Great Ormond Street Hospital
Gary Lineker and Wetherby School (2009)
Gary Lineker teamed up with Wetherby School, a member of the Alpha Plus Group, on a project involving over 13,000 Premiership football cards for children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Gary Lineker is Patron of Great Ormond Street Hospital's Tick Tock Club - an appeal seeking to raise £10 million towards a new Children's Kidney Centre and to fund vital research.
The Wetherby boys, aged between 4 and 8, organised the collection of the cards and spent one of their Saturdays at Wetherby compiling them into books for the children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The boy who initiated this project, Konrad Tillman said:
“I saw a boy wearing a Chelsea strip on the Great Ormond Street Hospital website and thought about how much children there might like to have football cards. I told my Headmaster (Mark Snell) my idea and he told the whole school. We all love the cards and sharing them seemed like a good idea”
Gary Lineker said:
“It’s great that the boys at Wetherby managed to collect so many cards which I am sure the kids in the hospital will enjoy.”
The project was supported by HTSE which seeks to empower young people.
Carlton Cole and Wetherby School (2010)
Carlton Cole teamed up with Wetherby School, a member of the Alpha Plus Group, on a project involving over 13,000 Premiership football cards for children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Carlton Cole volunteered his time to deliver the books and cards along with Konrad Tillman, the boy who initiated this project in 2009.
