Colleagues from Bright Horizons were recently given an update about the impact that Bright Spaces funded by the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children provide and used this session together to create Self-Care kits for traumatised children. 100 kits were made in total and were given to Senior Health Play Specialist, Jana Jones, from the Lighthouse, …Read More

    We were delighted to open a Bright Space at the St Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich on 7th August. The Bright Space is in the Family Room of the hospice, used by children aged up to 18 who are visiting parents, grandparents, other relations, carers and friends receiving end of life or palliative care. …Read More

In 2018 we opened more Bright Spaces than ever before, and our fundraising increased by just over a third, helping us to make a difference to more vulnerable children and families in our communities. Check out our Annual Foundation Newsletter which shares more about our new Bright Spaces and celebrates the great things we accomplished as a …Read More

  We celebrated the opening of a new Bright Space at HMP Bronzefield, in Surrey, on 18th October 2018. This is the fifth prison Bright Space opened by us, and we now have 65 Bright Spaces throughout the UK. The Bright Space provides a child-centric, enriching play environment in the prison visiting area. It is designed …Read More

We officially opened a new Bright Space for children at the ellenor hospice in Dartford on Wednesday 14th February. The Bright Space is a carefully designed creative therapies area for children with life-limiting or life threatening conditions to engage in play and music therapy, and find comfort and distraction from pain or distress. “Creating a dedicated …Read More

The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children officially opened a new Bright Space for children at Salisbury Women’s Refuge on 1st February 2018. The Bright Space is located within the family room at the refuge and provides an inviting and homely play area for the children. It includes a home corner for role play, books, art …Read More

In this short video, our Bright Space Manager talks about her experience of creating Bright Spaces.

  The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children officially opened a new Bright Space at Brixton Prison on September 22nd. The Bright Space is located in the children’s area of the family room at the prison, and provides a welcoming and child-friendly environment in which children can relax, play and build relationships with their families. Abby Sloan, …Read More

    The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children officially opened a new Bright Space at Isleworth Crown Court on September 19th. The Bright Space is located within the family waiting room used by child witnesses prior to entering court, where they can also be interviewed or review their Achieving Best Evidence interview. The renovation includes …Read More

The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children is delighted to announce an extension of its partnership with Refuge, the domestic violence charity.  The Foundation has provided Refuge’s outreach community workers with mobile Bright Spaces to provide enriching play opportunities for children of all ages, when their mothers are accessing outreach services in their communities. A top concern …Read More