmonhomes
for their incredible donation!
This donation will make a huge difference in helping us transform our Cancer Ward for our patients and families.
Thank you!!!!! 💙💛🎉
Thank you to our fantastic charity patron
@MattFitz94
for taking the time to visit our patients and their families today! Here he is brightening the day of one super keen golf fan, 13 year-old Samuel! Thank you Matt!
We’re ecstatic to announce
@HarryMaguire93
as our newest patron! 💙
Harry said: “The Charity does amazing things and I’m looking forward to getting involved and making a difference.”
Read more at
The snowflakes are officially on!! ❄️✨😍
Thank you so much to our amazing sponsors and everyone who has made this year’s display possible!
Christmas has started! 💙🎄❄️
We’ve been sent an extra sparkly Merry Christmas message this year from our wonderful patron
@mrdanwalker
and his Strictly partner,
@NadiyaBychkova
!🕺✨
Thank you for everything you do for us Dan and thank you both for this lovely, festive message! Merry Christmas!❤️🎄
Patient, Cooper, has been teaching our staff how to do the
#FlossDance
and we wanted to share it with you.
@cbbc
's Dr Xand even joined in the fun! Warning - this video is guaranteed to make you smile!
#HappyWednesday
We’ve received so many lovely messages for our staff at Sheffield Children’s during this time. Here’s a message for our staff, patients and families from Ben Osborn from
@SheffieldUnited
. Thank you for your support! 💙
We are proud to announce that An Evening with
@bazzabannan25
and Friends raised over £75,000! 💙
Thank you to everyone involved, including compere
@stevebracknall
and
@reverend_Makers
for providing the music!
Your support will help to change lives at Sheffield Children’s! ✨
The snowflakes are officially on!! ❄️❄️❄️🎉✨
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped make this possible this year.
We are so excited to announce that you have helped to raised over £275,000!! 🎉😄
What an amazing way to start December, thank you all so much ❄️💙
We're thrilled to announce that
@England
international and
@ChelseaFCW
footballer Millie Bright has become a patron for The Children's Hospital Charity!
Millie grew up in the Sheffield suburb of Killamarsh and has become a regular for her country, making more than 30 appearances
We did it! We won £100,000 from
@PersimmonHomes
towards our Helipad Appeal!! 🥳🥳🥳
Thank you so much to everyone who has been voting for us, you are amazing!
Thank you to Persimmon Homes for shortlisting us again and for this incredible donation! 🚁
BIG announcement!! Remember the elephants from the
@HerdofSheffield
?! There's a new animal in town! Coming to the streets of Sheffield in 2020... Meet the
@BearsofSheff
!
Happy birthday Theo Bear!
Theo is a very special bear at Sheffield Children’s and the Charity.
He visits our patients, helps us raise money, has been to Kilimanjaro and even had a cuddle with Prince Harry!
We’re sure he’s special to lots of you too - Happy birthday Theo 💛
Our longtime supporters
@thornbridge
and amazing charity patron
@root66
have come together to brew a special beer to mark Joe's remarkable 100th test match for England!
All profits from the sales will be donated to help build a new Cancer and Leukaemia ward- thank you so much!
We are excited to announce Sheffield Wednesday captain
@bazzabannan25
as an ambassador of The Children’s Hospital Charity!💙
To kick off Barry’s support he is hosting a fundraising evening for Sheffield Children’s.
To read the full story click here:
HRH Prince Harry opened our £40 million new wing which includes 4 new wards with
@QuentinBlakeHQ
artwork, patient dining room, parent relaxation room, teenager hangout room & the play tower at the heart.
In the play tower HRH met Max, Isaac, Jacob & Joel.
We are thrilled that critically acclaimed comedians
@RonJichardson
and
@LucyABeaumont
have become our newest Charity patrons!
Husband and wife Jon and Lucy have signed up to support patients, families and staff at Sheffield Children’s and support our charity fundraising efforts!
Wow!! We want to say thank you so much again to our amazing sponsors and everyone who has been involved in making our snowflake display happen.
We have been blown away by the support of everyone this year and are so grateful to you all.
Doesn't it look amazing!! 😍❄️💙
She's done it!! 🥳
Julie has completed her incredible 100-mile (actually 101!) run for Stan, raising more than £17,500 so far for our new Cancer and Leukaemia ward! 💙
Today is Julie's birthday too! What an amazing way to celebrate 💛
@100milesforStan
Sheffield Children’s NHS FT staff can now park for free at the Arts Tower car park (Bolsover St). ID must be shown on entry. A huge thank you to the
@sheffielduni
for their help and generosity to make this happen.
Fantastic day at Sheffield Children's today! We were honoured by a visit from the Duke of Sussex
@RoyalFamily
who met with patients, parents and staff and officially opened our new hospital wing.
Here is HRH Prince Harry with our cheeky patient Noah and his mum Tracy.
