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The first photos of Matthew attending yesterday’s Walk of Smiles for Bethany’s Smile, have appeared online via the charity’s Facebook page. All the photos may be viewed in our gallery. More will be added as they make their way online.
Matthew Lewis will be taking part in this year’s Walk of Smiles, as he has done for the past few years because he is Patron to the charity, Bethany’s Smile. This time the walk is on June 1st and, as always, will be Fancy Dress optional (or wear lots of colour) – outfits to make people Smile! More details may be found below:
Registration is on the day from 9.30am at Redbeck Field, Layton Road, Rawdon, Leeds 19 where bacon butties and hot and cold drinks will be available.
The walk will set off at 10.30am with free refreshments for all walkers at the half way point. All walkers will receive free entry into the Rawdon Fun Day and also a Certificate of Completion signed by actor Matthew Lewis (aka Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter) who is Patron to Bethany’s Smile.
There will be prizes for the best child and best adult outfit and also a prize for the most sponsor money raised.
Rawdon Fun Day: lots to see and do including: live unusual birds of prey displays, galloping acrobats, bounty castles, fire department car rescues, food, bar, fairground rides, trampolines, live bands, real ale, champagne tent, a variety of trade and entertainment stalls, plus the famous radon welly wanging championship and much, much more…
As we posted last Friday Matthew visited Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter along with some other Potter crew members and The Royal Family. Duchess Catherine, Prince William and Prince Harry were there to open up the general Warner Bros. Studio Tour which houses props from other WB films, like Batman. SnitchSeeker and Lovely-Bonnie have unearthed some photos of Matthew at the event which can be seen in the gallery.
Today Prince William, Duchess Kate and Prince Harry visited Warner Bros Studio Tour to inaugurate the new section showing off props from other Warner Bros. films (such as Batman.) Matthew Lewis along with some other members of the Potter family were also in attendance at the event. So far there is only one shot of Matthew online, from his Twitter account. The Hemel Gazette has a short interview with Matthew in their recap of the day.
Matthew, 23, said: “Today has been great. I was told we would be coming and that we would be meeting William, Kate and Harry, which was fantastic.
“It’s just weird being back at the place where I used to work for 10 years, and then to have the actual royal family here too is amazing. I have been on the tour before but haven’t been back in the actual studios since I finished filming.
“It’s so weird and really surreal being back after all this time. Harry joked that we must just take people round here now.”
Additional photos (not including Matthew) may be seen on Prince Harry or Duchess Kate‘s Factebook pages and more news is at Magical-Menagerie.
Earlier this evening Matthew Lewis attended the first Walk of Smiles Fashion Show to help draw the names of winners in a raffle held at the event. So far only one photo of the event has made it’s way online, thanks to Multitude Media, and it can be seen in the gallery. The album will be updated as more photos appear!
Bethany Hare founded the charity to help children with illnesses and has already raised more than £18,000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice. Matthew has been a long time supporter, attending various events, and is now a patron for the charity. All funds raised went to Bethany’s Smile to support the care of children with life threatening, chronic and life limiting illnesses, outside the hospice environment.
The Ilkley Gazette has also posted a short article on the event:
Bethany’s mum Yvonne Hare said: “The support has been unbelievable. Matthew Lewis is definitely coming and ten outfits have been donated by designers. They are absolutely stunning dresses. We are going to Asda this afternoon to chose 30 kid’s outfits and 21 adult outfits in two hours. Then we have got a rehearsal tonight. It is absolute madness.” She added: “We could have sold three times as many tickets as we are allowed – which is so frustrating. We could only sell 300 because of health and safety reasons.”
We will post more information about the event as soon as it is revealed.
UPDATE: Added two more photos thanks to Hannah-Rose who was a photographer for the event. She also shared some more information about what Bethany is hoping to do with the money raised:
[…] build ‘Smile Cottage’, “a place where families can spend quality time and build happy memories, when they only have a little bit of time to spend together” for whatever reason. Bethany hopes this build can be by the sea, so it becomes a tranquil, resting place for those families.