Teddy Bear Hospital
Interested in volunteering with children?
Our Teddy Bear Hospital volunteers work with children in local schools, teaching them about health and familiarising them with healthcare to ease their fears about going to the doctors!
Join us and make health fun for kids!
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Wednesday afternoon sessions in local primary schools.
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Teach children about good health and medicine using their teddy bears.
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Open to ALL KCL students throughout the year!
All of our projects require volunteers to be KCL Students and members of KCL Paediatric Society.
HOW TO VOLUNTEER
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Unfortunately, sessions cannot continue while primary schools are still closed. We'll be updating the website and social media as soon as we can continue, so stay tuned!
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Couldn't make it to the training evening?
Catch up with the slides here.
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Here's what you need to do:
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1) Get your society membership and sign up to TBH.
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2) Attend a safeguarding training session when they become available - book here.
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3) Email a copy of your KCLSU DBS certificate* and safeguarding confirmation with your full name to kclteddybearhospital@gmail.com.
*It must be from KCLSU! You can apply for one for free here.
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4) Follow our Facebook page for important updates!
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Meet the 2021-22 Team!
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Alokya Balagamage: Teddy Bear Hospital Co-ordinator
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Ritika Roy: Teddy Bear Hospital Officer
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Emilia Clacy: Teddy Bear Hospital Officer
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Reviews from Previous Volunteers
"My experience as a volunteer has been so fun and wholesome! At the start I was guided through the sessions very helpfully by the others and eventually I gained confidence in managing groups of children myself. You can see how much the primary school children enjoy themselves and it really makes the time worthwhile."
Sneha
2nd Year Sports & Exercise Medical Sciences
"I've really enjoyed TBH this year, it's allowed me to step out of my comfort zone, as I've never had the opportunity to work with children before. other programme would give me such a unique opportunity!"
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Pavun
3rd year Medicine
"I've really enjoyed volunteering for TBH this year. Visiting the schools and teaching the children about health has been a valuable experience. Not only has it been enjoyable for the children, I feel like I have gained confidence from volunteering and learned so many skills that I'll be able to use later on.
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Ariana
2nd Year Sports & Exercise Medical Sciences
