Disney partnership news archive
Jonas Brothers on stage
The Disney Channel hosted the European Premiere of Camp Rock on Wednesday 10 September at The Royal Festival Hall and kindly invited five Great Ormond Street Hospital families to the all singing and dancing spectacular.
This was a fantastic treat for all the families who not only got to be one of the first to see the film in Europe but also walked down the purple carpet with many stars as well as Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. They were then all treated to a star studded barbeque and attended the after-show party, which included a one-off, up close and personal performance by the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato.
Leona Lewis' fairy wings
Fairy Wings designed by celebrities such as pop star Leona Lewis and the Duchess of York are being auctioned on eBay to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
As part of Disney’s partnership with the charity, Disney has invited celebrities to sprinkle a bit of fairy dust and customise a set of wings. Tess Daly and Vernon Kay, Nicole Farhi and members of the cast of Eastenders are among the celebrities and designers who have decorated a pair of wings by hand.
I loved the idea of the Disney Fairy Wing Auction and was really pleased to be able to help and contribute to such a great cause. Great Ormond Street Hospital obviously does such an important job and the Disney Fairy Wings are a really fun way to raise money for such an admirable charity. I'll keep my fingers crossed on the 8 September that lots of people
bid for my wings on the Disney Fairies eBay page - I'd love to see them raise something for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. Leona Lewis
To bid or follow the auction, running from 8 – 18 September, visit www.disneyfairies.co.uk
Brad Kavanagh visits Radio Lollipop
Radio Lollipop, Great Ormond Street Hospital’s volunteer radio station, welcomed special guest Disney Channel star Brad Kavanagh on 27 August. The visit was to coincide with the launch of the new Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock.
Brad used his on air time to talk about his projects to date, interact with the young patients on air (including singing Happy Birthday to one lucky girl) and give away Camp Rock goodies.
Brad Kavanagh is best known as Dylan in As the Bell Rings on the Disney Channel. His latest music video is a cover version of Here I am which appears in the new Camp Rock movie and the single was aired for the first time in full on Radio Lollipop.
Brad also revealed that Disney Channel was giving patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital the chance to be amongst the first in the UK to see the Disney Channel Original Movie in a special screening at the Hospital on 3 September.
Camp Rock premieres on Disney Channel on Friday 19 September at 6pm.
21 GOSH patients were part of the 3,000 strong star-studded audience at the London Premiere of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL – LIVE ON STAGE on Saturday 5 July at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. The patients were all very excited to have been invited and all of them loved the show!
After the performance, the patients were all guests of Disney at the VIP after show party with favourites from television, screen, radio and theatre as well as the cast of the show including Letitia Dean, Mark Evans (Troy Bolton) and Claire-Marie Hall (Gabriella Montez).
We are all delighted to have been chosen to benefit from the performance and are very grateful to Disney for giving so many patients and their families the chance to be part of the evening.
10,000 people turned out to attend the UK’s biggest ever film premiere which, thanks to Disney, was in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital. The UK premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian featured the largest cinema screen ever constructed in Europe with a special sound system creating a ‘super theatre’ in the O2 arena. Cast and celebs, along with the biggest single audience for a premiere, all walked up the 190m red carpet and were entertained by fighting knights and horseback sword performers. 44 GOSH children and families attended as special guests and had a fantastic time. Walt Disney Studios will be making a donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity as part of the event.
"I just want to thank you all for our wonderful evening last night! We all had a Fantastic time! Dominic cannot stop talking about it and finding Georgia Henley at the end made his evening! It was an experience we would not have liked to have missed! It was excellent!" Avril Head, parent of patient
For more information about the film please visit the official Narnia website.
It has been confirmed that the London Premiere of High School Musical - Live on stage will take place on Saturday 5 July at 7pm in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
The stage adaptation of the smash-hit Disney Channel Movie will begin a nine week run at the Hammersmith Apollo and promises to be this summer’s theatrical event for families. The London Premiere will attract a star-studied audience and will raise funds as part of Disney’s partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital which aims to raise £10m towards the hospital's much-needed redevelopment. The stage adaptation includes all the songs from the original soundtrack and will feature Letitia Dean, star of Eastenders and Strictly Come Dancing.
Tickets for the London Premiere can be purchased at 0844 847 2397 or www.hsmonstage.co.uk
To view the full press release
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will screen to an audience of 10,000 at The O2 arena, London’s premier entertainment venue, on June 19th in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
For the first time ever, technicians will install a giant cinema screen into The O2 arena in London. With an incredible seating capacity of 10,000, the event promises to be the biggest single screen, shared audience experience ever. Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity will benefit from the event with a donation made by Walt Disney Pictures as part of Disney’s partnership with the hospital.
Tickets for this unique and technically ground-breaking premiere are on sale from Friday 9 May and can be purchased by going to www.the02.co.uk or by calling 0844 856 0202.
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31 March 2008
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse have visited Great Ormond Street Hospital to celebrate a Disney Store donation of thousands of pounds worth of products to the Hospital through a variety of in-kind gifts and fundraising schemes.
The donation will be made in stages over a year-long period and will directly benefit hundreds of children. Earlier this year, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would join forces with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity to raise £10 million towards the Hospital’s capital appeal. This will represent the largest of many charitable partnerships by The Walt Disney Company outside the United States. The world’s leading entertainment company will fully leverage its business, its workforce and its much loved characters in support of this world class hospital. A range of unique and exciting fundraising opportunities will be created through Disney’s films, TV shows, theme parks and products in this unprecedented cross company campaign.
Disney favourites Mickey and Minnie joined Teresa Tideman, Joint MD of The Disney Store Ltd, accompanied by Sir Stuart Rose, CEO of Marks & Spencer, when they visited the hospital to meet with Dr. Jane Collins, CEO of Great Ormond Street to kick off the year-long project of support including:
- Children’s drawing competition to win Disney Store vouchers
- Gifts for Friends of Great Ormond Street Hospital recruitment drive
- Disney Store goody bags for children staying at the hospital
- A wide selection of Disney CDs donated which will act as prizes for on air competitions at Great Ormond Street’s radio station, Radio Lollipop
In January 2008, at Retail Trust’s annual fundraising ball, Disney Store pledged the Great Ormond Street Hospital donation which was matched by a donation from Sir Stuart Rose to the Retail Trust, the national charity for the retail industry. The charity is dedicated to providing support and advice to people who work or who have worked in the retail industry.
Teresa Tideman commented: “The Walt Disney Company decided to go into partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital to help ensure the hospital is able to continue to deliver quality care to patients and their families. Disney Store is very proud to be supporting the Disney and Great Ormond Street Hospital partnership by donating these products to children with the most complex and life-threatening conditions in the country.”
2 March 2008
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK invites you to the UK Charity Premiere of The Game Plan, in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. The stars of this family comedy, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Madison Pettis will be attending along with other celebrities and their families.
15 January 2008
The Walt Disney Company has been supporting the work of Great Ormond Street Hospital since 1939, when Walt Disney himself originally acquired the animation rights to the Peter Pan story. Over the last 70 years, Disney has supported the hospital in many ways including charitable donations, fundraising events such as film premieres, employee volunteering and arranging for the world-famous Disney characters to visit some of our patients in the hospital.
However, Disney is now increasing their support to a brand new level by launching this new partnership with us, which will aim to raise an invaluable £10 million towards the hospital’s much-needed redevelopment appeal. This will be the largest of the many Disney charitable partnerships outside the United States. Together we will be working on a range of unique and exciting fundraising opportunities across the wide range of Disney businesses including films, TV, theme parks, Stage shows and many product ranges.
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