Supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Childhood. It’s what makes us. It should be a time of joy, wonder, curiosity and fun. Of making friends, making mistakes and stepping into the adults we become. But it’s also fragile, and sometimes all too brief. That's why Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) stops at nothing to help ensure no childhood is lost to serious illness. And it's why GOSH Charity has been our charity partner since 2012.
Now, we’re helping GOSH Charity take on a new fundraising challenge by raising £20 million by 2027 for its next life-changing cause – building the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH.
Build it. Beat it.
The Build it. Beat it. campaign is a fundraising appeal to help create a world-leading Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH. GOSH Charity aims to raise £300 million to help drive transformation in children’s cancer care and save even more lives.
Designed with the needs of children and families at its heart, the Children’s Cancer Centre will be a beacon of innovation and hope – where new discoveries and life-saving breakthroughs will change the future for generations to come.
This state-of-the art centre will bring together inpatient wards, intensive care units and operating theatres under one roof, helping the hospital’s specialist teams work more closely together. And because cancer shouldn’t get to steal anyone’s childhood, it will be a place that’s more than a hospital – somewhere that’s a school, a playground, a garden and so much more.
Our GOSH Charity journey so far
GOSH Charity has been our charity partner since 2012, and we couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve achieved together so far. Through donations made at our hotels and restaurants, as well as fundraising activities taken on by our team, we have raised an incredible £27.5 million, which has helped the charity reach some milestone achievements – like opening the Premier Inn Clinical Building in 2018 and the Sight and Sound Centre in 2021.
How the Premier Inn Clinical Building is making a difference
In 2012, Whitbread pledged to raise £7.5 million towards a brand-new medical facility at the hospital. The Premier Inn Clinical building opened its doors in 2018, allowing hundreds of patients to be treated in brand new facilities including new in-patient wards, operating theatres and a day care unit.
Duchess of Cambridge opens GOSH Children’s Medical Centre
With the help of a £10 million pledge from Premier Inn, GOSH Charity contributed £25 million towards the opening of this unique new centre, which welcomed its first patients in 2021. This incredible building is the UK’s first dedicated medical facility for children with sight and hearing loss and will help over 8,000 children a year.
Bernard Bear
Look out for our lovely cuddly bear called Bernard in our hotels which you can buy and take home to bed. Bernard costs £10 with all profits donated to GOSH Charity. Just pop him on your room bill when you check out.
