Do you have a dream? We all yearn for that out of reach fantasy to become a reality, but as children our dreams are far more vivid… and for those who are young and faced with a life-threatening disease or are terminally ill, the fulfilment of their life long hopes and aspirations are priceless. The creation of excitement and happiness for these children is exactly what Active Dreams sets out to achieve on a daily basis.

Every year Active Dreams brings a little happiness to hundreds of children between the ages of 2 and 21 who are suffering from a serious or terminal illness. By making their dreams come true, we believe it helps these children to forget their suffering – if only momentaril-and the benefit of these actions is invaluable to both the children and their families.

No request is too big or too small, we’re here to serve the needs and imaginations of children who may have lost hope or need some escape from daily life. The possibilities are endless…some of the requests we have received range from experiencing the magic of Disney to swimming with dolphins. More unusual requests have been visiting Australia to meet long lost relatives, hitting the safari tracks in Kenya and riding a quad bike into the deserts in Tunisia. However if the simpler things in life are what ticks your box – we can also help to arrange a trip to Butlins, get that special bike which lets you play out with your friends or travel further then before or install a multimedia system in your room to help make life easier. We take every suggestion seriously and every child is special to us in their unique way.

It’s hard to imagine life without dreams. We start dreaming as children and hopefully we never lose the ability to aim high and reach for the stars, inspired by the things we long to do or see.

Our dream is to make dreams come true, which is why we’ve launched Active Dreams, especially for children with life-threatening or debilitating illnesses. For these children, dreams mean everything, but sadly they’re often out of reach. We’ve found that, sometimes, a child’s dream can be something very simple, something that an adult may overlook, such as being able to join in with brothers or sisters or friends. Or it may be something extraordinary, magical and seemingly out of reach.

We’ve already helped all kinds of children from every walk of life live their dreams and we want to help millions more, which is where you come in of course. As a charity, we rely on fundraising and donations to help make dreams come true so why not get your thinking cap on and see how you could be part of something that’s making such a difference to the lives of seriously ill children and their families.

If you know a seriously ill child or young person, aged between 2 and 18, why not write and tell us about them and their dream? We’ll do everything we can to put a smile on their face. How to get in touch