Workshops
Bringing artists, crafts people and designers into Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) helps raise patient spirits and boost morale.
We run a range of workshops including visual arts, music, crafts, and dance. The programme is currently supported by Santander.
Pictures in your Pocket is a new and exciting partnership with the London Transport Museum (LTM). The project included a week of art workshops in our Outpatients department where children and young people used toy cars, trains and buses instead of paintbrushes to create mini canvases.
There were also transport safety displays in Main Reception led by members of the LTM Safety and Citizenship team. The feedback we received from families was excellent.
In addition, the museum have very generously provided us with some free annual passes for families who took part in the workshops. All GOSH families can also enjoy discounted entry to the museum on production of a limited-edition leaflet about the project.
Earlier this year, we held the first creative workshops aimed at GOSH parents, play specialists and other hospital staff. These sessions were led by professional storyteller Josh Gaillemin from The Whole Story.
Storytelling can help develop language and creativity skills, as well as being an enjoyable bonding experience between an adult and a child. These fun, practical, hands-on workshops taught participants simple techniques for creating stories aimed at children and young people.
