Family Fun Day featuring Maddie Moate

Join us as we host a fabulous day for the whole family with a very special treat for the younger ones! Children’s TV presenter Maddie Moate is headlining the day for us and is joined by our patron, England International Cerebral Palsy Footballer Harry Baker!

We can hear the squeals of delight already as you tell your children about our Family Fun Day! We are thrilled to invite you to enjoy live shows, fun, food, stalls, and live music, and promise there will be something for all ages!

Tickets: Individual tickets £5 or £15 for a family ticket (2 adults + 2 children)

Your tickets include entry, live shows, and live music.

What you can expect

In addition to our live shows, we will have lots of fun and games on offer for the children, including challenging Harry to ‘keepie uppies’, and meet & greet photo opportunities with Maddie and Harry! As well as a number of exciting stalls, BBQ, ice cream, candy floss, coffee & cake, a bar, live music and lots more! Not all games, stalls and catering will take card payments, so please bring cash along as well to make sure you do not miss out. We will also run a silent auction - learn more below!

Live Shows

We have two fabulous shows for you!

'Busy Bees'

We are so excited to feature Maddie Moate at our Family Fun Day! Maddie is a much-loved children’s TV presenter who is passionate about education and excites children the world over with her educational YouTube channel and her many books.

Maddie Moate is the host of Cbeebies 'Maddie's Do You Know?' and CBBC's 'Show Me The Honey', but did you know she also keeps honey bees? For the past five years, Maddie has been making videos about honey bees on her YouTube Channel, but now it’s time to bring her love of bees to the stage!

In her ‘Busy Bees’ live show, Maddie will answer all your BEE-rillant questions as she teaches us about foraging, honey production, and the importance of bees as pollinators. Expect honey taste tests, fancy dress, silly games, and an epic waggle dance finale!

‘Maddie and Harry’s African Adventure’

Last year Maddie was joined by our patron, England International Cerebral Palsy Footballer Harry Baker, as they together took on the challenge of a lifetime to raise funds and profile for Rafiki Thabo – they climbed Mount Kilimanjaro!

While Maddie excitedly skipped along, snapping photos and videos, thrilling us all with her fabulous knowledge about nature and wildlife, and even did one of her famous biscuit reviews live at midnight from Kibo camp at 4,750m, Harry had us in fits of laughter with endless funny stories, ran a Pilates session for the team at Horombo camp at 3,720m, played football with the mountain guides at almost every rest stop and insisted on reaching the summit despite his left leg giving him trouble and the onset of altitude sickness!

Maddie and Harry have some amazing stories to tell: about curious creatures, staggeringly beautiful nature, how tough it was, and also why they both so passionately took on this challenge. They will also show you some of their favourite photos from their African Adventure.

In support of a great cause!

All proceeds from our Family Fun Day will go towards our programmes in Kenya, Uganda, and Lesotho, where we remove barriers to education for disadvantaged children through school bursaries, improving the learning environment, school meals programme and our support of children and young people living with disabilities. Learn more about our programmes and impact.

Silent Auction

To help us raise much needed funds, you can also make bids in our online silent auction which will have some amazing prizes on offer! We will announce the opening of our silent auction 3 weeks prior to the Family Fun Day, to give you plenty of time to browse the fabulous prizes, and then you can visit the silent auction stall on the 6th July to view the prizes in person.

Competition! 'A Better World for All'

Check out our fabulous competition for children aged 4 to 14 years old! Our theme is ‘A Better World for All’ and entries can be made in one of four categories, all engaging the children in thinking about how they can help make our world a better place for people, wildlife and the environment! Competition entries will be short 60 second films, and the winners and their films will be presented at our Family Fun Day by Maddie Moate! Children who enter the competition will receive a promo code for a free ticket to the Family Fun Day (T&Cs apply). Find out more and enter our competition HERE

Opportunities!

Would you like to promote your business at our Family Fun Day?

We have a number of exciting sponsorship opportunities on offer with great benefits to your business, to learn more head to Family Fun Day sponsorship opportunities on our website.

Are you interested in having a stall at our Family Fun Day?

Please contact Lore to discuss on lore@rafiki-foundation.org.uk

Good to know!

Payments on the day – Some stalls, catering and games may accept card payments but not all will be able to do so, so please bring cash!

Weather – While we can’t promise you sunshine, we can promise that our Family Fun Day will go ahead come rain or shine! We have a very large marquee!

Toilets - Toilets are located right next to the marquee and are all wheelchair friendly.

Parking - Plenty of parking available! There is only one entry to Cokethorpe School and once you are on the premises, our parking marshals will guide you.

Event Terms & Conditions

We regret that dogs are not allowed (except for guide dogs). Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Please note that Cokethorpe School is a smoke free venue. For our full Event Terms & Conditions please visit: https://rafiki-foundation.org.uk/events-terms-and-conditions/