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New Partnership: click-to-donate at WTW Scott Cinemas with Jacro

march 09

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Alex Lewis joins MediCinema Board

Alex Lewis, Senior Vice President Marketing at Warner Bros. Discovery, joins the MediCinema Board of Trustees

december 12

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Sing-Along version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical to receive its World Premiere with charity previews for MediCinema and screenings for NHS hospital patients

Sing-Along version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical to receive its World Premiere with charity previews for MediCinema and screenings for NHS hospital patients

december 07

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Pearl & Dean’s Gavin Worrell and Royal Victoria Infirmary’s Helga Charters to join the MediCinema Board

Pearl and Dean's Gavin Worrell and Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary's Helga Charters to join the MediCinema Board of Trustees.

october 06

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Disney Match Vue Customer Donations on Thor: Love and Thunder

Disney Match Vue UK Customer Donations to MediCinema for Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder tickets - with the help of Natalie Portman

july 14

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Newcastle Hospitals Charity and MediCinema celebrate new funding partnership

NEWCASTLE HOSPITALS CHARITY AND MEDICINEMA CELEBRATE FUNDING PARTNERSHIP WITH SPECIAL GOODY-FILLED PREVIEW OF DISNEY AND PIXAR’S LIGHTYEAR

june 22

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Chris Evans Brings Galactic Star Power to MediCinema for Lightyear

Chris Evans surprises patients at the CW+ MediCinema to a preview screening of Lightyear!

june 14

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Jamie Lynch appointed as new Director of Development

Jamie Lynch joins the MediCinema team as new Director of Development

may 23

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Journey Through the Power of Friendship

New digital photograpy exhibition journeys through the Power of Friendship, captured by photographer Misan Harriman and featuring MediCinema friendships and celebrities

january 17

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Colin Lawrence appointed as MediCinema CEO

Colin Lawrence appointed MediCinema CEO. Kezia Williams upped to Board Chair

september 15

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Former Everyman CEO Crispin Lilly to become Interim MediCinema CEO as Kat Mason steps down

Crispin Lilly to become Interim MediCinema CEO as Kat Mason steps down. Paul Giggal upped to Chief Operating Officer.

june 28

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Movie time once again for the youngest patients at the Glasgow Yorkhill MediCinema

At long last we’re getting back to the cinema – and that includes Riley, a patient at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow

june 21

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Going to the cinema improves mental health of NHS hospital patients

9 out of 10 people reported that going to our in-hospital cinema reduced stress and anxiety levels

may 12

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Disney 'Moment Maker' Interns Fundraise for MediCinema

Disney Interns are busy raising money for MediCinema

may 05

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Wanted: Fundraising Manager

Join our Fundraising team

march 31

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We provided close to 43,700 patient experiences in 2020!

Tens of thousands of experiences for NHS hospital patients provided in 2020

february 03

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Help NHS patients feel less isolated this Christmas

While Christmas isn’t going to be the same for any of us, it will be even harder for patients.

november 30

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Rausing Trust awards grant to MediCinema

The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust award much needed grant to MediCinema

november 13

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Kezia Williams appointed Vice-Chair of MediCinema Board

Entertainment One's Kezia Williams appointed to newly created role of Vice-Chair of the MediCinema Board.

october 21

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Honouring Chadwick Boseman, Odeon Cinemas donate £1 from every Black Panther ticket sold this weekend

Odeon Cinemas donate £1 from every ticket sold to this weekend's Black Panther screenings in honour of Chadwick Boseman

september 04

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It’s Charity Tuesday in partnership with Disney's Pixar Fest

Win some EPIC one-off Pixar prizes AND raise money for MediCinema

august 11

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MediCinema is the charity partner for Disney's Pixar Fest

We are thrilled to be the charity partner for Disney’s Pixar Fest!

august 06

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Patients at Royal Victoria Infirmary can watch films for free thanks to Northumberland Freemason's grant

Over 2,000 NHS patients have been watching films for free from the comfort of their own beds at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), thanks to a grant of £50,000 from Northumberland Freemasons

july 12

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MediCinema at the Secret Cinema Drive-In presented by Häagen-Dazs

MediCinema is proud to be one of the two charity partners for Secret Cinema’s new Drive-In presented by Häagen-Dazs, a series of drive-in movie events for the Summer at Goodwood Motor Circuit.

june 22

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What's on our Hospital Bedside Screens

Check here to find out what films MediCinema are screening for NHS patients at their bedsides now

june 22

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Help Create a Star Wars Mosaic

Whether you are in the hospital or at home, get creative with us for Star Wars Day!

may 04

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You've Got A Friend in Us!

