Stratford Underground station was a focus of both fun and fund-raising on Friday 2 December when it played host to a community fundraising day on behalf of Richard House Children's Hospice, and raised an amazing £8,000 for the charity.
|widget#369|The only children's hospice in London, Richard House has already received around £25,000 in donations from Stratford station, thanks to it's innovative "pay to pee" scheme, which sees literally every single 'penny spent' at the station's pay-to-use toilets donated to the hospice.

This means that around £33,000 has now gone to the hospice as a result of fundraising at the station since June 2004.

  • Events at the station ran from 1200 to 2000
  • A wide range of activities took place on the day, including:
    • local Pearly Kings and Queens
    • live bands
    • dance acts
    • face painting
    • a charity raffle
    • karaoke
    • Christmas carols from a local children's choir
  • Since June 2004, nearly £33,000 has been donated by staff and customers at Stratford station for the Richard House Children's Hospice
  • £25,000 (to date) has been raised from the 20p charge customers pay to use the toilets at the station
  • The 'pay to pee' scheme was introduced in June 2004, and has also acted as a successful deterrent to the vandals and drug users who had previously mis-used the station's toilets
  • It continues to operate, and any money raised will continue to go to Richard House
  • Richard House Children's Hospice is the only children's hospice in London, and is located in West Beckton.
  • For further information, contact the hospice on 020 7511 0222, email rich@richardhouse.org.uk or look at their website - http://www.richardhouse.org.uk