Donate Today to Protect Play for Children in Hospital
Children like Felix face frightening hospital procedures. Health play reduces fear and trauma. Donate today.
Protect play. Reduce trauma. Help children like Felix today
When Felix was born, he was floppy and unresponsive. Doctors had to resuscitate him twice. This was his first traumatic experience in healthcare, but sadly, not his last.
Over the next four years, Felix spent a quarter of his life in hospital. He underwent countless invasive procedures, lumbar punctures, EMGs, biopsies, as doctors tried to diagnose his rare illness.
Right now, across the UK, other seriously ill children like Felix are experiencing trauma in healthcare.
Will you be their protector of play with a £10 donation today?
Treatment was incredibly distressing for him… he would scream and scream. I have ripped dresses from where he was clinging onto me, completely traumatised.
Why your donation matters
Felix was eventually diagnosed with a complex genetic disorder. He can’t swallow liquids safely, or play on a trampoline with friends without risking dislocation. At just seven years old, sacrifice has defined much of his life.
But things changed when Starlight’s play team stepped in.
They gave Felix a Starlight Teddy, a soft toy companion who helped him through every frightening procedure. Felix would comfort his teddy, bravely putting on his own oxygen mask, getting his stats checked, and even entering the MRI scanner with Ted by his side. Treatment became so much easier. No more trauma for Felix, and no more ripped dresses for mum.
Help us send more teddies and toys to children in hospital with your kind £10 donation, and let’s put a stop to trauma in children’s healthcare.
“Play has without a doubt reduced Felix’s trauma.”
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