Teddies For Loving Care Surrey

GIVING comfort to children who are admitted to hospital A & E DepT’s

Every child who we help stems from our army of volunteers and acts of generosity by Surrey Freemasons. That’s why donating is so important when you do it.

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Welcome

Teddies For Loving Care – Surrey Appeal

‘I am sure these bears have given great comfort to many, many children’

A hospital visit can be a frightening experience for a young child, especially in an emergency situation. Teddies for Loving Care (TLC) is a way of providing much-needed comfort to children in A&E departments, helping to reduce the shock and distress of their experience. Every child that receives a teddy gets to take it home.

The Teddies for Loving Care initiative provides unique cuddly bears to Accident & Emergency departments for medical staff to give at their discretion to young children. The bears are used to calm children down, reward them for being brave or to demonstrate procedures. Often the bears distract children so nurses and doctors can get their jobs done quickly and efficiently.

The TLC teddy has become an invaluable tool for medical professionals and a real comfort for children. And the added bonus they get to take them home and they become a special friend.

The work of TLC is funded through the generous donations of Freemasons, their families and supporters of the programme.

Approximately 1100 teddies are currently given to Children in Surrey A & E departments each month. Hospitals currently included in the scheme are Mayday (Croydon), East Surrey (Redhill), Crawley, Epsom, St Helier (Carshalton), Kingston, Chertsey, Guildford, Frimley Park and St George’s (Tooting).

TLC Appeal Surrey operates 365 days a year by a dedicated team of volunteers making weekly deliveries of bears to the 10 Surrey A & E hospitals. Teddy bears are given to children exclusively at the discretion of the nursing staff.

You can find out more about TLC in general by contacting

Nick Dyer, Chairman, TLC Surrey
Email: tlcappeal@surreymason.org.uk

GET INVOLVED

You can donate as an individual for £10 per year.

GET your lodge INVOLVED

Lodges can easily make an annual donation to TLC via our Relief Chest.

HOW TLC STARTED

It all started when a Southend Freemason’s wife was rushed to Southend Hospital A&E and members of his Lodge (Thames Mouth Lodge No. 6994) proposed a small donation to say thank you. However, W.Bro Neil Beverley thought they could do more and came up with the idea for ‘Teddies for Loving Care’.