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The Chesterfield Royal Hospital Trust Charity raises money to support the hospital’s urgent needs and enable them to provide exceptional care for its young patients and their families by:
- Improving the environment and facilities on offer; and upgrading equipment.
- Helping to support with relaxation activities through toys, games and books, and visits from external teams and performers.
We try to provide a wide range of toys and activities for all ages of children in order to make their experience of hospital a more positive one. Play is normal for children and can help them feel at ease in strange situations as well as enable them to communicate their feelings to staff and distract them from feeling poorly.
Below you can find a wish list of items and donations that would help to make a difference to our patients and their families.
What toys and games we can accept:
If you would like donate a gift to the children at the hospital, please see below for a handy guide that our Play team has put together. The list consists of toys, games and presents that poorly children and young people being looked after at Chesterfield Royal Hospital always appreciate.
Please note that, due to strict infection control measures in place at the hospital:
- We are only able to accept items that are brand new and in their original packaging
- We are unable to accept any used or second-hand items, including toys, games, clothing, books, teddies, knitted items or anything that has been made at home.
- We are unable to accept prewrapped gifts. Due to infection control measures, we have to unwrap all gifts before giving them to the children. We are happy to accept gift wrap separately so we can wrap gifts ourselves.
- Board and card games (e.g. Guess Who, Uno, Dobble, Connect 4, Frustration)
- Arts and crafts kits (e.g. paints, Play-Doh and stickers)
- Toy cars and planes
- Construction toys (e.g. Lego and Playmobil)
- Dolls
- Mobiles and musical mobiles
- Jigsaws and peg puzzles
- Toys and sensory items
- Developmental toys (e.g. stacking cups and blocks )
- Musical toys (e.g. rattles)
- Nail art kits
- Stationery sets
- Jewellery making kits
- Toiletries and pamper items (must be for sensitive skin)
- Digital games (e.g. Playstation, Nintendo Switch)
- Board games
- Coffee, tea, sugar and juice
- Biscuits and snacks
- Pyjamas for all ages (must be brand new with tags)
- Blankets
- Duvet sets
- Weighted blankets
- Colouring sets
- Craft sets
- Headphones
- Ear defenders
- Balloons
- Gift wrap
All donations will be distributed across the wards and different areas in the hospital, as and where they are most needed.
Items that cannot be used by our patients may be used for fundraising or passed to another charity where the donation could still make a difference.
Thank you so much to everyone for their continued support of our youngest patients and their families.