#HarveysGang
Health
Allow children and young adults with life limiting conditions to be scientists for the day at their local hospitals.
About this cause
Harveys gang is a new and small charity who enable children and young adults with life limiting conditions to be scientist's for the day at their local pathology department. The initiative has now been rolled out to 15 hospitals across the uk and is due to start at Great Ormond Street very soon. We came about after my son Harvey was curious as to where his blood went during his treatment for Leukaemia. He got so much from this trip organised by the hospital play team. He sadly passed away in October '14 and so Malcolm started Harvey's gang to support these very special young people. http://www.harveysGang.com https://www.youtube.com/watch? http://harveysgang.blogspot.co.uk/
How this cause brings people in the community together
We support children with life limiting illnesses who spend large amounts of time in hospital to have a fun and informative visit to their local pathology department at their local hospital. They receive their own lab coat and goody bag along with processing their own blood samples. We help needle phobic children overcome their fears and have recently received a referal from a paediatric consultant who felt that we could help support a particular young person who requires sedation for blood tests due to their anxiety. Harveys gang is now in operation at 15 locations across the uk including the flagship GOSH.