About us News and features Volunteer Shop Our hospital site Our charity site Search this website Search Donate Get Involved What we do Home About us About us Every child needs a hero 50% off selected runs, treks and cycles Join the team Every day, 619 children and young people from across the UK arrive at GOSH. Every day, doctors and nurses battle the most complex illnesses, and the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs. And every day is a chance for you to make a difference. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. A better future for seriously ill children starts here. Our fundraising We face an incredible task - to raise over £100 million every year. Find out about our different fundraising activities. Careers All you need to know about working for us, including our current vacancies and the benefits we offer. Peter Pan Learn about Great Ormond Street Hospital's special relationship with the boy who wouldn't grow up. Volunteer for us Find out about volunteering for us and how you can help us support the hospital's life-saving work. Leadership and governance Learn about the roles of those responsible for providing leadership and governance for the charity. Our history Great Ormond Street Hospital first opened in 1852 with 10 beds. Discover more about our history. Contact us Find out about the different ways you can contact us if you have a query for any of our teams across the charity. Covid-19 Office Risk Assessment We have now welcomed our staff and visitors back to our office. The health, safety, and wellbeing of our staff remains an absolute priority for the Charity, and our Health and Safety Team have been working hard to make sure we have the right processes and policies in place to support the return to the office. We continue to have measures in place to keep our staff, colleagues and visitors to our offices well. Our office has safe systems of work designed to ensure the hygiene measures needed to keep everyone well during this time are in position and we will continue to review these regularly, taking into consideration the external environment and Government guidelines. Read more about the measures we’ve put in place to keep staff well and working with confidence in our Covid-19 Risk Assessment (224.36 KB) Careers Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy Friends of Adeona Gender Pay Report 2021 Impact and Annual Reports Leadership and governance Our fundraising Our history Our Strategy 2021-2026 Peter Pan Social media moderation guidelines Sparks Charity Volunteer with us Contact us Newsletter Accessibility Terms and conditions Safeguarding Careers Hospital Privacy Modern Slavery Statement Equality Diversity & Inclusion Statement Social media links Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. A company limited by guarantee (company number 09338724) and a registered charity (charity number 1160024). Registered office: 40 Bernard Street, London WC1N 1LE. Your choice on cookies We use essential cookies to make sure our website works. We’d also like to set optional cookies to improve the quality of our website and enable personalised features. Confirm preferences by clicking Cookie Settings. Allow all cookies by clicking Accept All. Learn More Accept All Cookie Preferences