Charity wishes children's ward a Beary Christmas!

A kind-hearted Plymouth charity, brought some cheer and cuddles to our children’s wards last week.

Representatives from the Becca’s Bear charity dropped in to the Activity Centre on level 12 on Wednesday (11 December), to deliver teddy bears for donation to children on the wards.

Santa and the Build-A-Bear mascot, Bearemy were also on hand to help with distributing the bears.

The bears are distributed to children in hospital to bring support and hugs to patients. Each bear wears its own Becca’s Bear t-shirt and is provided by the Build-a-Bear workshop, in Drake Circus.

Sue Rodgers, Play Specialist Team Leader, said: “Any time in hospital can be difficult and at Christmas it can often feel harder as the children with us are missing out on activities and parties at home and school. Thanks to Becca’s Bear, we can offer the children a teddy to keep them company whilst they are with us.

“I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Becca’s Bear for all of their donations throughout the year, the bears really do help to put smiles on so many of our children’s faces.”

Becca’s Bear was set up in 2010 by Plymouth man, Matt Connell, in memory of his wife Rebecca. During her life, Rebecca spent a lot of time at Derriford Hospital as a patient, initially on the children’s wards and later as a patient on other wards and departments.

Speaking after the drop, a spokesperson for the charity said: “We had a fantastic time bringing smiles to children’s faces up in the children’s ward in Derriford Hospital.

"We had Santa and Bearemy from the build a bear workshop at hand to deliver the bears to the delight of the children on the wards! And a massive thanks again to the Plymouth Sir Francis Drake Bowling club for their fantastic contribution to Becca's bear.”