The Noah’s Ark Appeal Timeline
1990 – Hearing from doctors and nurses that a purpose built children’s hospital for Wales was badly needed, a 10 year period of lobbying and campaigning by the charity’s founder trustees began.Wales was the only country inEurope without a purpose built hospital for sick children; it was time to take action!
May 2000 – The Noah’s Ark Appeal is launched and pledges to raise £5million for the building costs of Phase One with the help of a then 14 year old Charlotte Church.
March 2005 – The Children’s Hospital forWales was opened to patients with medical conditions and / or cancer in time for St David’s Day.
2006 – The Children’s Hospital for Wales is officially opened by Noah’s Ark Appeal patron Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas.
2005 – 2008 – The Noah’s Ark Appeal continued to support the Children’s Hospital for Wales while at the same time pressing for the hospital to be completed by the Welsh Assembly Government.
2008 – By 2008 over £12million had been raised making our hospital one of the best in the world.
2008 – The Noah’s Ark Appeal launches a new campaign to raise £7million for vital projects in Phase Two of the Children’s Hospital for Wales.
