Thanks for taking the time to visit the Hearts & Minds Raise a Smile Campaign page.

Hearts & Minds is the home of the Clowndoctors and Elderflowers programmes in Scotland. Our mission is simple. We aim to enhance the experience of people in hospital and hospice, residential or respite care using clown-based techniques to encourage communication, interaction and laughter. We raise smiles all across Scotland, from Inverness down to the Borders.

We achieve our aim through two different arts-in-health programmes; the Clowndoctors programme, which works specifically with children, and the Elderflowers programme which focuses on work with elderly dementia patients. We are the only organisation delivering work of this kind in Scotland.

Raise a Smile is our new campaign to raise funds to expand the Clowndoctors and Elderflower programmes further across Scotland.  This will help us reach many more children and elderly dementia patients to help make them smile.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to Hearts & Minds and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.