The National Children's Fun Book (NCFB) is a publication which is distributed FREE OF CHARGE to many children¹s wards in hospitals throughout the UK. The publication is packed full of activities to inspire, entertain and advise children and their parents. Many activities are SAFETY based with other tasks incorporating EDUCATION as FUN. The aims of the publication are as follows:

Help to alleviate some of the fears, social anxieties, and problems which children undergo when in hospital.

Many practitioners have commented that the NCFB is a useful tool for distracting the children when undergoing often painful or uncomfortable procedures.

The play-leaders often use the activities in the NCFB as a lead into new activities.

Gives the children something different on their return to school ­thus assisting them to return to their peer group more smoothly.

With Safety pages about bicycle riding, healthy eating, traffic, etc.  we hope that the children may develop a proactive approach to their own safety!

The NCFB is given free of charge to the hospitals as each activity page is sponsored by industries involved in the children¹s sector.

The book contains tracing paper and a pop-out toy ­positive activities which are easily displayed to visitors.

The aim of the book (apart from the obvious entertainment element) is to produce a publication which works on the many different levels of experience which a child undergoes during a hospital stay.

It is important to note that the NCFB is becoming more and more popular with the practitioners at the hospitals and with the children. The Superbugs have not helped with Children's Leisure time whilst in hospital due to shared resources being limited as sterilization becomes more of an issue! As the NCFB is individually 'owned' by each child cross-contamination is far less likely!

You may be interested to know that we are rapidly heading towards the 10th Anniversary of the NCFB and, we can surmise that over this period we have together helped tens of thousands of children during their time of need!