ACTIVE members Sandra Jos, 10, of Cherry Hinton, with Tori Clifton, 18, of Linton who is the over 16's chair and Adam O'Grady, 11, of Harston, the under-16 chair

THESE youngsters are the voice of child patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

THESE youngsters are the voice of child patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

They are all part of ACTIVE, the hospital’s children’s and teenagers’ board, which is made up of more than 20 eight-to-18-year-olds and meets regularly to work on projects for children with hospital staff.

This week they set up an Easter stall with fun and games for the kids but also to raise awareness about ACTIVE’s work.

Tori Clifton, 18, the group’s over-16 chairman, snapped her anterior cruciate ligament when she was six and had to have 13 operations. Her time in hospital as a child made her keen to give young patients a voice.

“It is important for me because I’ve had some time in hospital and I knew what I wanted to be improved where an adult might not see it,” she said.

“It’s a great way to get the children’s voice out and this is the best way to do it.”

Alasdair Austin, 12, spent time in hospital with club foot seven years ago. He said: “It’s a really good way for kids to say what they want. I have been here since it started and it’s been really good.”

Kirtsy Lothian, ACTIVE coordinator, said, “It’s a way of connecting with children. And a way of children having a voice within the hospital.”