Just launched! Tonight we have revealed our brand new SPECT CT scanner costing £800,000 and funded by our charity supporters! The scanner will mean faster diagnosis and combines two scanning functions in one! How amazing is that!
Cute alert - you'll need your sound on for this one!
Find out how we're using adorable messages to stop people smoking outside the hospital.
#NoSmokingDay
We're delighted to share that we’ve appointed Professor Laura Serrant OBE
@lauraserrant
as the new Chair of Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust!
Read more on our website:
And they are on... Christmas has officially started in Sheffield. Thank you everyone who has donated and sponsored to make this wonderful and magical display happen.
#Snowflakes
#Christmas
It was a
#BlueAndWhiteChristmas
at Sheffield Children’s today as
@swfc
spread some festive cheer.
Manager Garry Monk was joined on the wards by Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Kadeem Harris, Dom Iorfa and Jacob Murphy as they visited excited fans and handed out goodie bags.
Our snowflakes are officially on! 😍
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our snowflake appeal this year!
Your support will help to change lives at Sheffield Children's! ❄💙
Over £65,000 was pledged for Sheffield Children's at an Evening with Barry Bannan and Friends! 💙🦉
We are so grateful to everyone who made the night possible, including
@bazzabannan25
,
@stevebracknall
,
@reverend_makers
, and the Mercure.
Read more:
Dom Iorfa, Josh Windass, Liam Palmer, Cam Dawson, Callum Paterson, Michael Smith and Will Vaulks all turned up to support Barry Bannan tonight…
Then this happened.
#SWFC
WOW! Over £70,000 and counting was raised at Jon and Lucy + Friends Comedy Night thanks to our amazing Charity patrons
@RonJichardson
,
@LucyABeaumont
and friends!
Thank you to our volunteers and sponsors, SCE, Bakewell Retreats and
@ackabb
, we couldn't have done it without you💛
If you're a
#swfc
fan, you've probably seen the incredible 'All Wednesday' film made by
@owl4life1867
in partnership with
@swfc
. Matt pledged to donate all the profits from the DVD sales to charity & this weekend presented a cheque of over £5,000 to our hospital! Thank you Matt!
He won!!! 🌟👏 huge well done to the brilliant
@CaptainTobias9
on winning the
#SPOTY
Young Unsung Hero award!
Thank you so much for everything you have done for us and
@Wearepaces
- you are amazing Captain Tobias! 🌟💙🎉
🌟 Congratulations to Tobias Weller! 🌟
The nine-year-old, who walks with a frame, completed TWO marathons during lockdown!
He’s won the Captain Tom Young Unsung Hero award.
#SPOTY
Our wonderful patron,
@_esmemorgan
has raised over £20K for The Becton Centre!
Esme had a brilliant time visiting The Centre in October - one of the young people even gifted her a handmade bracelet 🥰
Thank you for everything you do, Esme💛
Read more at
We'd like to say a big thank you to our incredible fundraiser 'Captain' Tobias, whose fundraising has meant that every child at Sheffield Children's received a present for Christmas this year 👏
Thank you Tobias for your selflessness and generosity. You are simply amazing!
Happy birthday to our wonderful charity patron
@JamesMToseland
! Thank you so much for everything you do for us. We hope you have a great day! 🎂💙
(photos taken before social distancing!)
Highlights from Prince Harry’s visits to
@SheffChildrens
Hospital (where he opened a new wing and charmed many young patients) and the
@InvictusGamesNL
Team GB trials at Sheffield’s Institute of Sport (to meet wheelchair basketballers and cheer on powerlifting competitors)🌞
We had a brilliant time at our Becton Centre this week with a visit from
@steelershockey
- thank you!
Read more about the questions our young people asked, and the difference that
@VallyTown15
's fundraising for The Children's Hospital Charity has made:
This is Eva. She travels 1,300 miles every year to come to us for treatment at our specialist bone medicine service. She loves music, dancing & going to school even though she has Osteogenesis imperfecta type 3, also known as ‘brittle bones. You're fab Eva, see you soon!
Our snowflakes are officially on 😍❄️
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us this evening and to all that have supported this years snowflake appeal!
Your support will help to make a helipad at Sheffield Children’s a reality! 💙
Wow! £525,200 raised in total tonight!! 🥳🥳🐻
Thank you so much to everyone who bid on a Bear - you are amazing!
The money raised officially completes our fundraising for the Cancer Ward
@SheffChildrens
!
We don’t know about you, but we feel unbearlievable! Thank you!! 💙🐻
Introducing Tobias Weller BEM 🎖️
We were so proud to see
@CaptainTobias9
become the youngest person ever in British history to receive an honour.
Tobias was honoured after raising over £150,000 for Sheffield Children's and his school,
@wearePaces
!
Congratulations Tobias! 💛
This is Jessie. 4 years after being diagnosed with Philadelphia positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (a rare cancer), Jessie will now be able to celebrate her 5th birthday in remission after ringing the bell to signify the end to her treatment at
#SheffieldChildrensHospital
.
