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Nothing beats a visit from Louby Lou to brighten up a hospital stay 💙

When 5-year-old Arlo was admitted to Stepping Hill Children’s Unit, he was feeling restless, uncomfortable and not quite himself. Even his iPad wasn’t providing the distraction he needed.

Then Louby Lou arrived, bringing magic tricks, balloon modelling and plenty of laughter to children across the ward.

“The clown was funny – I liked how she made me a balloon!” said Arlo, proudly showing off his creation.

His mum told us that he quickly seemed more like his usual self and couldn’t stop talking about the magic tricks afterwards.

Louby Lou also visited children at Macclesfield Hospital Children’s Ward, bringing smiles, wonder and much-needed distraction to Jacob, Tobias and many others.

Thanks to your support, children spending time in hospital this summer can enjoy moments of fun, laughter and magic when they need them most ✨

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“This donation has enabled us to use more varied and useful therapeutic toys and games when working with children and young people with mental health difficulties, as well as using extra clinic rooms which are now more child-friendly. This has helped reduced anxiety about coming to CAMHS and meant that family therapy can be done. Both parents of a 10 year old boy can now attend with their 5 year old as the youngest child can play with our new resources in the waiting room or clinic space. The 10 year old benefited from therapeutic games about thoughts/feelings and we were also able to observe imaginative play for assessment.”

Dr Eleanor Oswald
Clinical Psychologist, CAMHS
Vale of Leven Hospital

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