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
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TLC Appeal
TLC Appeal
Registered Office
54 Medway Crescent
Leigh on Sea
Essex
SS9 2UY
We were travelling from Cambridge to Derby along the A 14 at 8 pm when my 2 year old had a febrile convulsion. By the time the paramedic had reached us she was calm again but needed checking over so we were taken to Kettering Hospital. When she received the teddy her face lit up and she gave him a big hug. He made the four hours in A&E go much quicker for her. He has remained her favourite teddy ever since and she says the doctors gave him to her
It’s a fantastic idea, I saw first hand the benefits of the teddies and that is why I want to make a donation.
Many, many thanks for the TLC appeal.
Thank you so much for this fantastic service. It made a distressing visit to A&E a lot easier for my very shy 2.5 year old. I can't explain the positive effect it had on him, and me. It is such a lovely idea. People who haven't had the misfortune to be in this sort of situation probably can't appreciate the value. But it makes such a difference to what can be a very traumatic experience. Adam stills carries the TLC teddy now we are home, in preference to his usual comforters. Thank you so much.
On the 14th May my daughter had a little accident and she badly hurt her leg so I
had to take a trip to our local hospital which is Southend-
When we arrived Amie was in a lot of pain luckily we were seen straight
away by the nurse.
The one thing that I feel helped Amie with this adventure and made
it more of a pleasure than a hindrance was the teddy that your company have supplied
to the hospital.
As soon as Amie had been given the little pink teddy it took her
mind off what we were at the hospital for, which helped her be her happy little self
again.
I just wanted to let you no that without this the experience could of been
so different.
Amie has a new friend that seems to go every where she goes know and
that is all thanks to your appeal.
Thank You
Unfortunately my 3 year old daughter was rushed into Southampton hospital on Friday after hitting her face on a coffee table in the process of falling she also hurt her arm.
Whilst in the Paediatric unit I noticed the TLC teddies in the corner, the nurse gave one to Molly who was absolutely delighted and helped calm her down and let the various tests be done.
I asked the nurse about them who then gushed with enthusiasm about the benefits of these teddies donated by local freemasons.
After 18 years in masonry and giving to many local charities this is my first "hands on experience" and would confirm what a fantastic benefit this really is.
Molly is thankfully fine apart from some nasty bruising and goes to bed with "teddy" every night.
Many thanks for this simple but ingenious idea.
Dear staff,
My daughter ended up in hospital after an accident on holiday 4 years ago and after a stay got to take home one of your bears "primrose" she still loves the bear to death and has started collecting them from car boots etc, is there anyway I can buy some off you to add to her collection.
I think the bear really did ease what was a traumatic time for her, she now gives it to anyone who has to visit hospital to borrow or for us to have if we are feeling unwell so it has done the rounds!!
She has collected 4 bears so far and would love some of a different colour.
Thank you
Dear Sir,
Just before my daughter's first birthday, in January 2007, she suffered a fall (in church, of all places) and a nasty bump just above her eye. When we took her to A&E at Southend the staff were great with her, and she was given a pink TLC bear. At the time she was delighted, and much more interested in cuddling the bear and stroking his ribbon than worrying about her injury.
Pink Teddy quickly became her favourite, and she would ask to be tucked up with him at night when she was put to bed, and also carry him around during the day.
We moved house about a year ago, and unfortunately, Pink Teddy appears not to have come with us. We have been hoping that he would surface as the final boxes were unpacked, and at the moment Chloé is still awaiting his return, but he is nowhere to be found.
Is there any way that I could purchase a pink TLC bear to replace the lost one? I normally wouldn't ask for such a favour as I know that dealing with it takes time which is freely given away from a very worthy cause, but I am moved by the way Chloé asks whether Pink Teddy has been found, night after night.
I would just like to add that I think that the TLC Appeal is excellent. It's such
a simple idea, and makes such a difference -
Many thanks for your time, and keep up the good work.
My 18 month old daughter received one of these bears on her visit to Kidderminster A&E, after failing and cutting her hand open on glass. The teddy got a huge hug and has been carried round all day since.
Such a brilliant idea that really helps! Thank you!
Many thanks for the teddy that my daughter was given at Gravesend hospital yesterday. She had fallen down Nanny's stairs and was rather shaken and bruised (nothing serious luckily) however teddy or Bix as she is now known was a great distraction while she was being checked over...... Bix is now taken everywhere with us!
Thanks again