Celebrating all things Toy Story with some activities for our hospital patients, and for you, to do at home

april 25

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MediCinema Brings Films to Patients' Bedsides

Hospital patients can watch free films at their bedsides on a new MediCinema channel

april 14

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Cinema screenings suspended

In light of our ongoing response to the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, MediCinema and its hospital partners have decided to temporarily suspend screenings.

march 16

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Embracing Arts and Culture Can Have Wide-Ranging Impact on Health

We take a look at the growing evidence which shows the major benefits of the arts for both physical and mental health and how cinematherapy is boosting the wellbeing of MediCinema patients.

february 13

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Singin’ in the Rain with Patricia Ward Kelly

Patricia Ward Kelly, wife of the late Gene Kelly, surprised patients at Guy's Hospital for a special screening of Singin' in the Rain.

december 20

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Frozen Festivities

Anna, Elsa, Olaf and Kristoff made a special visit to all our MediCinemas on their sparkling Frozen 2 Tour.

december 16

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Shaun the Sheep Transports Patients Out of this World

MediCinema patients and families in London and Glasgow joined Shaun and Bitzer at special previews of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon this week!

october 11

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Toy Story 4 Magic

In June we were delighted to celebrate the release of Disney.Pixar’s Toy Story 4 with special preview screenings and a visit from Tom Hanks!

october 01

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Survey confirms power of MediCinema

The results from our summer 2019 survey are in!

september 01

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GLASGOW HOSPITAL PATIENTS JOIN DORA ON HER LATEST ADVENTURE

GLASGOW HOSPITAL PATIENTS JOIN DORA ON HER LATEST ADVENTURE

august 09

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Thank you, Paramount, for Making Explorers of Our Patients

Our third MediCinema preview campaign raised enough to make explorers of 4,444 patients!

august 08

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Summer of Fitness Fun!

This summer we celebrated a festival of fitness fun with our partners and fundraisers!

august 01

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Aladdin the Musical at MediCinema

MediCinema brings the magic of Disney's Aladdin, the spectacular West End musical to Evelina London Children's Hospital

july 19

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Prize Giveaway!

Tell us your 'Memorable Cinema Moment' for a chance to win!

may 23

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A Magical Screening of The Kid Who Would be King

Angus Imrie, who plays young Merlin in The Kid Who Would be King brought magic to patients at a special screening of the film

may 23

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Press and Award Highlights

MediCinema has achieved a number of industry awards, national and regional press coverage and new partnerships.

may 22

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Join us for the fourth annual MediCinema Cycle 100!

On Thursday 4th July, join us and the whole of the film industry at Denbies Wine Estate to cycle either 100k or 60k through the stunning Surrey Hills.

may 22

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Thank you, Sony Pictures, for bringing us into the Spider-Verse!

Our Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse partnership with Sony Pictures gave 2,666 MediCinema experiences and two MediCinema preview screenings of the film.

may 22

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New Awards Partnership Announcement

MediCinema are delighted to announce our recent partnership with the HSJ Partnership Awards.

january 24

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Two New Trustees

We are delighted to announce that two new trustees have come on board: Simon Morritt and Paul Hoy.

november 28

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Prime Minister Awards our Founder!

Our very own Christine Hill MBE recently won the Points of Light award for founding MediCinema and serving as our Honorary President!

november 28

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Thank you, Winnie the Pooh!

This summer's preview screenings of Disney's Christopher Robin raised £133,069 - enough to give MediCinema experiences to over 9,000 patients and families!

november 28

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Our Survey Says

Our summer 2018 survey results show that the time together we give to patients and their families helps them truly reconnect.

november 28

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Buy your tickets for special MediCinema previews of SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Sony Pictures and 259 cinemas to donate box office proceeds from previews of SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE to MediCinema. Grab your chance to see it a whole week before it's released in the UK.

november 26

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An Important Update on Headley Court

The Ministry of Defence has recently moved the Defence Military Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Headley Court (the site of the Royal British Legion MediCinema) to a new site at Stanford Hall, Loughborough. As a result, the MediCinema is currently closed.

september 27

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What a Wookie!

