Play2Give's Christmas Fayre

12/04/2026

Egg-mazing result 🙌

2026 Easter Egg Appeal Smashes New Record Breaking Total ✨️🐰

No yolking about it - it's a brand new Easter Egg Appeal record for Play2Give with over 2,000 eggs!

Thanks to the incredible support once again from the community and not just from Oxfordshire but as far as Newbury, a record 2,078 Easter eggs was raised this year, bringing plenty of joy, cheer and smiles to children, patients and families in hospital, hospices, the vulnerable and those with disabilities and less fortunate 🐰🐣

Thanks to the wonderful generosity from local businesses and groups to dance schools, gyms, supermarkets and shops and so many more, we cracked it and only went and did it - by smashing our previous record of 1,720 increasing on almost 360 more and we can't contain our eggcitement at such an eggcellent result!

We are once again blown away by everyone who have taken part in and contributed to making our 6th Easter egg appeal the biggest, best, and the most special one yet 💕

It really has been a recipe for success, and literally no egging about it, our 2026 Easter drive has been egg-mazing. We are totally egg-static and so egg-mendously grateful

On Thursday, we were eggcited to make our grand deliveries to our chosen Oxford healthcare institutions thanks to our bunny who was full of beans and energy, along with other colourful characters from a carrot and chicken to a bumblebee and others, delivering thousands of eggs, helping to spread some cheer to patients of all ages in Oxfordshire hospitals and hospices, making difficult times a bit more special 💞

The neonatal care unit of the JR via SSNAP (Support for the Sick Newborn and their Parents) was the first bunny good stop of the day, followed by a noon visit for our biggest haul ever at the Oxford Children's Hospital (with eggs also destined for young patients at both Nuffield Orthopaediac Centre and Banbury's Horton Hospital, children's emergency department other children's areas including outpatients and day care) and last but not least with four or more full boxes to Sobell House, our final hop stop of the day, making life better at the most difficult of times to patients, families and the incredible staff, and we couldn't of done it without our eggstraordinary supporters ❤️

Due to the overwhelming number of eggs we received from our biggest ever collection, which included more public donation points and more supporters than ever before, we were also able to gift eggs to older patients across the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust including the Neurosciences Ward, Heart Ward, the Cancer Ward, Ward 7 dementia patients, transfer lounge and other adult patients so that no-one got forgotten and we were delighted to also help local children through Wigod Way Wallingford Family Centre, Be Free Young Carers and a surprise visit - supported by Anytime Fitness Didcot - from the bunny, carrot, and chicks last week to the adult brain injury warriors at Oxford Head Injury Service - OHIS with eggs bringing great delight, fun and laughter. Action for Children's Summerfield House, Abingdon, Oxford's Viking House and Banbury's Sycamore House also received egg delights.

Once again, if you supported this appeal, thank you so much it is beyond words egg-marvellous, and we are egged over twice over by your kindness and love 🫶🥰

Thank you for making a difference with us. We know how much these Easter eggs and chocolate treats will mean to all who receive them, as it is always heartwarming to see just what a difference a gift, a toy, arts or crafts or an egg, can make as was seen on all of our bunny special handovers.

We also add our special thanks to Wayne and LD - Lloyd Davenport Ltd for kindly donating a van and transporting all of our eggs, Dom at Richard James Estate Agents for not just dressing up for our hospital rounds but also transporting a car full of new toys for Oxford Children's Hospital, as well as Amanda (or our brilliant Bunny) at The Lambourn (Mantle Space) for kindly storing all of our eggs over the past weeks, as we couldn't of done without her too.

12/04/2026

11/11/2025

We will be here supporting Play2Give's Christmas Fayre on Sunday 23rd November, singing 12.00-12.30pm! Hope to see you there!

21/04/2025

Eggcellent 🐣

Fifth Easter Egg Appeal is a smashing Record Breaking success ✨️🐰

Now there is no yolking about it, as it's a brand new Easter Egg Appeal record for Play2Give!

Thanks to the incredible support from the community and not just from Oxfordshire, a record 1,700 plus Easter eggs was raised this year, bringing plenty of joy to children and people in need 🐰🐣

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of supporters for the appeal from local businesses and groups to dance school, gyms, supermarkets and shops, we've cracked it and we only went and did it by smashing our previous record of 1,238 by increasing on almost 500 more for a grand 2025 eggscellent amount of 1,720!

We are once again blown away by the immense generosity also including many individuals who have all contributed to making our 2025 and 5th Easter anniversary Appeal the biggest, best, and most special one yet 💕

It really has been a recipe for success, and literally no egging about it, our 2025 Easter amnesty has been egg-mazing. We are totally egg-static and egg-mendously grateful

On Tuesday, we were eggcited to make our grand deliveries to our chosen Oxford healthcare institutions thanks to our bunny who was full of beans and energy like the Duracell rabbit with Andy delivering thousands of eggs, helping to spread some cheer to those children in hospital and hospices, making difficult times a bit more special 💞

Action for Children's Viking House on Saxon Way was the first eggstravagant stop of the day, followed by a little trek up to the neonatal care unit of the JR via SSNAP (Support for the Sick Newborn and their Parents), followed by a noon visit for our biggest haul at the Oxford Children's Hospital (with eggs also destined for the children's ward at Banbury's Horton Hospital, children's emergency department, NOC children's ward and other children's areas) and even a giant carrot in tights (or rather Jamie from the hospital charity hub, as all in a day job for Jamie!) joined the bunny in the atrium and on Level 0 - Bellhouse and Drayson Wards and the teenage Melanie's Ward, and last but not least with over 205 eggs to Sobell House, our final pit stop of the day, making life better at the most difficult of times, and we couldn't of done it without our eggstraordinary supporters ❤️

Due to the overwhelming number of eggs we received from our biggest ever collection, which included more public donation points than ever before, we were also able to leave eggs with our friends at Oxford Hospitals Charity to distribute to three more of our most dearest wards at the hospitals to treat the more older patients - Neuro Ward, Cardiac Ward and the Cancer Ward at the Churchill to local families struggling through Didcot Foodbank, which is seeing an egg-mazing delivery of over 210 eggs on Good Friday morning, and some individual referred families in low income.

Once again, if you supported this appeal, thank you so much it is beyond words egg-marvellous, and we are egged over twice over by your kindness and love 🫶🥰

Thank you for making a difference with us. We know how much these Easter eggs and chocolate treats will mean to all who receive them, as it is always heartwarming to see just what a difference a gift, a toy or an egg, can make as was seen on Tuesday's big delivery day.

We even provided ten boxes full of toys for young patients for those who may not be able to eat chocolate, and for those coming into stay in hospital on their birthdays or for long stays over the coming months, thanks to the record-breaking number of toys that our 10th anniversary Christmas appeal raised last year.

Meanwhile, our bunny is fast asleep and resting after lots of dancing, wiggling and jumping for joy, ahead of it's big weekend 🥚🍫 🐰

We also add our special thanks to LD - Lloyd Davenport Ltd for kindly donating a van and transporting all of our eggs, as well as Amanda at The Lambourn (Mantle Space) for kindly storing all of our eggs over the past weeks, as we couldn't of done without them too.