Pod Charitable Trust
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Pod Childrens Charity is a nationwide non-profit organisation who provide live entertainment for children in hospital
and hospice
s. Pod employs carefully chosen professional children's entertainers, who perform in the playroom, on the ward or at the bedside. In 2010 Pod Organised 185 monthly shows at 136 hospitals and 12 hospices.
stay by sowing the seeds of fun
, laughter
and feeling better. Pod have always believed that happy children get better quicker.
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
and hospice
Hospice
Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.In the United States and Canada:*Gentiva Health Services, national provider of hospice and home health services...
s. Pod employs carefully chosen professional children's entertainers, who perform in the playroom, on the ward or at the bedside. In 2010 Pod Organised 185 monthly shows at 136 hospitals and 12 hospices.
Aim
Pod hopes to alleviate the trauma of hospitalHospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
stay by sowing the seeds of fun
Fun
Fun is the enjoyment of pleasure and, according to Johan Huizinga, "an absolutely primary category of life, familiar to everybody at a glance right down to the animal level." Fun may be encountered in many human activities during work, social functions, recreation and play, and even seemingly...
, laughter
Laughter
Laughing is a reaction to certain stimuli, fundamentally stress, which serves as an emotional balancing mechanism. Traditionally, it is considered a visual expression of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy. It may ensue from hearing a joke, being tickled, or other stimuli...
and feeling better. Pod have always believed that happy children get better quicker.