Events
Play in Healthcare Week 2025
Date
13-18/10/2025
Organiser
Starlight
Location
Throughout the UK
This year Play in Healthcare Week is celebrating 50 years of play.
The annual awareness week showcases the importance of providing the opportunity, space and time for play to children in hospitals.
During the week, Starlight will host the annual Health Play Awards – which recognises the outstanding contributions of health play specialists and other healthcare professionals who champion the power of play in healthcare settings. Nominations for the awards are open until 3 June 2025.
Get involved:
Share photos of how you’re celebrating Play in Healthcare Week on social media using the hashtag #PIHW and tagging @starlight_uk.