Capital Appeals

Ellena Kik was 3 when she stopped breathing and turned blue, and was transferred to Sheffield Children's Hospital by helicopter. Our capital appeals are to help families like Ellena's by creating an environment built with children in mind.

You can help shape the future of Sheffield Children’s

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist children’s hospital, providing the best possible care for children all over Yorkshire, the UK and beyond. The Children’s Hospital Charity support the hospital by funding new facilities and building an environment with children in mind. Together we can ensure our doctors and nurses have exactly what they want, when they need it to deliver the best care for our patients. They treat every condition imaginable battling the most complex illnesses. Every day they make a difference and you can too.

We’re working hard to build a better future for everyone who visits our hospital, by fundraising for major projects such as the National Centre for Child Health TechnologyMajor Trauma Centre, Child Assessment Unit, Cancer and Leukaemia Ward as well as building a new Helipad.

National Centre for Child Health Technology

We need your help to raise £2million towards the build of a new world-class research and technology centre - the National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT) - which will be run by Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust and based at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.

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Major Trauma Unit

We need to transform our Major Trauma Centre with a new Emergency Department, which is bigger, has more facilities and space for the thousands of children who come through the doors with every problem imaginable.

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Helipad

We did it! We've raised the £6million needed to begin building our helipad. Sheffield Children’s is the designated Major Trauma Centre for children in South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw providing a service for over 375,000 children and young people. We need to get patients who urgently need critical care to our Emergency Department as soon as possible. The helipad will provide patients with privacy and dignity as they arrive, and the helicopter can land and be transferred anytime with flood lighting.

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Cancer & Leukaemia Ward

We did it! Thanks for all your support we have transformed our Oncology and Haematology ward. Children from babies through to 18-year olds now have a lovely new ward, making their time in hospital that little bit easier.

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What we do at Charity HQ!

Sheffield Children's has always depended on charitable funding. Here at Charity HQ we support and fund projects over and above the NHS provision. Kindness and compassion are key and we have this in bucket loads along with a reputation for providing outstanding care.