Day in the life
We’re looking for children and young people across the UK to tell us about your healthcare and how play supports you. We want to hear YOUR ‘Day in the life’ stories!
Why should I take part?
By sharing your story with Starlight, you will help to:
- Make a positive difference to other children and young people going through their own healthcare journey.
Your ‘Day in the life’ story might be used in these ways:
- On Starlight’s website, social media or in other media such as news stories
- At policy events such as when we speak to the government
- For fundraising when we ask people to help us by giving money
- As part of Starlight’s research to help even more children to play in healthcare
We will only use your story in these ways if you give your permission (see Consent section below).
We might use the whole of your story, or parts of your story, in these ways.
You have the choice of sharing your ‘Day in the life’ story through any of these methods:
- A video
- A voice note
- A letter
- A comic strip
You can choose which one you prefer and that best suits you.
If you choose a video or voice note, read this guidance about how to record it:
🔗 Day in the life video and voice note guidance
If you choose a letter or comic strip, we have templates for you to use, which you can print or complete online.
Think about the days or weeks that you have spent in healthcare and use some or all of these prompts to tell us about your experience.
Whether you choose a video, voice note, letter or comic strip, here are some sentence starters:
- Tell us about yourself…
- My experience of healthcare is…
- My favourite part of healthcare is…
- My least favourite part of healthcare is…
- I want to tell other children and young people to expect this in healthcare…
- Play in healthcare helps me because...
Either send by post:
Send printed letters or comic strips to Starlight at this address:
FAO Insight and Impact Team
Starlight
The Ark
201 Talgarth Road
London
W6 8BJ
Or send online:
Send videos, voice notes or online letters and comic strips to Starlight using a website called WeTransfer. WeTransfer is a free, quick, and safe way to send large files to someone else. You do not need to have used WeTransfer before or have signed up for a WeTransfer account.
Please follow the WeTransfer instructions here and send your story to the email [email protected]
Name your file with your initials, the type of file and the words ‘a day in the life project’.
For example, if your name is Jane Smith and you send us a video, you would name your file ‘JS_video_a day in the life project’. Or if you send us a letter, you would name the file ‘JS_letter_a day in the life project’.
The consent form will also ask you to enter the file name. This file name needs to match what you write on the consent form.
Yes. To take part in the ‘a day in the life’ project you must complete our consent form, whether your story is a video, voice note, letter or comic strip.
- If you are 17 years old or younger, you need to fill out this form with your parent/guardian, as we will ask for consent from you and your parent/guardian.
- If you are 18 years old or over, you can fill out this form on your own, as we will ask for consent from you only.
Click here to fill out the consent form
If you have any questions or issues with sending your story, please email us at [email protected] and we are happy to help.