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1 December 2009
Radio Lollipop, which is based in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow are delighted to announce that BBC Children In Need, have awarded Radio Lollipop a grant of £6,000, over the next three years. This grant will help fund their essential play services.
Radio Lollipop is one of many projects in the UK, who have received a grant which is made possible by the generous support of the public in 2009, which amounted to an amazing total of £20,309,747!
Radio Lollipop believes in the healing power of play – providing smiles and laughter to children at a time when they need it most.
One in four children are admitted to a hospital before reaching age 14. Though some patients are short-stay, many have a recurring need for care and return repeatedly to hospital. Some who are terminally ill, spend much of their short lives in hospital.
Radio Lollipop gives young patients a voice and a choice during their stay. While they can´t say “no” to taking their medicine or receiving treatment, they can request their favourite songs, win prizes and hear their own voices on the radio. Those activities give youngsters a haven of normality in the hospital day which in other respects is strange, different and often scary.
Stephen Quinn Radio Lollipop (Glasgow)s Press & Pr Officer added Its a fantastic achievement for our volunteers who work so hard, to keep children happy, as laughter is after all, the best medicine. We were recently awarded the Best Team in the West of Glasgow at the Glasgow Community Champion Awards and all of this on top of our charities 30th Birthday. A big THANK YOU to everyone involved!
David Ramsden, Chief Executive of BBC Children in Need, said Our grants are made possible by the amazing generosity of the public. They make it possible for us to help such great projects like Radio Lollipop who continue to help change young lives for the better.
