Thanks to the support of generous donors we have been able to fund extras that provide support for patients and their families at the Jenny Lind Children's Hospital, including the children's playground, self-soothe toys, equipment for the Play Team, artwork and training equipment for the new children's Surgical Theatres.

With your help, we can do so much more, providing new state-of-the-art medical equipment, upgrades to the hospital environment, support for children's mental health, additional training for staff and ground-breaking research.

Thank you.

About the Jenny Lind Children's Hospital:

Norwich was the second city in the country to have a children's hospital (the first was London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, which opened in 1852)

The Norwich Infirmary for Sick Children admitted its first inpatients just two years later on 3 April 1854, thanks to the generosity of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind.

Lind, nicknamed the 'Swedish Nightingale', was one of the most popular entertainers in mid-19th century Europe - you may have seen her feature as a character in the hit film The Greatest Showman, starting Hugh Jackman.

In 1847 she gave her first concerts in Norwich and they proved so popular that a third concert was arranged. The money raised from the Jenny Lind concerts was earmarked for a children's hospital. A public meeting in 1853 unanimously endorsed the idea, and in 1854 the hospital opened in Pottergate, Norwich.