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We are delighted to announce that we now have a creative partnership with the amazing charity Share a Star, to help brighten the days of even more seriously ill children and teens and their siblings. Share a Star is a charity that provides a positive message of hope to seriously ill children and teens by making a unique holding star. Each star is handmade, and completely tailored to the child's favourite things. Along with the stars, they also provide special gifts, cards and more to help support seriously ill youngsters and bring a much needed smile to their face. Jessica, the founder of Share a Star, is currently supporting over 200 families across the UK, whilst being seriously ill herself. Jessica is a massive inspiration and we are delighted to be working with such an amazing person and charity! Katie and Jessica will be working together to create a very unique project. More details will be released soon, however we are currently racking our brains to come up with the plan for a very special project! For now, we have sent Share a Star a total of 50 cards to distribute to their seriously ill youngsters. You can see a picture of Jessica with the cards below! To find out more about Share a Star, please visit their website: www.shareastar,org and follow them on their social media pages: Facebook Page: 'Share a Star' Instagram: @shareastarcharity Twitter: @shareastar 
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This week, 26th September - 30th September, is National Play in Hospital Week!️ Play in Hospital Week aims to bring a focus to the work Play Specialists do, and show the importance of play for children in hospital all around the UK! Play is proven to provide distraction and to help children cope throughout their hospital stay. I know myself how important it is to have Play specialists in Hospital. When I am in Hospital, play specialists can help distract me from what is going on health-wise and can provide a load of different fun activities. The Royal London Hospital have a fantastic Play Department with great play specialists and facilities. This includes 'Project Play' - a group of medical students that organise arts & craft activities, teen clubs, game nights, and more, several times a week. The Play Specialists also run an Adolescent Night once a week, the annual black & white adolescent party, magicians for the younger kids, pet therapy dog visits, and also organise so many more activities to help provide children with the distraction they need. National Play in Hospital Week is organised by the "National Association of Health Play Specialists"(NAPHS), a charity that promotes the importance of physical and mental wellbeing for children who are patients in Hospital, hospice, and/or receiving medical care at home, through the power of Play. National Play in a Hospital Week is also supported by the amazing charity Starlight Children's Foundation, who grant wishes for seriously ill kids, for the 6th year in a row - helping NAPHS celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of Play and activity in children and young people. I was lucky enough to attend this years Annual Play Specialist Conference, also organised by NAPHS, to speak about Cards for Bravery and my personal experience with Play Specialists. NAPHS are a fantastic charity who do great things for unwell children and teens. If you wish to read more about National Play in Hospital Week and/or donate to Barts Health Charity to help support a child with the power of play, click the link here: http://bartscharity.org.uk/news/play-week/ If you wish to read more about National Association of Health Play Specialists the link to there website is here: http://www.nahps.org.uk #PiHW #PlayMatters  |
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