Empowering kids
with tools to feel safe and calm in hospital
Calm Fairies support children in hospital who may experience fear or procedural anxiety during medical treatment.
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Through breathing, relaxation and gentle calming tools, we help children feel safe, brave and calm during their hospital experience.
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Our Calm Fairies app also gives children and families access to simple tools they can use anytime to support calm during hospital stays.
How Calm Fairies support children in hospital
Hospital can be overwhelming for kids.
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.
The Impact
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.
FELT BETTER AFTER THEIR CALM FAIRY VISIT
89%
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.
"The Calm Fairy is such a valuable resource in the Child and Adolescent Unit."
Jodie- Clinical Coach