Spread A Smile

Monday: 09:00 - 16:00
Tuesday: 09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday: -
Thursday: 09:00 - 16:00
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About Spread A Smile

Spread a Smile is a charity dedicated to brightening children's days during long hospital stays by providing entertainers, magicians, musicians, face painters and so much more.

Spread A Smile Description

Our mission at Spread a Smile is to brighten the days of seriously ill children and teenagers in hospital by taking teams of entertainers into paediatric and adolescent wards.

We take magicians, musicians, fairies, poets, singers, face painters, artists and two Pet Therapy dogs into Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College Hospital, The Royal London, St. MaryвҖҷs, The Evelina, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and King's College in London to bring much needed joy, light and laughter to these courageous children and teenagers.

Those suffering from conditions such as cancer, heart and kidney related illnesses are often confined to hospital for prolonged periods. Our entertainers provide a diversion from the boredom and monotony and help young patients to brave their treatment.

We make at least 40 hospital visits per month and see over 7, 000 patients a year. We ensure that on each visit we can entertain every single child we see, whether theyвҖҷre a baby or teenager.

We also want to help patients and their families create lasting and positive memories so we organise outings to theatres and concerts as well as an unforgettable and quite extraordinary Winter Wonderland party.

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Our incredible рҹҰёвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ #smileheroes рҹҰёвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ this weekend are Angela, Katie and Jenny who, this morning, took on the awe-inspiring challenge of the Great North Swim at the extremely cold, rainy and choppy Lake Windermere. They swam in honour of their friend, Nikhita, who sadly passed away last year. Thank you for helping us to spread more smiles вҳәпёҸ to children and teenagers who are seriously ill in hospital. вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #challenge #spreadingsmiles... #swimmingmiles #greatnorthswim
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This Volunteers Week weвҖҷre saying a huge thank you to Mark and Donny and all our #volunteer #therapydogs рҹҗ¶. Mark, a solicitor, regularly visits UCLH with us and Donny is an expert at spreading smiles. Mark said, вҖңHe is so placid and affectionate and particularly good with kids.вҖқ вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #volunteersweek

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A huge рҹ‘Ҹcongratulationsрҹ‘Ҹ to the team from EQS Group who completed their 50km in a Day challenge at the weekend, fundraising for us and @cr_uk. The team set off at 6.10am and finished at 3.38pm, having actually covered close to 52km! вҳәпёҸ Viviane Joynes, MD, said вҖң50km in a day team challenge complete! We did it! So proud of my EQS Group team who dug really deep. 50km is the longest distance any of us had run/walked in one day (for some of the team by a long way). There were som...e sore legs by the end but doing the challenge for charity helped us to push through. Well done team!вҖқ рҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§Ў #challenge #fundraisingchallenge #50kminaday
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ItвҖҷs Volunteers Week and weвҖҷre celebrating our fabulous volunteers! They are all #smileheroes рҹҰёвҖҚвҷҖпёҸрҹҰёвҖҚвҷӮпёҸ and we couldnвҖҷt do what we do without any of them. WeвҖҷre kicking off with a special mention of our incredible co-founders, Vanessa Crocker and Josephine Segal, whose vision and drive spreads smiles to thousands of children and teenagers every year. вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #spreadingsmiles #volunteers #volunteersweek... #smiles
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вҖӘIf you have a head for heights and would like to take on a challenge for Spread a Smile рҹҳҠ, join our very special abseil at the ArcelorMittal Orbit in Stratford, East London, on Sunday 16 June. вҖ¬
вҖӘAmongst those taking part is a team honouring the memory of Nikhita who sadly passed away last year. Her father, Prav, as well as close family and friends, will be taking part to fundraise for us. There will also be a team from our wonderful Corporate Supporter, @engagefinancial , ...who will be abseiling in memory of Luke, who sadly passed away earlier this year. вҖ¬ вҖӘ вҖ¬ вҖӘJosephine Segal, Spread a SmileвҖҷs co- founder, will be joining the abseilers. She said, "IвҖҷm always in awe of our supporters who undertake challenges and fundraise for Spread a Smile and now itвҖҷs my turn to give it a try. I know that this will be a fabulous thing to do, and a great achievement once my feet are back on the ground!вҖқвҖ¬
вҖӘвҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸвҖ¬ вҖӘ вҖ¬ вҖӘWe still have a limited number of places available for the abseil. If youвҖҷd like to take part sign up here http://bit.ly/sasabseil or contact us on info@spreadasmile.org or call 020 7482 5191вҖ¬ вҖӘ#abseilвҖ¬ вҖӘ#abseillondonвҖ¬ вҖӘ#challengeвҖ¬ вҖӘ#fundraiseвҖ¬ вҖӘ#spreadasmileвҖ¬
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WeвҖҷre sending huge amounts of luck рҹҚҖ and smiles вҳәпёҸ to the fabulous #smileheroes рҹҰёвҖҚвҷҖпёҸрҹҰёвҖҚвҷӮпёҸ team from @eqsgroup who are taking on an awesome 50km in a Day challenge for Spread a Smile and Cancer Research UK tomorrow (1 June). Thanks to the whole team for helping us to spread more smiles рҹҢҲ to children and teenagers who are seriously ill in hospital. вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #smileheroes #teameqs #50kminaday... #challenge
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WeвҖҷd like to wish loads of luck to two fantastic supporters who are taking on challenges for Spread a Smile this weekend. Our рҹҰёвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ#smileheroes рҹҰёвҖҚвҷӮпёҸ this weekend are Jason Finch, from our partner, Masthaven Bank, who is running the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday, and Kelly Lewis, who is taking on the London to Brighton 100km Ultra Challenge on Saturday to Sunday. Thank you so much to both our heroes for helping us to spread more smiles вҳәпёҸto children and teenagers who are serio...usly ill in hospital. WeвҖҷre sending huge amounts of luck and smiles to you both рҹҢҲрҹҚҖрҹҢҲ #spreadasmile #runningmiles #edinburghmarathon #ultrachallenge
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Do you love cyclingрҹҡҙвҖҚвҷҖ , London and spreading smiles? We have a few sought after places available for the Prudential RideLondon 100, on 4 August 2019. Ride 100 miles from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, through the beautiful Surrey countryside and back to London to finish the cycle on The Mall. All whilst helping us to spread more smiles вҳә Registration fee ВЈ30. Minimum donation ВЈ500. Register now at bit.ly/sasride or for more info email info@spreadasmile.org or call us on вҖӘ020 7482 5191вҖ¬.

