TLC Appeal
Teddies for Loving Care
Registered Charity No 1087765
Raising Funds for the supply of Cuddly
Toys to A&E units for
Children in Severe Distress
©2006 -
TLC Appeal
TLC Appeal
Registered Office
54 Medway Crescent
Leigh on Sea
Essex
SS9 2UY
The aims and objectives of the TLC Appeal
Teddies for Loving Care Appeal or TLC Appeal
(Registered Charity No 1087765)
The Appeal has a simple objective. To provide teddies or soft toys to A&E units:-
for the medical staff to give, at their discretion, to children who are in severe distress, where the staff feel that a teddy to cuddle will help alleviate that distress, that will assist them in their urgent work.
The children take the teddies home with them.
I have 2 twin boys age 3 (and 1 month) who are both under Consultants at North Hampshire hospital as one has a heart condition and the other breathing difficulties and both have been at the trauma unit several times and have been given one of these teddies each and have loved them and are their favourite teddies and carried everywhere by one.
Many thanks. Via E-
My son, who is 2, was taken into hospital with dehydration following a bad bout of
sickness and diarrhoea. Whilst he was at our local hospital (Prince Phillip -
My father in law (who sadly died in December 2006), was a member of the Masons, and it feels as though he (the bear) was there looking after Max whilst he was in hospital.
Thank you for setting up this appeal, from both our son and daughter who now have a very lovely bear to cuddle up to at night to remind them, and us, of their Grampy.
Many thanks
Just to say a very big thank you to your organisation. My 5 year old son fell and hit his forehead on a pillar yesterday morning and had a terribly deep gash that was bleeding everywhere.
I rushed him to the West Suffolk Hospital A&E Department where he was attended to
quickly
but also given a bear in his favourite colour, yellow. He really loved the
bear and hugged it throughout a difficult and upsetting morning.
He's put a bandage
on the bear's head and took it this morning to the nurse who checked his wound (which
is doing fine).
I know that your organisation requires a lot of dedication, hard work and fund raising,
but honestly, you're doing a wonderful job.
Thank you Via E-
I just wanted to say Thank You to you for the teddy bear my daughter received at the weekend. Izzy is 2 and had a fall at the weekend resulting in a broken leg, while having her leg put in plaster in a very busy A&E department on a Saturday night, one of the nurses gave her a TLC teddy, in her favourite colour Pink, the teddy has been named Polly after the lovely nurse who looked after us before going up to the childrens ward.
Polly stayed with Izzy all night, and has been a firm favourite by her side since we got home.
It's a great thing to do, and I really do thank you.
To All at the TLC Appeal -
I just wanted to send a belated but heartfelt thank you
for the lovely TLC bear given to my 18 month old daughter on her recent visit to
A&E department of the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow.
Erin had managed to cut
her forehead open quite badly and, though she was being very brave, "Tumble Ted"
as he's now been christened -
Thank you to everyone involved
in raising funds for the benefit of us and other families in a similar situation.
We are also delighted to be involved with the Teddies for Loving Care Appeal. The teddies are an ideal way to help distract and calm children who have been involved in an incident and who are in need of emergency care."
General Manager for Essex Air Ambulance
Dear Sir / Madam,
Within a period of thirteen days in December 2008 my two year old son was twice rushed to the A&E Department at Airedale Hospital near Keighley. Both times we had to call 999 and were taken (in a very distressed state!) via an ambulance with sirens and flashing lights. On both occasions we arrived at the hospital with only the clothes we were wearing. On each visit my little boy stayed overnight on the childrens ward and each time he was given one of your teddies. They were a lovely gift and he cuddled them lots whilst he was in the hospital and also back at home. The red and green teddies now sit on his bed at home and he still loves them.
Thank you -
Kind regards
PS -
I have been working as a Play Specialist in the Paediatric Emergency Department for the past 4 years. My main responsibility is to supervise and deliver play and distraction therapy for the children within the department. I settle the children into the hospital environment by reassuring and relaxing them. As I’ll explain in a moment, the donation of the TLC teddies has made this task much easier.
For many children their visit to the Emergency Department is their first experience in a hospital setting and it is therefore vital to make it a positive one. The children who we treat can be very frightened and are sometimes extremely distressed. They must be able to convey their fears and worries in order for me to help alleviate and overcome these feelings. Communicating effectively with a distressed child can be a problem however and it’s therefore important to use play therapy techniques to converse on their wavelength.
Making things fun for the child is a priority and the TLC teddies play a huge part
in this. Medical procedures such as the application of steri-
The teddies are also used as a reward for their behaviour and bravery. They act as a positive symbol for the hospital and leave a lasting impression in the child’s mind. Possessing a TLC teddy is a reminder to them that visiting the hospital isn’t so bad.
It is hard for me to explain the effect these wonderful teddies have within our department because the only way we can measure their success is by the change in the child’s emotions. It is no exaggeration to say that a child’s mood and overall perception of their treatment can be completely changed for the better by using the teddies and speaking personally, it truly is a pleasure to watch.
It’s amazing. Something that seems so trivial to us “grown-
Thank you.
Laura Burton
Play Specialist
Hull Royal Infirmary