(Last updated 24/12/21)

We are thrilled to have smashed our target of 500 bears. Every bear donated is another child supported.  So please do help us continue to spread the cuddly love.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Press Release From The Hospital

Read more in this press release from Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust here.

First Delivery: 90 Mood Bears Arrive!

Second Delivery: 100 Bears Arrive For Christmas

Tell Me More About Mood Bears

Mood Bears are specially designed teddies, each representing one of eight internationally recognised moods.  From Love Bear to Calm Bear, Nervous Bear to Silly Bear, these fluffy bundles come with their own special poems to share.

The bears were created by Mood Bear founder Joanna Proud to encourage children to talk, listen and better understand feelings, emotions and moods. They are a fabulous resource for emotional support.  After all, who doesn’t love a bear hug sometimes?!  More information can be found at www.moodbears.co.uk.

Of course these teddies are particularly valuable in a hospital setting, where young people are often trying to process very difficult or sad feelings and worries.  Each child receiving a bear takes their new teddy friend home after their stay in, or visit to, the hospital, thus providing long term support and cuddles!

Mood Bears have been successfully introduced to support children in a number of hospitals around the UK, such as Birmingham’s Children Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Leicester Hospitals.

And, at Jolly Festive, we’re really excited to be assisting the arrival of Mood Bears at Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals in time for Christmas and into 2022.  Please do scroll down to sponsor a bear for a child.

Sponsor a Bear

100% of your donation (save for credit card & processing fees charged by the platform) will go directly to purchasing Mood Bears for the hospital.  No funds will be kept by Jolly Festive nor used for any other purposes.  Should you incur any problems or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us here.

This fundraiser is being carried out with the direct support of Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Mood Bears.  Should you have any questions for the hospitals, please don’t hesitate to contact the fundraising team at the Trust.

Each bear sponsored will be delivered directly to the hospitals, ready to be shared with young patients, as well as visiting siblings and children of hospital patients, at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over Christmas and into 2022.

With our grateful thanks to Mood Bears and Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for their support and of course to you for helping us make this fuzzy teddy bear dream into a reality!