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About 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. 

Sheffield Children’s is an NHS Trust dedicated to integrated healthcare for children and young people. As a national centre of excellence and a leader in specialist children’s healthcare, it delivers world-class care for some of the most complex and rare conditions in the country.

Through a whole-child approach, Sheffield Children’s supports children and young people throughout their entire health and care journey — in hospital, in school and at home — with kindness, expertise and unwavering commitment. This joined-up model of care is helping to create healthier futures for children and young people, right here in Sheffield and far beyond.

Serving every child and young person across Sheffield and South Yorkshire, and increasingly supporting families from across the UK, Sheffield Children’s is driving transformation across the children’s health sector. From pioneering clinical care to research, innovation and collaboration, the Trust is shaping the future of paediatric care nationally and internationally — making a difference for children, families and communities now and for generations to come.

How we support Sheffield Children's

Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity helps take care even further, funding life-changing projects, new technology, specialist equipment, art, play and spaces that make a real difference to children and families.

Every donation, fundraiser and act of generosity helps bring comfort, hope and healing to young people across our region and beyond. The charity is here for every family and every future, helping Sheffield Children’s go above and beyond, every single day.

When you give, you’re not just donating, you’re helping build a place where every child can thrive.

Together we make the difference.

Sheffield Children’s provides life-changing and ground-breaking care for patients and families from across the UK and beyond.

With state-of-the-art facilities and services that have a worldwide reputation for exceptional treatment, Sheffield Children’s is at the forefront of children’s healthcare.

But above all, Sheffield Children’s is about people—caring, compassionate people, who are among the best in the world at what they do. Together, they are working towards the mission of providing a healthier future for children and young people.

Many Sheffield Children’s colleagues are leaders in their fields, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise in shaping paediatric care.

Among its countless specialisms, Sheffield Children’s is a pioneering centre for neurosurgery, including brain tumour removal. It is home to the UK’s leading Sleep Service and receives newborn screening referrals from around the world through its dedicated clinical genetics department.

In 2024, we funded a brand new £6m helipad on the roof of Sheffield Children’s Hospital thanks to the generosity of the public, charities and local businesses. 

Sheffield Children’s Hospital is one of three stand-alone specialist children’s hospitals in the UK.

Sheffield Children’s Hospital is one of three stand-alone specialist children’s hospitals in the UK.

Sheffield Children’s provides life-changing and ground-breaking care for patients and families from across the UK and beyond.

With state-of-the-art facilities and services that have a worldwide reputation for exceptional treatment, Sheffield Children’s is at the forefront of children’s healthcare.

But above all, Sheffield Children’s is about people—caring, compassionate people, who are among the best in the world at what they do. Together, they are working towards the mission of providing a healthier future for children and young people.

Many Sheffield Children’s colleagues are leaders in their fields, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise in shaping paediatric care.

Among its countless specialisms, Sheffield Children’s is a pioneering centre for neurosurgery, including brain tumour removal. It is home to the UK’s leading Sleep Service and receives newborn screening referrals from around the world through its dedicated clinical genetics department.

How we support Sheffield Children's

Sheffield Children’s is a testament to how charity funding can support the NHS to provide truly remarkable care.

From the very beginning, Sheffield Children’s has depended on charitable support, and we continue to support the trust to go above and beyond the NHS provision for patients and families. 

Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity funds the life-changing and the joy-sparking. We make clinical care kinder and bad days brighter. We bring play, laughter, and comfort to places where they’re needed the most.

We fund groundbreaking research, specialist medical equipment, and new facilities, creating an engaging environment built with children in mind.

We champion Sheffield Children’s excellence and innovation to help create healthier futures for this generation and those to come.

How we support Sheffield Children's

Sheffield Children’s is a testament to how charity funding can support the NHS to provide truly remarkable care.

From the very beginning, Sheffield Children’s has depended on charitable support, and we continue to support the trust to go above and beyond the NHS provision for patients and families. 

Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity funds the life-changing and the joy-sparking.

We make clinical care kinder and bad days brighter. We bring play, laughter, and comfort to places where they’re needed the most.
We fund groundbreaking research, specialist medical equipment, and new facilities, creating an engaging environment built with children in mind.

We champion Sheffield Children’s excellence and innovation to help create healthier futures for this generation and those to come.

Our patients

After being diagnosed with a chronic lung condition, taking on a sport that restricts your breathing was the last thing anyone expected Rose to do. In 2024, she defied any expectations to complete an epic 40-mile swimming challenge.
Eight-year-old Poppy-Paisely from Sheffield has raised over £1,700 for the charity by challenging herself to 50 miles of activity in the month of February.
Liam and Sophie Kay faced every parent’s worst fear when their newborn son needed emergency surgery. Now, he’s thriving, and the family have even built a successful business inspired by his care.
Last September, Bethany Knowles, her sister Abbie, and their dad, Dave, took on the Great North Run – a half-marathon well outside their usual comfort zone.
In October 2019, when Caleb Masaba-Kituyi was just 3 years old, he was diagnosed with Leukaemia. After two rounds of cancer, Caleb is now thriving thanks to the life-saving support of Sheffield Children’s and his sister, Faith.
When three-year-old Charlotte began struggling with her arm, no one imagined her eyesight was at risk too. A routine check at Sheffield Children’s revealed a hidden condition that could have cost her vision. Thanks to early diagnosis and expert care, Charlotte’s sight was saved, and now, specialist research could help many more children with the same condition sooner.
A 12-year-old boy has made a remarkable recovery after being seriously injured in a road accident, thanks to rapid, specialist care at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, accessed via its helipad funded by Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity.
When Heidi Howson was just six years old, her life changed dramatically after being diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia, a cancer affecting the blood and bone marrow.
Harmony battled many serious infections in the first few years of her life. Now, she is determined to help other children like her.
Oscar: “Everyone at the Children’s Hospital took good care of me”
When three-year-old Dexter was in a road accident, he was airlifted to Sheffield Children’s and placed in a medically induced coma.
Myla and her mum share their journey. They talk about how your donations change the lives of children like Myla forever.
Charlotte has raised over £1,500 with an epic challenge in recognition of the care her brother has received since he was four years old.
After they both received emergency care at Sheffield Children’s, youngsters Tommy and Sophie formed a bond like no other as they supported each other through their journey with diabetes.
Three-year-old Zach Hanley from Grimsby has completed an epic fundraising challenge, after receiving life-changing care for hip dysplasia when he was just two years old.
On the eve of Jude’s third birthday in July 2021, his family received the devastating news that he had cancer. After more than two years of specialist treatment, Jude sadly died in his mum and dad’s arms in September 2023. His parents have shared his story and how they’ve worked to make a difference for other children like Jude.
Since he was just days old, Fraser Lamb has had treatment and care from Sheffield Children’s . Now , at age 33, he is taking on an incredible 2,000-mile challenge for Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity.
Just three weeks after Ezra Haag was born, his family was told he had a tumour. Fortunately, it was successfully removed at Sheffield Children’s.
15-year-old Aoife says “My life now, would be very different if technology hadn’t played such a big part in my treatment.”

Our work

Your donations and sponsorship help make Sheffield Children’s the incredible place that it is.

Learn more about some of the projects we fund across our four key funding areas.

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Whether you choose to fundraise, volunteer your time or make a donation, your support makes a huge difference.

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