We provide interactive mobile gaming solutions, technology, and equipment to sick children and young people in hospitals.
TheRockinR
We are a registered charity in England and Wales 1178420 / Scotland SC049525. Founded in May 2018, in memory of Reece ‘TheRockinR’ Miree. Our goal is to promote distraction and normality whilst minimising the effects of isolation, stress, and anxiety through the power of gaming.
Who We Are
After losing our 11-year-old son in March 2018 to a DIPG brain tumour, TheRockinR was Reece’s online gamer-tag. Throughout Reece’s hospital visits, we identified there were specific ways interactive gaming could help many young patients.
Our Work
We help reduce the impact of hospitalisation on young patients and their families. We do this by offering a welcome distraction to treatments and procedures, promoting well-being, social interaction whilst maintaining a sense of joy and contentment.
Why It's Important
Medical treatments can often be a scary and isolating experience, especially for children. There is a particular need for age-appropriate coping tools in hospitals. Interactive gaming offers a vast range of benefits throughout the medical environment.
WE’RE HELPING 260,610+ CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE PER YEAR!
Helping healthcare professionals communicate more effectively with young patients by allowing access to activities that remove children and young people from the constraints and anxieties that often surround the hospital environment.
our inspiration
Reece’s love for gaming was the inspiration behind the charity. Throughout Reece’s hospital visits, we identified specific ways interactive gaming and technology could help young patients.
Six weeks into Reece’s terminal diagnosis, he told us how “he would someday put his name on the map.” Sadly, just seven months later, he lost his precious life to brain cancer.
17th May 2018, TheRockinR was founded. We now provide a welcome distraction, fun and smiles to children and young patients. With over 120 Medical Gaming Carts distributed throughout UK hospitals- For sure,
Reece is putting his name on the map.
medical gaming carts
Our Gaming Carts are custom-built for the medical environment. The carts are incredibly durable, ultra mobile and designed to be easily cleaned, promoting infection control.
Each cart helps healthcare professionals and play specialists to provide much-needed play and recreation to children and young people spending time in the hospital or visiting as an outpatient.
Pre-loaded Games
Eliminate lost or damaged media. All games are pre-loaded onto the gaming console, ready to play and reducing the risk of damage, theft, and loss. No need for extra storage and minimises clutter entirely.
Fully Height Adjustable
Use sitting or standing: ideal for wheelchair access, treatment cubicle and over the bed applications.
Secure and Lockable
Key lockable: secures the gaming console and the two wireless controllers inside, helping to reduce the risk of theft and loss.
our latest work
We are working to support young patients in hospitals throughout the UK. Interactive video games and technology can be used within a medical environment to provide relief, offer a distraction, help children interact, engage, and even support education.
East Surrey Hospital - June 2021
Derriford Hospital (Plymouth) - June 2021
your help & support
Donations made to TheRockinR help support children and young people in hospitals throughout the UK. Your contribution helps us to construct and supply more Medical Gaming Carts. These carts help so many young patients cope with hospital stays and visits.
making a difference
Mrs Julia Mary Hagreen
These Gaming Carts are such a fantastic distraction for children awaiting surgery or receiving treatment …Fifi LOVES the Lego game on this – she smiles and laughs when she’s surfing on a pig’s back.
I’ve wheeled it into her room a few times when she’s “bored” in the evening, and it makes her happy x. On the 4th of September 2018, Fifi was happily playing this while we felt sick with apprehension about the biopsy surgery.
The most important thing is the kids smiling and being happy, and Reece’s family have done a fabulous job in their son’s name xx
Mother of the amazing Fifi Hagreen
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Contact Information
Email. info@therockinr.org.uk
Mob. +44 (0) 7879 052552
Tel. +44 (0) 113 328 0590
Registered Address
TheRockinR, 16 Sunnyhill Crescent,
Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, West Yorkshire,
WF2 0PR, United Kingdom.