Happy
#InternationalNursesDay
to all the wonderful nurses out there, especially our amazing Sheffield Children's nurses! Thank you for everything you do!
Richard Lindley has helped thousands of young people in almost a decade as a paediatric surgeon at Sheffield Children’s.
After a planned cycling holiday was cancelled, Richard will instead cycle 150 miles at home on Saturday to raise money for The Children's Hospital Charity!
This is Amy, Megan and Isaac, three former patients at our wonderful hospital, attending their first football match today! Safe to say they're loving it!
#teamtheo
#swfc
@BarneyOwl67
@O22IE_OWL
It's a blue and white Christmas! We had a special festive visit from
@swfc
, at our Becton Centre but also at our hospital!
Thank you Sheffield Wednesday for popping along to say Merry Christmas - we loved having you!
It was a blue and white Christmas at Sheffield Children's yesterday as the team from
@swfc
– including captain Barry Bannan and new manager Danny Röhl – visited us to spread festive cheer.
Thanks all! 🔵⚪️
Read more on our website:
We are thrilled to announce that
@EnglandFootball
@Everton
striker
@CalvertLewin14
has signed up to help his hometown hospital! ⚽️
Dominic has become the latest new patron for The Children's Hospital Charity, which supports Sheffield Children's! 💛
🏅We have amazing news!🏅
Two incredible supporters of Sheffield Children’s, Graham Moore and 11-year-old Tobias Weller, have been recognised in today’s New Year’s Honours List!
Graham Moore has been appointed MBE and 'Captain' Tobias has been awarded a British Empire Medal!
Children going for surgery in our hospital now have the chance to drive there in a mini Tesla Model S! Thanks to
@PCPM_Ltd
for donating and to
@elonmusk
for supporting the idea!
Here are just a few of our wonderful staff who worked on Christmas Day at Sheffield Children's! Santa even stopped by to tell them how great they are. 🎅🌟🤶❄️
Tomorrow our amazing Kilimanjaro trekkers will be setting off on their adventure to raise money for our hospital and climb Africa's highest peak! Here's a special good luck message from a Kilimanjaro pro
@mrdanwalker
!
#GoodLuck
#TeamTheo
Get your Charity face covering for just £2 or 3 for £5!
Modelled by our patron
@mrdanwalker
below!
Every face covering sold supports our appeal to build our new Cancer Ward at Sheffield Children's 💙
Thank you to everyone who will be clapping for our wonderful NHS staff at 8pm tonight! Our staff are working hard on the front line day and night to ensure our patients and families are looked after and your support means a lot to them👏👏
#NHS
#clapforourcarers
They’ve done it! Our group of Kili trekkers are back down the mountain after seven days using everything they had to conquer Kilimanjaro!
We know you’ll agree that these lot are pretty amazing! So, thank you
#TeamTheo
for showing us what you’re made of!
#TeamTheoKiliTrek
2019 💙
Happy birthday to James, who is 10 today! James and his friend Jack have raised over £1,500 by having their heads shaved to support their friend Ivy, who is currently having chemotherapy for a benign brain tumour at our hospital. How amazing is that, enjoy your birthday James!
Congratulations to Professor Sally Shearer OBE! We're delighted to see our Director of Nursing and Quality recognised with a Royal Honour, which recognises her work as a compassionate advocate for families and as a driving force in developing the nurses of the future.
This afternoon we had a great visit from
@steelershockey
at the Becton Centre! Young people at the Centre had a brilliant game of hockey in the sports hall with the players and had some time to chat too. Thank you for the visit!
We were thrilled to welcome Manchester City defender and England Lioness
@_esmemorgan
to Sheffield Children’s this week!
Esme is one of The Children’s Hospital Charity’s patrons and she spent a morning with our patients spreading festive cheer!
Thanks so much, Esme!💙
We'd like to say a huge thank you to the
@FA
,
@SheffieldUnited
&
@SUFCServices
for making two of our patients' dreams come true last night!
8-year-olds Oliver and Myla-Mae were mascots for
@England
, in recognition of their amazing fundraising efforts for Sheffield Children's 💛
A red and white Christmas to remember! 🎅
We welcomed players from
@SheffieldUnited
and
@sufc_women
to Sheffield Children’s Hospital, who spread Christmas cheer by playing games with patients, talking about all things football, and giving out a range of fabulous festive gifts!
Another quiz teaser for you from our new patron and England Cricket Captain
@root66
!
Tweet us back with your guesses and join our virtual quiz tomorrow night to see if you were right...
#TheosBigNightIn
We are delighted to announce that International star and
@englandcricket
Test team captain
@root66
has become a patron for The Children’s Hospital Charity!
Joe’s new role will see him support our fundraising to redevelop the facilities at Sheffield Children’s Hospital!