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Proud to Partner with Winter Funland 2025

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Spread a Smile is proud to announce that we have been chosen as the charity partner for the London Winter Funland 2025 – one of the biggest indoor Christmas family extravaganzas in Europe.

This year Winter Funland comes to the UK, running from 12 December to 4 January 2026 at The Grand Hall, Olympia and also from the 6 December to the 3 January at the NEC, Birmingham.

Families supported by Spread a Smile have been invited to join in the London fun for a special VIP evening, enjoying the magical winter wonderland, with unlimited funfair rides, ice rink, a fun-filled festive circus show and more. The charity will also have a presence at the event, meaning we’ll be reaching new audiences and sharing our work with everyone visiting.

Spread a Smile’s Chief Executive, Lucy Jackson said, “We are absolutely delighted that Spread a Smile is the charity partner for this year’s Winter Funland event in London. We are incredibly grateful that so many of the seriously ill children and families we support will have the chance to enjoy such a magical experience together. Moments like these mean so much when life is dominated by hospital appointments and treatment.

“This partnership not only gives our families something truly special to look forward to, but it also helps raise vital awareness of our work. Winter Funland and Spread a Smile share a commitment to bringing joy and unforgettable moments to children and their loved ones, and we’re proud to be working together to make that happen.”

Thank you to everyone at Winter Funland for their support and helping us spread smiles to seriously ill children and their families when they are needed most.

You can find out more and buy tickets for this brilliant event here.

 

In-person visit to Nottingham

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The Spread a Smile team recently brought joy to NHS partner, Nottingham Children’s Hospital with the first of our regular in-person visits to children on the wards

Spread a Smile has been supporting young patients at the hospital since 2021, spreading smiles through virtual sessions and seasonal activities such as treat drops. We’re delighted to be expanding our support to include monthly in-person visits by our talented team of entertainers, ensuring we can reach even more seriously ill children and young people when they need it most.

Spending time in hospital can be really challenging for children, especially when they’re missing school, friends, family and their usual activities. That’s why our entertainer visits are so important – providing laughter and entertainment, plus opportunities to build relationships and connections with others. Fairy Becca and Judge the Poet spent the day meeting patients, sharing songs poetry and chats and bringing the usual Spread a Smile sparkle across the wards.

Spread a Smile also recently donated one of our special libraries, full of books suitable for all ages and abilities for families with children on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to borrow and enjoy The donated is part of our Intensive Care Library Project which has seen us deliver libraries to 14 NHS hospital partners across the country, helping to provide meaningful distraction and engagement to families with seriously ill children.

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Alternatively, if you’d like to support our visits, you can make a monthly donation here.

Queen’s Hospital partners with Spread a Smile

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Spread a Smile has announced a new partnership, with Queen’s Hospital in Romford, part of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. The charity will support children and young people receiving treatment at the hospital and they, along with their families, are invited to join the Spread a Smile family and benefit from its services.

Spread a Smile’s mission is to bring joy and laughter to as many seriously ill children as possible in NHS hospitals, clinical settings, hospices and homes across the UK. Queen’s Hospital joins 37 other major and speciality NHS hospitals, and six hospice partners already supported by the charity, taking Spread a Smile one step closer to its aim of spreading smiles to every seriously ill child and young person across the country.

The Spread a Smile team of talented entertainers, including musicians, artists, magicians and therapy dogs, will spend quality time with patients through regular in-person visits to the hospital. In addition, patients and their families will be able to access a range of its support services including virtual sessions, outings and events. All of which supports the charity’s aim of reaching and supporting as many young people as possible, spreading smiles and a lot of happiness to children undergoing treatment for serious illnesses and their families.

Caroline Jenkins, Health Play Specialist at Queen’s Hospital, said: “Having Spread a Smile visit us has really made such a difference to the children and young people at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, we are a busy district general hospital covering three very diverse areas. Spread a Smile’s visits are impactful brightening everyone’s day from the children and young people, their parents & carers and all the staff, the visits lift everyone’s mood. Thank you for all you do and we look forward to continuing to work with you helping you make an even greater impact in the future.”

Lucy Jackson, Spread a Smile Chief Executive added, “Spread a Smile’s aim is to bring joy and happiness into the lives of as many seriously ill children, young people and their families across the country as possible. We are delighted to be working in partnership with the brilliant team at Queen’s Hospital to deliver entertainment, laughter and bring the Spread a Smile magic to patients, families and staff alike.”

To find out more about what we do and how we support our hospital and hospice partners, click here.