SeriousFun For All

SeriousFun Children’s Network, founded by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, will host SeriousFun For All, a free, virtual event, available to stream on Sunday 18th October on Facebook Live and YouTube live at 6.00 pm GMT, with special performances and speeches from celebrity guests including Allison Janney, Helen Mirren, Mark Hamill, Michael Sheen, Octavia Spencer, Renée Zellweger, Trisha Yearwood, as well as seventeen-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sting, who will give a special virtual performance during this year’s event. Additional talent scheduled to appear includes Aimee Mullins, Keb’ Mo’, Laura Osnes, Rupert Friend, Sam Heughan, (who will portray Paul Newman in an upcoming film) Takuma Sato, Clea Newman (daughter of Paul Newman), and more.

SeriousFun for All is a celebration of the global network that delivers life-changing experiences to kids living with serious illnesses and their families, totally free of charge. The free, virtual event is taking the place of the organisation’s previously held gala events in New York and London. Although COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of in-person camp programmes this summer, SeriousFun, which is made of 30 camps and programmes, launched a variety of awareness and fundraising activities, including SeriousFun For All, to not only ensure camps can continue serving campers and their family members safely during this crisis through innovative virtual programming but also help camps prepare to welcome campers back as soon as it is safe to do so.