Empowering kids
with tools to feel safe and calm in hospital
Calm Fairies support children who may experience fear; procedural anxiety or pain during their hospital experience.
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Through breathing, mindfulness and relaxation techniques we empower children to feel safe, brave and calm.
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Our Calm Fairies app also gives children access to simple tools they can use to support them when there are no Calm Fairies on the ward.
What we do
Reducing overwhelm
Needles, surgery and unfamiliar environments can trigger fear, distress and procedural anxiety.
Kids often feel overwhelmed, over-tired and out of control.
Calm Fairies co-regulate with a child's nervous system to help them feel safe.
Calm Fairies bring a warm, playful presence to the hospital ward. Through connection, creativity and child-led activities like beading bracelets, making stress balls and crafting fairies, we help children relax and take their minds off hospital.
Children learn simple regulation tools including breathing exercises, mindfulness, affirmations, gentle stretches and guided meditations with calming music.
We facilitate empowering conversations to help children feel more confident and in control, building resilience during procedures, recovery and hospital stays.
How effective is the Calm Fairies program?
Over the past four years, we have collected feedback and surveys to better understand the impact of the Calm Fairies program. Our preliminary data shows that children report significantly lower distress levels after a visit with a Calm Fairy.
Parents often share that these moments give them a chance to breathe, seeing glimmers of their child returning to themselves, whilst hospital staff also appreciate the support, knowing their patients are engaged, comforted and cared for before, during and after medical procedures.
89%
FELT BETTER AFTER THEIR CALM FAIRY VISIT
55%
DROPPED 2 SCORES ON THE DISTRESS SCALE
60%
RATED ZERO ON THE DISTRESS SCALE AFTER THEIR VISIT
TESTIMONIAL
“She was tired. Overstimulated and sick of being touched and spoken over and managed. You respected who she was in that moment and gave her something the hospital rarely could- agency and a sense that her body and her boundaries still belonged to her. She softened with you. She trusted you. Her whole nervous system shifted, not because she was distracted, but because she felt safe. Because someone finally slowed down enough to match her pace.”​
Ashleigh ~ Maggie's Mum.
In loving memory of this brave 6 year old girl.
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TESTIMONIAL
“The Calm Fairy is such a valuable resource in the Child & Adolscent Unit ”​
Jodie- Clinical Coach