The charity was started in 1992 to improve the lives of sick children in Gloucestershire. Initially created to fund a new children’s hospital for the county, the Appeal now reaches out to help sick children from across Gloucestershire in many different ways.

The efforts of thousands of Pied Piper supporters have raised over £2million to date. The funds have been used to build the new Children’s Centre at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, refurbish and revitalise the Battledown children’s ward at Cheltenham General Hospital, purchase new equipment, enhance hospital environments and help individual children to make life at home easier with hoists and other equipment.

But the work cannot stop here. Medical advances mean that new and specialised services are continually becoming available and should be offered to our local children. Yet this puts a greater demand on the resources of the NHS in Gloucestershire and it needs our support. So please help us to build a better future for children in sickness and pain across the county.

We are asking for your help to offset the cost of buying some child friendly examination equipment, which the hospital want but cannot afford. Together we can help to make our Children's hospital facilities at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals happy and healing places to be.

Click here to see some of the enhancements made so far in the Children’s Centre at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

We are also committed to help sick and disabled children in the community, especially supporting the special Schools in the county with sensory equipment as well as interactive teaching equipment and other general equipment.