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TLC Appeal

Teddies for Loving Care

Registered Charity No 1087765

Raising Funds for the supply of Cuddly

Toys to A&E units for

Children in Severe Distress

TLC Appeal

Registered Office

54 Medway Crescent

Leigh on Sea

Essex

SS9 2UY

The aims and objectives of the TLC Appeal

Teddies for Loving Care Appeal or TLC Appeal

(Registered Charity No 1087765)

The Appeal has a simple objective. To provide teddies or soft toys to A&E units:-

for the medical staff to give, at their discretion, to children who are in severe distress, where the staff feel that a teddy to cuddle will help alleviate that distress, that will assist them in their urgent work.

I feel that I need to write and thank the Freemasons for the teddy my son received.
On Saturday afternoon my son Mason 19 months old had a febrile convulsion due to an extremely high temperature and as you can imagine it was not only distressing for Mason, but me and Mason's dad too. We called 999 and on the way to Broomfield hospital one of the ambulance men gave Mason a teddy, and not only did it seem to comfort Mason but it took away some of my anxiety too as I was able to show Mason the teddy, the teddy's ears, eyes etc and it really distracted both of us. Mason was discharged later in the day with tonsillitis. But had to be rushed back in by ambulance at 3 am on the Sunday morning, the paediatric cubicle in A&E was occupied and of course we was in such a rush I forgot the teddy and Mason was quite distressed/bored in a normal cubicle, but a long came a security guard from A&E with yes you guessed "another teddy" this teddy was a different colour and Mason smiled the biggest smile when the guard gave it to him, and Mason kissed and cuddled the teddy for a long time and yet again distracted us all. Mason is back home now and seems to be getting better and he loves his teddy's. I have to thank you from the bottom of my heart and I think the teddy idea is wonderful and whoever thought of the idea needs to be knighted!!
Many thanks Via E Mail

Just to say a very big thank you to your organisation. My 5 year old son fell and hit his forehead on a pillar yesterday morning and had a terribly deep gash that was bleeding everywhere.

I rushed him to the West Suffolk Hospital A&E Department where he was attended to quickly
but also given a bear in his favourite colour, yellow. He really loved the bear and hugged it throughout a difficult and upsetting morning.
He's put a bandage on the bear's head and took it this morning to the nurse who checked his wound (which is doing fine).

I know that your organisation requires a lot of dedication, hard work and fund raising, but honestly, you're doing a wonderful job.
Thank you Via E-Mail

My daughter crushed her finger in her bedroom door. She fortunately didn't break it but it did required stitches. To cheer her up the nurse at the Royal Berks was asked her to choose a bear. Sarah chose a bear with a yellow body (her favourite colour). This was instantly given the name of sunshine. Since then it has been her favourite bear and not many night go by without her being at her side. She has many bears and soft toys but this one is special.

She has written her Christmas list already but the only items on it are

A new yellow football

A Lego set

Some new caterpillars for her butterfly kit

And a friend for sunshine

The last is going to be difficult because I assume she wants the same bear with a different colour body.

The giving of bears is a great idea and it definitely cheered my daughter up.”

Via E-Mail

I have 2 twin boys age 3 (and 1 month) who are both under Consultants at North Hampshire hospital as one has a heart condition and the other breathing difficulties and both have been at the trauma unit several times and have been given one of these teddies each and have loved them and are their favourite teddies and carried everywhere by one.

Many thanks. Via E-Mail

I just wanted to say Thank You to you for the teddy bear my daughter received at the weekend. Izzy is 2 and had a fall at the weekend resulting in a broken leg, while having her leg put in plaster in a very busy A&E department on a Saturday night, one of the nurses gave her a TLC teddy, in her favourite colour Pink, the teddy has been named Polly after the lovely nurse who looked after us before going up to the childrens ward.

Polly stayed with Izzy all night, and has been a firm favourite by her side since we got home.

It's a great thing to do, and I really do thank you.

We are also delighted to be involved with the Teddies for Loving Care Appeal. The teddies are an ideal way to help distract and calm children who have been involved in an incident and who are in need of emergency care."

General Manager for Essex Air Ambulance

My son, who is 2, was taken into hospital with dehydration following a bad bout of sickness and diarrhoea. Whilst he was at our local hospital (Prince Phillip - Llanelli), he was given, not one, but two of your teddies. Thankfully he is now home and running around demolishing the place again! He kindly donated (! - with a little help from Mummy) one of his teddies to his 3 year old sister who likes to cuddle up with it at night.

My father in law (who sadly died in December 2006), was a member of the Masons, and it feels as though he (the bear) was there looking after Max whilst he was in hospital.

Thank you for setting up this appeal, from both our son and daughter who now have a very lovely bear to cuddle up to at night to remind them, and us, of their Grampy.

Many thanks