Piggles Trust, founded by Caroline and Edward Martin from Andover in memory of their late daughter, aims to provide early years education to young patients at Southampton Children’s Hospital.
In partnership with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust’s workplace nursery provider Taplins, Piggles Trust Southampton, a fund of Southampton Children’s Hospital Charity, is covering the £24,000 a year required to employ a nursery nurse.
The funding enables a Taplins nursery nurse to go onto wards and work on a one-to-one basis or in small groups with pre-school children. Ten patients have already benefited from the service since its launch in December.
The nursery nurse plans and delivers activities such as painting, storytime and craft activities within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum.
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