Pod Children's Charity

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Pod Children's Charity
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Founded1977
Founder David Jamilly
Type NGO
Registration no.Registered Charity No. 279743
Area served
United Kingdom
LeaderMargaret Munford MBE
Website podchildrenscharity.com/index.html

Pod Children's Charity (registered as Pod Charitable Trust no: 279743) [1] is a British non-profit organisation, which provides live entertainment for children in hospital and hospices throughout the UK. [2]

Hospital health care institution

A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent health problems ranging from fire and accident victims to a sudden illness. A district hospital typically is the major health care facility in its region, with a large number of beds for intensive care and additional beds for patients who need long-term care. Specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric) hospitals, and hospitals for dealing with specific medical needs such as psychiatric treatment and certain disease categories. Specialized hospitals can help reduce health care costs compared to general hospitals. Hospitals are classified as general, specialty, or government depending on the sources of income received.

Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. In Western society, the concept of hospice has been evolving in Europe since the 11th century. Then, and for centuries thereafter in Roman Catholic tradition, hospices were places of hospitality for the sick, wounded, or dying, as well as those for travelers and pilgrims. The modern concept of hospice includes palliative care for the incurably ill given in such institutions as hospitals or nursing homes, but also care provided to those who would rather spend their last months and days of life in their own homes. The first modern hospice care was created by Cicely Saunders in 1967.

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History and overview

Pod Children's Charity was founded in 1977 by David Jamilly, after he organized small parties with music and entertainment for children and noticed a positive effect which those have on them. Pod Charity started their shows at Great Ormond Street Hospital, one of the London's largest children's hospitals. At that time, hospitals were rarely child oriented and had restricted visiting times. [3] [4]

David Jamilly British writer

David Jamilly is an English social entrepreneur and humanitarian.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Hospital in London

Great Ormond Street Hospital is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.

In 1981 Margaret Munford became administrator for Pod and was awarded an MBE in 2012 for services to Pod Children's Charity. [5]

Order of the British Empire British order of chivalry

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order.

Pod employs professional children's entertainers, such as puppeteers, clowns and musicians, who perform in the playroom, on the ward or at the bedside. [4] Pod organises over 2500 performances at over 150 hospitals and hospices across the UK. [6] [7]

Aim

Pod aims to alleviate the trauma of hospital stay by sowing the seeds of fun, laughter and feeling better. [8]

Fun enjoyment of pleasure

Fun is the enjoyment of pleasure, particularly in leisure activities. Fun is an experience often unexpected, informal or purposeless. It is an enjoyable distraction, diverting the mind and body from any serious task or contributing an extra dimension to it. Although particularly associated with recreation and play, fun may be encountered during work, social functions, and even seemingly mundane activities of daily living. It may often have little to no logical basis, and opinions on whether an activity is fun may differ from person to person. A distinction between enjoyment and fun is difficult but possible to articulate, fun being a more spontaneous, playful, or active event. There are psychological and physiological implications to the experience of fun. Modern Westernized civilizations prioritize fun as an external and sexual aspect.

Laughter expression of amusement

Laughter is a physical reaction in humans consisting typically of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system. It is a response to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter can arise from such activities as being tickled, or from humorous stories or thoughts. Most commonly, it is considered a visual expression of a number of positive emotional states, such as joy, mirth, happiness, relief, etc. On some occasions, however, it may be caused by contrary emotional states such as embarrassment, apology, or confusion such as nervous laughter or courtesy laugh. Age, gender, education, language, and culture are all factors as to whether a person will experience laughter in a given situation. Some other species of primate show laughter-like vocalizations in response to physical contact such as wrestling, play chasing or tickling.

The League of Friends of Pod Charitable Trust

The League of Friends of The POD Charitable Trust (Charity no: 296119) is an entirely separate organisation, which covers all of Pod Charitable Trust’s administrative costs. Any donations to Pod Children's Charity go directly to entertaining children in hospital. [9] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ The POD Charitable Trust at Charity Commission
  2. ↑ Pod Charitable Trust, BBC Children in Need
  3. ↑ (in Swedish) För en vänligare värld, Good News Magazine
  4. 1 2 3 Providing the feel good factor, Nursing Standard, 14 August/Volume 10/Number 47/1996
  5. ↑ Queen's birthday honour's list 2012: MBE, Theguardian, 16 June 2012
  6. ↑ About POD, POD Childrens Charity
  7. ↑ David Jamilly at MySpiritRadio
  8. ↑ Children across the UK to have a more positive experience in hospitals, MLG Magazines, 19 November 2015
  9. ↑ The League of Friends of The POD Charitable Trust at Charity Commission
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