Be a Starlight Champion
Take on a challenge and help us protect play for seriously ill children.
Our Mission
Starlight use the power of play to make the experience of illness and treatment better for children and their families.
We are passionate about protecting time for play. We champion play’s importance and defend every seriously ill child’s right to it. Our passion takes us to the bedsides of some of the most poorly children in the UK. We use the power of play to create a sense of escape from the difficult reality in which these children find themselves. To delight and distract. To entertain and enlighten. But, most of all, to restore a smile to their faces.
Play is important. Play is invaluable. Play is vital.
How we help
For over 30 years, we’ve helped children and families find hope after a child is diagnosed with a serious illness. Today, the support we offer has never been needed more; from Isolation Packs to safely provide items to distract and delight children in hospital to hosting virtual parties to entertain and keep children connected with others. It could be a bottle of bubbles or a life changing experience; but it all comes down to helping kids carry on being kids.
Hospital Services
From our Boost Boxes to TheRockinR Gaming Cart, our Hospitals Services team is all about making a child’s hospital experience less stressful and more fun. Learn more about how our Hospital Services Team brings play to hospitals across the UK.
Events and Experiences
From weekends spent at amusement parks to private screenings of films to exciting gaming days, our Starlight Escapes, Days and Breaks are opportunities for children and their families to leave the stresses of hospitals and hospices far behind.
How You Can Help
Want to make a regular donation, take on a challenge, stream for Starlight, or include a gift in your will? Find out how you can help us bring play seriously ill children across the UK: we can only do what we do thanks to people like you.
Donate to Starlight
Your donation will help Starlight support seriously ill children in the UK
The Starlight Boost Boxes are fantastic for children visiting our unit. During the recent pandemic, where most toys have been removed from the waiting areas, the individual items such as crayons and colouring books have been particularly useful to give out to patients to relieve boredom.
