On Friday 6th March, KidsOut were delighted to be able to offer 140 children the opportunity to attend Disney’s The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre, London! KidsOut received some lovely feedback from attendees that  highlighted how Fun Days help to improve disadvantaged children’s confidence, motivation, resilience, and social skills. One support worker...

Thanks to the ongoing generosity of the G1 Group, KidsOut enabled 90 children and carers to brave a blizzard and attend a special performance of the film ‘Doolittle’ at the splendid Grosvenor Cinema in Glasgow’s West End during the February half-term break. Some of the children came from a charity called Blameless and an associated group looking after...

Click here to see the Bristol Question of Sport 2020 photos! KidsOut’s first-ever Bristol Question of Sport Gala Dinner was a great success, raising over £155,000 for the charity’s work with disadvantaged children in Bristol and the South West. Over 600 people from Bristol-based companies joined KidsOut at Ashton Gate Stadium for a night of fun and...

On Tuesday 18th February 2020, KidsOut enabled 12 children from local refuges in the Leighton Buzzard area to attend a Fun Day out to a cookery workshop hosted by the charity's partners at Smart Raspberry. Working in groups over the two-hour session, the children followed the instructor step-by-step to create tomato, rosemary, and parmesan palmiers. Whilst...

Welcome back to another of KidsOut’s World Stories Wednesday! These articles showcase one of the amazing tales from our World Stories database, giving you a flavour of the breadth and diversity of our collection. This week’s story is A Good Friend. This story is about a young boy called Yasin whose family has moved from Iraq to England. It follows his...

KidsOut enabled 40 children to enjoy Fun Days out to cooking workshops with Smart Raspberry. The Fun Days took place between October and December 2019 in Leighton Buzzard, Leicester, and London. In Leighton Buzzard, the children put their newly learned cookery skills to the test to make tasty treats to take home for the Halloween half term! Attendees...

Over four weeks between January and February, KidsOut teamed up with many generous volunteers to audit and pack 1,915 Toy Boxes! The team would like to extend their gratitude to all those volunteers for their dedication and support! The months of November to January are some of the busiest of the year for KidsOut, with the team collecting tens of thousands...

Over January and February 2020, KidsOut helped enable children in Edinburgh and Stirling to attend special performances of Oor Wullie, a play based on the classic comic book character. Here is a blog post from Cole AD explaining how the agency, KidsOut, and a generous anonymous donor helped bring some much-needed fun and happiness: “Thanks to the power of...

Click here to view KidsOut's profile page and to support us via your Co-op membership! Leighton Buzzard-based children’s charity KidsOut is happy to announce it has been selected by Co-op to benefit from the Local Community Fund 2020. All the money raised from the initiative will go towards providing Fun Days out to disadvantaged children in the...

On Wednesday 23rd October 2019, KidsOut arranged for a group of children from a refuge in Northampton to attend a clay building workshop at Potz Ceramic Studio, Northampton. Arts and crafts toys and activities are often some of the most requested items from mothers in KidsOut’s Toy Box service. Because of this popularity, the KidsOut team were keen to...

Click here for the Toy Fair 2020 gallery! KidsOut were delighted to have been selected as the London Toy Fair's official charity partner in January 2020 for the fifth consecutive year! The three-day event was a great success, with KidsOut having its own stand to promote the charity's vital work, and the annual "Trolley Dash" collecting over 4,000 toys! All...