Joe Wicks encourages hundreds of children and teenage cancer patients to get active at Lee Valley Athletics Centre

Six hundred children and young people from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London Hospital (UCLH) teamed up to try new sports and get active at Lee Valley Athletics Centre.

The free event, called 'Get Active', encourages patients who are receiving, and those that have completed, cancer, immunology and stem cell treatment, to try a range of inclusive sports including climbing walls, athletics, dancing and wheelchair basketball.

This year, fitness coach Joe Wicks surprised the 200 families in attendance. Joe led a PE style warm up to kick start the event and also participated in a question and answer panel about health and wellbeing.

Patients, their siblings and families, enjoyed the festival atmosphere of the day with face painting and ice cream.

Following Joe Wicks’s warm up and panel session, for the remainder of the fun filled day, families participated in a range of activities thanks to volunteers from local and national clubs, and charities.