Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity

Charity registered in Scotland SC007856

Founded in 2001, Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity (formerly known as Yorkhill Children's Charity) was established to support children and their families treated at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children - Yorkhill. In June 2015, the hospital moved from Yorkhill to the Royal Hospital for Children at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where we are proud to support it today. Since 2001, we have invested more than £30 million in the children’s hospital in Glasgow. This has been possible thanks to the generosity of our donors, fundraisers and volunteers, whose support ensures that Scotland’s children receive the best possible care.


Current opportunities

Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity are looking for volunteer drivers to support with collections and deliveries of items for our Buchanan Galleries Shop and to support with any other ad-hoc driving tasks. Use of our charity van will be provided and manual handling training given. Volunteers will be part of a team and be contacted when a collection or delivery is required, this is a flexible role where you can choose when you are available to support. This opportunity will include some heavy lifting. If you would like more information or have any questions before registering an interest then please feel free to contact our Fundraising Volunteer Manager, Becky, by e-mail volunteer@glasgowchildrenshsopitalcharity.org or by phone 07388 222168. We look forward to welcoming you to Team GCHC!

Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity opened our first high street shop in Buchanan Galleries last year. We sell a range of baby & child clothes as well as other products. Our volunteers support our shop by helping to prepare clothes for the shop floor and help to serve customers. Our shop use to be open Wednesday to Sunday but we have recently extended our opening days to include the Monday and Tuesday. We're looking for volunteers to support whenever possible, with shift options of 10am to 1pm or 1pm to 4pm. This is a great opportunity for anyone that enjoys interacting with the public and would like to have a direct impact by helping to raise vital funds that support our young patients, their families and our NHS heroes at the hospital. If you would like more information or have any questions before registering an interest then please feel free to contact our Fundraising Volunteer Manager, Becky, by e-mail volunteer@glasgowchildrenshsopitalcharity.org or by phone 07388 222168. We look forward to welcoming you to Team GCHC!

Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity run a small café at Paisley Sheriff Court where we sell hot/cold drinks and snacks. We're looking for a volunteers to join the team and support. The café is open from 9am to 1pm, Monday to Friday each week. This is a great opportunity for anyone that enjoys interacting with the public and would like to have a direct impact by helping to raise vital funds that support our young patients, their families and our NHS heroes at the hospital. If you would like more information or have any questions before registering an interest then please feel free to contact our Fundraising Volunteer Manager, Becky, by e-mail volunteer@glasgowchildrenshsopitalcharity.org or by phone 07388 222168. We look forward to welcoming you to Team GCHC!

GCHC partners with Silverburn for Flamingo Beach, an exciting summer activity in the centre. Kids can play in sand, build castles, and use beach toys. Our volunteers will oversee the fun. GCHC are delighted to be partnering with Silverburn on their in centre summer activity, Flamingo Beach. Flamingo Beach will be located inside the centre and will be open to children and families visiting the centre. For an entry fee of £2.50 per child, visitors will gain access to the beach and have the opportunity to play in the sand, build sand castles and play with the beach toys. Parents and carers will have a comfortable decking area to sit on and watch on as their kids have fun. The indoor beach will be open to the public each day from Monday 26th June to Wednesday 16th August, and our volunteers will support with obtaining entry fees from visitors and ensuring everyone is happy in the beach. We also have a small retail space across from the beach that will need to be manned by volunteers, selling beach themed merchandise and products.