Make a Smile was setup in 2016, and has grown from strength to strength, building year on year. We have an increasing number of volunteers, fantastic partners and every year we visit more and more children. We currently have over 100 volunteers and have visited over 3000 children throughout over 1500 volunteering hours.
We believe that through no fault of their own, often children under-going hardship can miss vital play opportunities or lose out on opportunities to interact with their idols. With illness, this can be due to frequent trips to the hospital or long stays on wards. Alternatively, for children with disabilities, they can struggle to communicate or interact with their idols. We are keen to change this.
An absence of these vital opportunities can cause children to mature much faster than they otherwise would, missing important parts of their childhood. As such, we offer a safe, friendly, inclusive atmosphere to take children away from the hardships and give them the opportunity to play and interact with their idols.
"We believe that all children deserve a childhood and understand that illness or disability can make this very difficult for some children. Our goal is to help these children to enjoy their childhood. We endeavour to be professional, forward-thinking and well trained but hold at the forefront of our practice that fun is the number one priority for both children and volunteers. We hope that you have a long and enjoyable association with us."
Dr. Luke Morgan
Founder & Chair of Trustees
Regardless of hardship, disability, illness or background, we believe that all children should be given the opportunity.
We strive to be at the top of our field. We believe that by being well trained and constantly adapting our practice and pushing the boundaries, we can help as many children as possible in the best possible way, with accurate, inclusive, enthusiastic, DBS checked volunteers.
We seek to take children's minds away from hardship they may face and, through the medium of play and fun, allow them to enjoy themselves as children.
Life in hospital can be difficult for long periods of time. Have our volunteers come along and bring some excitement by interacting with the children.
Our characters are always keen to appear at some large community events to say hi!
Run a community charity focused on children? Our volunteers would love to come along to your events! Happy to fit in however needed.
While we mainly work with children, we're happy to visit more older people. We can come and have a tea day at a care home or numerous other options!
Our volunteers can come along and read a story to children in a range of settings. Nothing else quite brings the story to life!
All children love to get their hands dirty! Have our volunteers come along and get their hands dirty too! Making slime, painting, rock monsters and many more!
Live too far away or want a character to read a bedtime story or say hi to your child? Get in touch and we'll arrange a character video call!
Be it climbing or diving in the ball pit. Our characters can make soft play or the more fun! Help your children to run themselves out of energy.
Does your child constantly sing Let it Go? Invite the Ice Princess along to sing it with them!