Rays of Sunshine exists to brighten the lives of seriously ill children and their families. We do this by granting children’s individual wishes, however impossible they may seem, by fulfilling Hospital Ward Wishes, which benefits hundreds of children during their time in hospital or a hospice, and by hosting Hospital Activity Days, which bring sunshine… Read more »
Feedback Friday – Roy’s Wish to Meet Bear Grylls In February, we granted Roy’s greatest wish to meet Bear Grylls, the renowned outdoors man, TV host of Man vs. Wild, the youngest ever Chief Scout, and bestselling children’s author. Roy loved his wish so much that he created a PowerPoint presentation, which he shared with the… Read more »
Rays of Sunshine is pleased to announce the appointment of Nina Bradburn as the latest member of the charity’s Executive Committee. Nina’s role will be to represent the charity at events and most importantly, be a voice of influence to the Committee from a wish parent’s perspective. We asked Nina what it means to join… Read more »
Today, March 20th, marks one of our favourite days of the year… International Day of Happiness! With so many of our wish children going through difficult times and fighting life-threatening illnesses, it’s always been our goal to bring sunshine and happiness to every child we meet. This International Day of Happiness we asked some of… Read more »
Did you know that last year, aside from granting hundreds of wishes, we also gave away treats to more than 100 children and had over 800 children attend various events put on by Rays of Sunshine? In this blog, our Wish Engagement Manager Katie tells us all about the fabulous extras that our wish families… Read more »
Last week, one of our lovely wish children, Jodie, completed her work experience at Rays of Sunshine’s head office. Not only was she a superstar in the office, but she also took time to write a guest blog about what her experience with Rays of Sunshine was like. Check it out below… Hello, my… Read more »
In honour of #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating Rays of Sunshine’s fearless leader and CEO, Jane Sharpe. We sat down with Jane to discuss everything from how her career started, to what her advice would be to the young women who aspire to work within the charity industry. Check it out below. Q: Can you tell… Read more »
With all the snow and cold this week, most of us are dreaming of getting away, so we felt it was time to shine the spotlight on one of our most popular wishes….Disney World, Florida! When you’re young (and even when you’re older but still young at heart) there’s no magic quite like that of… Read more »
Get shopping and support Rays of Sunshine with AmazonSmile! Whether you’re indulging on some much needed retail therapy or searching for the perfect gift for mum this Mother’s Day – March is definitely the time to be shopping, especially online at Amazon.com! This March marks the first month that Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity is… Read more »
In this week’s post we’re getting to know our lovely Deutsche Bank corporate partnership team! Introducing…..Amy We were thrilled last year to hear that we were to become one of Deutsche Bank’s Charities of the Year 2018/2019 and of course we wanted to make sure that our new friends were well looked after… This meant assigning some… Read more »