About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity)
By taking part in A Neverland Adventure: Art Trail, you’ll help to give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood possible.
From Peter Pan to Neverland
In 1929, author JM Barrie was asked to sit on a committee at GOSH to help the hospital buy land so it could build a much-needed new wing. Barrie declined but said he “hoped to find another way to help”.
Two months later, the hospital board learned that Barrie had donated the rights to his story Peter Pan to GOSH. Barrie later explained the reason for his gift, sharing, “At one time, Peter Pan was in the hospital… and it was he who put me up to the little thing I did.”
The adventures didn’t end after Barrie’s death in June 1937, nor has his kindness ever faded. Thanks to a milestone amendment to the UK’s 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, the rights to Peter Pan were granted to GOSH in perpetuity.
Now, royalties from every performance of the play and sale of the book in the UK go to GOSH Charity, helping to give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood possible. Just as Barrie would have wanted.
A new chapter for Neverland
All you need is a little bit of fairy dust to set you on your way.
We’ve built on this legacy through the creation of Neverland, a magical new brand offering fresh adventures, exciting stories and immersive experiences – such as A Neverland Adventure: Art Trail.
Our story
We are GOSH Charity. We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer. We do this by funding groundbreaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment, life-changing support and the creation and refurbishment of child-centred facilities.
That’s why we’re building a new, world-leading Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). With cutting-edge facilities and an environment where pioneering research can thrive, the centre will be a beacon of hope for families facing the unimaginable.
For the children from all over the UK who are treated by GOSH every day. For children with rare or complex illnesses everywhere. For this generation and all those to come. Because we believe no childhood should be lost to serious illness.
Donate today
While the NHS funds the day-to-day running costs of the hospital, GOSH has always depended on charitable support to make it even more extraordinary.
And we depend on supporters like you to help make that happen.
