Welcome to episode 158 with Ro Bevan from Christmas For CAMHS, a registered charity who provides special Christmas gifts every year for children and young people who are inpatients in child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) wards across the UK over the Christmas holiday period.
Dr Ro Bevan got things started after working on CAMHS wards at Christmas and noticing a huge disparity in the way CAMHS units were treated over the festive period compared to other NHS services for children and young people.
Now Christmas for CAMHS aim to make children and young people who are inpatients over the festive season feel thought-about, special and included
In this episode I chat to Ro about how the charity came to be and the wonderful work that they are doing for young people on mental health wards at Christmas.
We chat about where the idea came from and how it got started and we chat about the logistics of organising and delivering gifts all over the UK and the wonderful volunteers that make this happen.
I think what Ro and the team are doing is incredible! Please go and see what they are up to and get involved if you can!
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www.christmasforcahms.org.uk and Donate Here Christmas For CAMHS - JustGiving
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