Transport For Sick Children
Register Charity No: 1110618
Royal Manchester Children Hospital
Alder Hey Hospital
Liverpool
Birmingham Children's Hospital
St James Hospital
Leeds
Quality accredited by:
Funded by:
Clinical Commissioning Groups
Bolton
Bury
Hey’d, Middtn, Rochdale
Oldham
Manchester
Salford
Stockport
Trafford
Tameside & Glossop
Wigan
Transport For Sick Children, Williamson House, Williamson Street, Stockport, SK5 6AA.
Tel:+44(0)1614327800, Fax: +44(0)1614328110,
Website created by George Stenson Registered Company No: 5454582
A unique volunteer service to help deprived children of Greater Manchester
Welcome to Transport for Sick Children, the Charity that has an incredible team of Volunteers who give up their time and use their own cars to take accompanied children to Health related appointments. Our volunteers also enjoy the prospect of helping children and the communities where they live. Children are referred to us by Health Professionals (Midwives, School Nurses, Health Visitors etc.) who are best able to assess the conditions that families live in. Sadly our service is in greater demand than ever which gives our volunteers every opportunity to make a difference to someone’s life.
Volunteers have my total admiration.
John Sagar
Chairman
Greater Manchester has many areas where children live poverty. Health Professionals can refer children with confidence knowing there is every chance the appointment will be met. The NHS is reporting paediatric missed appointments (DNA) are twice as high as adult DNA’s.
Volunteers are supplied with child car seats for their own cars to transport children in comfort. All children are accompanied by a parent or carer. The volunteer will pick up from home, take to appointment, wait until treatment is given then take them home.
In 2012/13 the Charity took: 1012 children on 5085 journeys to health appointments covering 100,419 miles