Out of a Pod come seeds – the seeds of magic, fun and laughter.
Pod makes smiles in hospitals and hospices throughout the U.K.
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Pod is called Pod because out of a pod come seeds – the seeds of magic, fun and feeling better!
Pod Children's Charity is a nationwide charity which provides live entertainment for children and young people in hospital. Pod aims to make the hospital journey, whether it is only a short one or a longer one, more pleasant for children and young people, and one remembered (at least partly) with a smile.
Pod alleviates the trauma of a hospital stay by encouraging children and young people to join in the fun, distracting them from pain and worry and allowing access to the stimulation they often need when unwell.
“Children deal with many challenges during their hospital stay, all in an unfamiliar and scary setting. Pod helps children cope with their stay, by bringing laughter, fun and happiness to the ward, distracting children from pain and enabling them to focus on a good experience.”
– Play Specialist, Northwick Park
Comments from some of our Hospitals
Hospitals and Hospices visited.
Pod entertainers visit 65 hospitals and hospices every month covering all regions of the U.K.
Thank you to our donors.
Pod thanks our generous donors for helping bring magic, fun and laughter to thousands of children in hospitals and hospices throughout the U.K.
Every pound becomes a Smile.
Bank transfer
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Pod Charitable Trust
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Account: 00006995
Cheque by post
Made payable to “Pod Charitable Trust” – posted to Margaret at the address below.
Mount Hall
Llanfair Caereinion
Welshpool, SY21 0BH
Gift Aid & in memoriam
UK taxpayers – Gift Aid recovers an extra 25p in every £1, at no cost to you. We also welcome legacy and in-memoriam gifts.
Gift Aid form (PDF)The entertainers, trustees, friends and donors who make Pod happen.
22 professional children's entertainers.
Pod's team of 22 professional children's entertainers are experienced in providing hospital visits and catering for the needs of sick children. They are DBS checked and follow Pod's Safeguarding and Infection Control Guidelines.
David Jamilly
Founder and Chair of Trustees: David Jamilly.
Trustees: Gary Davison, Kim Einhorn, Michel Einhorn.
The Friends.
Chair: David Jamilly. Trustees: Gary Davison, Kim Einhorn, Michel Einhorn. The Friends cover all Pod's administrative expenditure.
Margaret Munford MBE
Awarded her MBE in 2012 for services to the charity.
Our generous supporters.
Charitable trusts, business donations, hospital friends, hospital charities, groups and organisations, media appeals and private individuals.
Fresh from the wards.
Recent posts from our Facebook page.
Two mothers sent these pictures of their smiling children
at Wrexham Maelor Hospital and say, "John Harding - Magician was amazing and really funny. My boy, his nannie and I loved it. It was a lovely part of the morning while we waited…
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As always, there were lots of smiles when Childrens Entertainers
Nikki and Charlie visited University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust on Wednesday. They say, "We performed around the wards at the children's bedsides and saw 17…
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Pod visits started at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
way back in September 1996 and Ricky McLeod (Tricky Ricky) was recruited to make the first visit. He's been visiting ever since! Laura from the Arts & Wellbeing Team says, "For 30…
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