Personalised notebooks by Starsmead Bookbinding

In 2021, Ursula launched a book offer making bindings with personalised spines to raise funds for the work of the Giggle Doctors. She donated all the materials and her time and managed to sell 181 copies and raise an incredible £2,715. The money raised was then donated during the matched funding campaign, the Big Give, and was doubled to £5,430!

We are delighted to share that this year Ursula via her company Starsmead Bookbinding is offering these beautiful personal designs once again. Books cost £16.65, and £15 comes to the charity (£1.65 goes to the postage.) But there is matched funding for this, so every book you purchase will result in a massively worthwhile £30 going to the work of the Giggle Doctors!

As Christmas is just around the corner, this could be the perfect gift for a loved one, whilst also helping bring magical moments to children in hospital when they need it most.

Ursula says, “I learnt about the Giggle Doctors when my daughter Bella started to work for the Theodora charity. Then, talking about it to friends, everyone loved the idea of the Giggle Doctors, and I discovered that people I know had had a child with a sorrowful destiny, which I had never been aware of. 

For me, in the tiny moment of bringing cheer to a poorly child and their family, the whole world changes and becomes a better place. I wondered how I could use my bookbinding skills for fundraising, and had the idea of creating notebooks with a personalised spine, which would make a lovely Christmas present. Lots of the books have been gifts for children which feels right too!”