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

Chris Evans Brings Galactic Star Power to MediCinema for Lightyear

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

Jamie Lynch appointed as new Director of Development

Jamie Lynch joins the MediCinema team as new Director of Development

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

Colin Lawrence appointed as MediCinema CEO

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

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.

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

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

Disney 'Moment Maker' Interns Fundraise for MediCinema

Disney Interns are busy raising money for MediCinema

Wanted: Fundraising Manager

Join our Fundraising team

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

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

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.

Rausing Trust awards grant to MediCinema

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

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.

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

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

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

MediCinema is the charity partner for Disney's Pixar Fest

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

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

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.

What's on our Hospital Bedside Screens

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

Help Create a Star Wars Mosaic

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

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

MediCinema Brings Films to Patients' Bedsides

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

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.

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.

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.

Frozen Festivities

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

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!

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!

Survey confirms power of MediCinema

The results from our summer 2019 survey are in!

GLASGOW HOSPITAL PATIENTS JOIN DORA ON HER LATEST ADVENTURE

GLASGOW HOSPITAL PATIENTS JOIN DORA ON HER LATEST ADVENTURE

Thank you, Paramount, for Making Explorers of Our Patients

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

Summer of Fitness Fun!

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

Aladdin the Musical at MediCinema

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

Prize Giveaway!

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

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

Press and Award Highlights

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

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.

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.

New Awards Partnership Announcement

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

Two New Trustees

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

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!

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!

Our Survey Says

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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!

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.

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!

Summer of FUNdraising!

MediCinema are having our very own Feel Better Festival!

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!

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.

95% say MediCinema Reduces Isolation

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

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.

A Frozen Adventure for Our Young Patients!

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

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.

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.

Super Supporters

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

Special Screenings

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

A Film This Christmas

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

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!

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!

Fantastic Fundraisers

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

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.

Halloween Night Fever is BACK!

Halloween Night Fever is BACK! Join MediCinema and Alex Zane at Café de Paris for our annual gala event this October.

New trustees come on board

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

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.

MediCinema visits Swarovski!

MediCinema presented at a recent Swarovski lunchtime lecture in the Swarovski Office in London

Lewis Hamilton at MediCinema!

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

Cars 3 Charity Gala Screening

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

Fundraise for us!

Want to fundraise for MediCinema but not sure how? Here are a few ideas!

What We've Achieved

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

Volunteer's Week 2017!

To thank our wonderful volunteers, we heard from one every day during Volunteers Week 2017!

Star Wars Day 2017

Star Wars droids bring the light side to MediCinema patients!

Work with MediCinema

We're recruiting a Senior Fundraising Officer with experience in corporate fundraising!

Vote for MediCinema

MediCinema are in with the chance to do bucket collections at Chelsea Football Club matches, but we need your votes to get there.

We're appeal-ing on BBC Radio 4!

Tune into BBC Radio 4 to hear Sir Derek Jacobi present our appeal!

Join #TeamMediCinema for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100!

Join #TeamMediCinema for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100!

We're hiring!

We're recruiting a Cinema Manager for our CW+ MediCinema in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital!

Christmas Appeal 2016!

Give a night at the movies to thousands of patients like Robert.

Run for MediCinema! Take part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon or Virgin London Marathon in 2017!

Run for MediCinema! Take part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon or Virgin London Marathon in 2017!

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..

A BRAND NEW WEBSITE!

Over the last year we have been working with the amazing team at Jollywise to overhaul and bring our website back into the present by a complete online rebrand.

Disney's The Jungle Book opens the first MediCinema at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome

On Wednesday 13th April the first MediCinema in Italy opened its door inside the University Hospital Agostino Gemelli in Rome to an amazing preview of The Jungle Book.

HALLOWEEN NIGHT FEVER!

Our annual industry film quiz extravaganza was once again held this year, but with a scary Halloween theme!

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.

A PARTNERSHIP OF THE MAGICAL AND SPARKLY TYPE…

The magic of Disney has once again been brought to our MediCinemas, this time in the beautiful shape of Cinderella’s glass slipper!

BRAND NEW YORKHILL MEDICINEMA PREMIERES IN GLASGOW!

On August 3rd 2015 our brand new Yorkhill MediCinema was officially opened with a red-carpet premiere style event showing Minions in 3D!

BRAND NEW CW+MEDICINEMA PREMIERES IN LONDON!

Two charities, ourselves and CW+, have partnered together to bring a state-of-the-art cinema to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The CW+MediCinema was officially launched in October at a special event in the hospital attended by donors, supporters, hospital staff and patients.