{"id":22355,"date":"2025-02-25T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newlifecharity.co.uk\/?p=22355"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:46:11","slug":"are-you-joining-in-the-fun-this-sparkle-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newlifecharity.co.uk\/are-you-joining-in-the-fun-this-sparkle-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you joining in the fun this Sparkle Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 7 is Sparkle Day, which means a day of different activities and fun \u2013 all to raise much need funds so Newlife can help disabled and terminally ill children across the UK.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sparkle Day can be anything you want it to be, from dressing up in sparkly clothes, to baking some sparkly fairy cakes for your colleagues, or encouraging your child\u2019s school to hold a sparkly drawing contest. All you need to do is fill in the form at the bottom of the page <a href=\"https:\/\/newlifecharity.co.uk\/sparkleday\/\">here<\/a> and make your donation to Newlife.<\/p>\n<p>Working together local communities can help to brighten the lives of disabled children \u2013 and every penny makes a big difference as Newlife provides specialist beds, buggies, wheelchairs and buggies to children and across the UK, as well as providing Emergency Equipment Loans, support for families through its Nurse helpline and Play Therapy Pods with sensory toys. See <a href=\"https:\/\/newlifecharity.co.uk\/grants-and-loans-of-equipment-for-people-with-disabilities\/\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Other ideas for Sparkle Day include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hold a sponsored Sparkle Walk at your school<\/li>\n<li>Host a lunch with your friends and family and ask for donations for refreshments<\/li>\n<li>Organise a tombola in your community group with sparkly themed prizes<\/li>\n<li>Best sparkly outfit at work<\/li>\n<li>If you are a budding artist, whether that\u2019s drawing, painting, or pottery, you could make some something sparkly to auction with the proceeds donated to Newlife<\/li>\n<li>Hold a sparkle party with your children\u2019s friends with lots of sparkle themed activities from face painting to cake decorating and jewellery making.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A little sparkle added to anything is sure to make it better, so you can have lots of fun coming up with different ways to celebrate Sparkle Day your own way.<\/p>\n<p>And if March 7 doesn\u2019t suit you, then you can have a Sparkle Day whenever you want, just let Newlife know you can receive all the support you need.<\/p>\n<p>All your Sparkle Day resources can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/newlifecharity.co.uk\/sparkle-day-resources\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 7 is Sparkle Day, which means a day of different activities and fun \u2013 all to raise much need funds so Newlife can help disabled and terminally ill children across the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Are you joining in the fun this Sparkle Day? 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