Becca’s Bear drop in to see the children at Derriford Hospital

Representatives from local charity, Becca’s Bear, dropped in to Derriford Hospital today armed with another generous donation of bears for the children.

Marking the fourth anniversary of the charity, Louise Howie and Janet Pengelly from Becca’s Bear, along with Megan Lavis from Build-A-Bear, visited level 12 at Derriford Hospital to deliver teddy bears for donation to children on the wards. The Build-A-Bear mascot, Bearemy, was also on hand to help with distributing bears and hugs.

Sam Cartwright, Play Specialist, said: “A huge thank you to Becca’s Bear for another incredible donation and to Build-A-Bear for coming up to visit us. The children absolutely adore the teddy bears we are able to give them and were also delighted to see Bearemy.”

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.

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.