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Our team have spotted these cosy FinnвҖҷs Fleeces on their recent hospital visits. These blankets have been sponsored by Finn and his family, who we entertained recently when he was undergoing hospital treatment. Finn hopes these fleeces help patients feel warm and snugglyрҹӨ©рҹҢҲ. Thanks so much to Finn! вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #warmandsnuggly #spreadasmile... #smiles #finnsfleeces
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We held our 3rd Fundraising Dinner last night. The fantastic Spread a Smile choirрҹҺ¶ opened the evening with their debut performance, followed by incredibly moving speeches and the premiere of our new film. All this was interspersed with magic and smiles from our wonderful entertainersрҹҢҲрҹҢҲ
We were so privileged to hear from Andrea, who spoke about how Spread a Smile helped her daughter, Keeva, following her cancer diagnosis. вҖңSpread a Smile came along and they were so jolly and w...elcoming and lovely, it gave us the uplift that we neededвҖҰ..For Keeva, it was her one thing during the week that she looked forward to the most. Spread a Smile would come in and KeevaвҖҷs face lit up like a firework. It was like an explosion of joy for her to see something new and exciting.вҖқ
Thanks to all who came and helped create such a memorable evening. вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #spreadasmile #smiles #dinner #fundraising #spreadingsmiles #makingmemories
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The fabulous рҹҢҲ Spread a SmileрҹҢҲ choir have opened our Fundraising Dinner with a рҹҺүspectacular рҹҺүperformance вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #spreadasmile #makingmemories #smiles #fundraising #dinner

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Tonight weвҖҷll be celebrating how far weвҖҷve come in 6 years at our 3rd Fundraising Dinner. From making 2 visits a month, weвҖҷre now making рҹҢҲ 21 рҹҢҲ visits a month to our major London hospitals, spreading smiles to рҹҺү6,000рҹҺү bedsides. вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #spreadasmile #smiles #fundraising #dinner... #memories
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Our lovely entertainer Ruth organised a special music рҹҺ¶ class today to fundraise for us and help us spread more smiles рҹҢҲрҹҢҲ. Thanks so much to all who came along! вҳәпёҸрҹ’ҷрҹ’–рҹ§ЎвҳәпёҸ #smiles #spreadasmile #music #singing

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We were so excited to be joined by Peppa and George рҹҗ·today, spreading smiles рҹҢҲ рҹҢҲ around @greatormondst рҹ’—рҹ§Ўрҹ’ҷ #spreadasmile #smiles

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We would like to wish everyone running рҹҸғвҖҚвҷӮпёҸрҹҸғвҖҚвҷҖпёҸрҹҸғвҖҚвҷӮпёҸрҹ ҸғвҖҚвҷҖпёҸ the @londonmarathon tomorrow good luck. It's a truly incredible event raising an astounding amount for great causesрҹ‘Қрҹ‘Қ. . . We would like to give a particular shout our to our very own #SmileHeroes Cary Driscoll (left of the pic) and Jamie Lewis who are running to raise funds for us tomorrow and helping us to spread many more smiles to children and teenagers in hospital who are seriously ill. Thank you Cary and Jamie and... good luck рҹҷҢрҹҷҢрҹҢҲрҹҢҲ . . #virginmoneylondonmarathon #virginlondonmarathon
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Today we are in the Lagoon at @greatormondst with our lovely friends from @pan_n_ice making ice cream rolls and spreading smiles рҹ’–рҹҢҲрҹ’–рҹҢҲрҹҚҰрҹҚҰрҹҳҠрҹҳҠрҹҳӢрҹҳӢ< br>

More about Spread A Smile

Spread A Smile is located at 51 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN London, United Kingdom
+44 207 482 5191
Monday: 09:00 - 16:00
Tuesday: 09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday: -
Thursday: 09:00 - 16:00
Friday: -
Saturday: -
Sunday: -
http://www.spreadasmile.org