Get Started: Teachers & Grown-Ups

Since 1982, Operation Smile has provided free facial reconstructive surgery to more than 130,000 children.  It can take just a 45 minute operation, costing as little as £150 to give a child a new start at life.
 
Through the Send A Smile Blue Peter Appeal, children can:

  • Support Andy, Helen and Joel
  • Use their creative skills to help children in India and around the world
  • Learn about Operation Smile’s amazing work
  • Discover a new and exciting culture

We are asking children to turn unwanted t-shirts into hospital gowns. Every gown you send will save us approximately £3 in costs. Operation Smile will use the gowns during future medical projects.

Our goal is to make 20,000 gowns which will save a staggering £60,000! That’s enough money to help pay for 300 surgeries in Guwahati, India. 

Grown-Ups
Download the Step by Step Guide to make a hospital gown.  For more information about Operation Smile and a FAQ about Clefts, visit the About Us section of this website.

Teachers
We have provided everything you need to bring this appeal to life in your classroom and encourage children to take a step to help others.  Download the curriculum resource materials below, which include everything you need to know about the appeal, easy to use lesson plans to inspire your students and a campaigning kit to spread the word at school.

General Downloads

Where to send your gowns?  Or need further help and information? Contact Kate Mckeand, Send a Smile Coordinator at sendasmile@operationsmile.org.uk

For any further information please do not hesitate to contact us on bluepeter@operationsmile.org.uk or 0844 581 1110