At the end of May, we were delighted to welcome the Galaxy’s favourite Wookie, Chewbacca, for a surprise appearance to meet and greet patients ahead of a special screening of Solo: A Star Wars Story.

september 27

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New People to Power Our Growth

We are refreshing our board, ambassadors and patrons, to put the right people in place to power our growth.

september 27

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CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

Over 100 MediCinema patients and families joined Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends on their expedition to London at special preview screenings of Christopher Robin last month.

september 27

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Sienna's Story

“You run out of things to talk about when you’re in hospital for a long time and not doing much – with yourselves and with others – and MediCinema is the tonic to that.”

september 20

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Star Wars Week

The force was strong in hospitals throughout the UK on May 4th and the four days running up to it when we made Star Wars Day last all week!

september 20

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Christopher Robin MediCinema Preview Screenings

Watch Christopher Robin a day before release and help us bring the magic of cinema to thousands of MediCinema families.

august 07

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Visit Vue to see Simon Pegg in our new advert, All Forgotten!

In partnership (and thanks to!) Vue, we have recently launched a new advert to promote MediCinema which features our patron, acclaimed British actor, Simon Pegg!

august 03

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Summer of FUNdraising!

MediCinema are having our very own Feel Better Festival!

june 26

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Love, Simon Special Screening!

In conjunction with 20th Century Fox, Showcase Cinemas are showing special advance screenings of Love, Simon with all proceeds going to us!

march 26

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Dame Diana Rigg’s inspiring words about our work

Earlier this year Dame Diana Rigg Rigg, acclaimed English actress and MediCinema patron, spoke at an event to inspire people to support MediCinema.

march 22

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95% say MediCinema Reduces Isolation

Loneliness and social isolation are incredibly damaging to people’s health, both mentally and physically, but MediCinema helps.

march 21

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A Marathon Effort for MediCinema

Ten incredible people, have teamed up to take on the Virgin London Marathon and raise vital funds for our work.

march 21

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A Frozen Adventure for Our Young Patients!

Our young patients and their families enjoyed their very own frozen adventure with some extra special guests.

march 21

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New Trustee: Kezia Williams

We're delighted to announce the latest in a series of new appointments to our board of trustees: Kezia Williams, Head of ‎Theatrical Distribution at Entertainment One.

march 21

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Everyman Media Group’s CEO Joins Our Board

As part of a series of trustee appointments in support of MediCinema’s growth strategy, Crispin Lilly, Chief Executive of Everyman Media Group, has been appointed to our board of trustees.

november 30

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Super Supporters

Our super supporters have raised vital funds for us in a wide variety of ways.

november 29

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Special Screenings

We’ve been able to offer our patients and their families some very special screenings over the last few months!

november 29

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A Film This Christmas

Help us raise £1,000, and if we do six of our partners will each donate £1,000 too!

november 28

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Vote for us!

MediCinema have the chance to win up to £5,000 from the Aviva Community Fund, but we need your votes to get there!

november 17

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The results are in!

We recently ran a survey asking everyone who comes to our MediCinema screenings what they think of our service, and the results are in!

september 28

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Fantastic Fundraisers

Our fantastic fundraisers have found so many incredible ways to raise vital funds for our screenings.

september 27

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Extra Special Screenings

MediCinema is all about giving patients and their families the chance to have a break from life in hospital and all that goes with it, but some patients can’t come to our regular screenings.

september 27

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New trustees come on board

Vue MD, Kevin Styles, and DDA Group CEO, Lawrence Atkinson, have joined our board of trustees.

august 30

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Special screening of Superman!

Charity screening of Superman (1978) to fundraise for us and celebrate Kelly Warnell's last day of her 365 days in film challenge.

august 08

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Lewis Hamilton at MediCinema!

Lewis Hamilton treats our patients to an afternoon in the fast lane!

july 10

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Cars 3 Charity Gala Screening

Disney holds a special gala screening for Cars 3 to support and celebrate its charity partners

july 07

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What We've Achieved

Our key achievements in each of our seven MediCinemas in 2016.

june 06

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Star Wars Day 2017

Star Wars droids bring the light side to MediCinema patients!

may 05

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MARK HAMILL VISITS MEDICINEMA ON #MAYTHEFOURTH!

On Wednesday 4th May 2016, the Force was strong inside the ICAP MediCinema at our Guy’s Hospital in London, where Mark Hamill surprised patients at the special #May the 4th screening..

may 09

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New MediCinema will bring Movie Magic to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in 2024

New MediCinema to be built at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in 2024

january 01

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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie Previews in 300+ Cinemas this Sunday

Special public charity previews of PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie take place on Sunday 24th September in close to 300 locations across the UK before the film opens exclusively in cinemas on October 13th. 

january 01

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DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES PREMIERES FOR MEDICINEMA!

Special previews across the country of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves on Saturday 25th March in aid of Medicinema

january 01

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SPECTRE - A night to remember...

On October 26th 2015, we held a premiere night fundraising screening of the latest British treasure - SPECTRE - at our St Thomas MediCinema in London.

january 01

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