National Children’s Activities Week 2026

Posted: 29th April 2026

Children’s Activities Week 2026, is running 11-17 May, once again raising money for the amazing charity Caudwell Children.

During the week your little ones are going to take part in flying activities!* Grown-ups will be able to sponsor newly qualified fliers in their efforts to raise money for children with disabilities and chronic illnesses nationwide.

Come along to your normal Gymboree Play & Music classes in the next couple of weeks to practise your flying skills and get ready for Children’s Activities Week. Don’t worry, classes will run as normal, we’ll just be incorporating flying lessons into your usual developmentally-appropriate activities.

Raising Money

You can go old school and print a sponsorship form to ask family and friends to sponsor your little one to learn to fly, or you can simply share our Just Giving page and ask them to donate. Either way, all monies go to Caudwell Children to support families in need.

Caudwell Children

Caudwell Children transforms the lives of disabled and neurodivergent children and their families across the UK with Family Support, Autism Services, Mobility Equipment Funding, and more! They champion every child’s potential by listening, understanding, and delivering personalised support.

This year, money raised will be used to provide amazingly beneficial Sensory Packs for families in need in your community. For children like Marcus, this could make a huge difference:

“Marcus, aged 9, is autistic. His mum, Emma, applied to Caudwell Children for a Sensory Pack to help Marcus with his sensory difficulties and emotional regulation.

When the Sensory Pack arrived, Marcus was really excited, the items were suitable for his needs and provided the physical outlet he required. The spiky resources offered the necessary pressure while the multi-coloured fountain light calmed him and created a relaxing atmosphere.”

*metaphorically speaking 😉

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Reviews

Both of my children (3.5 years and 11 months) go to Gymboree Play & Music and love it. My toddler goes to their drop-off Lego class which she raves about. It's very creative, working not only on Lego skills but also painting, drawing etc. My infant son loves his Gymboree Play & Music Crawlers class - particularly loves crawling all over their props, through the tunnels, etc. Great way to get the infant crawling over obstacles! Gymboree Play & Music is part of our weekly schedule for both kids and we look forward to participating every week. Invaluable!

Natalia

Gymboree Play & Music was a lovely and positive experience for my son Leo. We started when he was 9 months and he is now 3 years old, I wish we had started sooner.
He loves the songs (which is part of our daily singing at home), the freedom to explore and he was happy there. He looks forward to class every week and once class is over he will tell everyone about Gymbo and what he did.
For me, I liked that it taught him how to get down safely from a height, how to learn to use his body, and touching on different topics every 2 weeks. It gave me confidence in other environments to trust that he has the ability that he learned from Gymboree Play & Music and to trust him.

Sheena

I’ve been taking both my newborn and toddler to Gymboree Play & Music for a couple of months now and both boys are really loving the classes and open gym sessions. It’s a great way to meet other mums, entertain toddlers at witching hour(!) and get ideas for sensory play with babies. Sophie and Cat are fantastic and have so much energy and loads of different ideas for the classes, plus make sure the activities it’s help children meet their development milestones as well. Highly recommend this if you’re thinking about joining!! Thanks so much Sophie, Cat and the wider team :-)

Pippa