Paediatrics: Play Team Chair

Candidates

Malisha Karunaratne

We are Malisha and Amelia, and we are excited to run for PlayTeam Chairs! As dedicated members of the Paediatric Society, we bring a combined five years of experience in PlayTeam, including two years as PlayTeam Leads and roles on the subcommittee. We’ve seen firsthand the positive impact PlayTeam has on children in the wards, providing them with much-needed joy and distraction. More than that, we’ve l ...

Sharon Anand

Hello everyone! I’m Sharon and I am excited to be running with Bethany for PlayTeam Co-Chairs next year. As Play Coordinator and PlayTeam Leader respectively, we have had the privilege of contributing to this invaluable scheme and it has been a great joy to bring a sense of fun and normality to children in hospital. We would like to continue the excellent work of our current chairs and implement our own strate ...

Simran Kainth

Akilesh and I would love to be your Playteam chairs next year. We’ve attended and loved every Playteam session this year and have many new ideas to contribute to the running of Playteam. For example, we thought a comprehensive list of toys for volunteers would make it easier for volunteers to find toys that children might be requesting. There were many times we realised we had something that we had never seen h ...

Xavier Machado

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Akilesh Rathinam

Simran and I would love to be your Playteam chairs next year. We’ve attended and loved every Playteam session this year and have many new ideas to contribute to the running of Playteam. For example, we thought a comprehensive list of toys for volunteers would make it easier for volunteers to find toys that children might be requesting. There were many times we realised we had something that we had never seen ha ...

Bethany Ng Tseung

Hello everyone! I’m Bethany and I am excited to be running with Sharon for Playteam chair. As Playteam leader and Play coordinator respectively, we have had the privilege of contributing to this invaluable scheme and it has been a great joy to bring a sense of fun and normality to children in hospital. We would like to continue the excellent work of our current chairs and implement our own strategies to ensur ...

Amelia Shabir

We are Malisha and Amelia, and we are excited to run for PlayTeam Chairs! As dedicated members of the Paediatric Society, we bring a combined five years of experience in PlayTeam, including two years as PlayTeam Leads and roles on the subcommittee. We’ve seen firsthand the positive impact PlayTeam has on children in the wards, providing them with much-needed joy and distraction. More than that, we’v ...