The Walt Disney Company UK & Ireland

✨❄️ This festive season, we've been supporting Make-A-Wish, and together, we granted 50 children's Disney wishes at a magical, snowy weekend at Disneyland Paris.   Efe, four, from Wales, dreamed of meeting his favourite superhero, Spider-Man, while Alix, eight, from France, couldn’t wait to spend time with Mickey Mouse!   Disney and Make-A-Wish work together all year round, across the world, and together we have granted over 155,000 life-changing wishes for children with serious illnesses.   Read more about the Disneyland Paris wish weekend here: https://lnkd.in/e9aJTZ4E   #MomentsThatMatter #MakeAWish Make-A-Wish International

Did you catch us bringing the Pride Lands to London last week?  🦁 👑    The majestic cast and crew of Mufasa: The Lion King came roaring into town for the UK premiere at Leicester Square to celebrate the film’s release.     Exploring the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, Mufasa: The Lion King is out today, in cinemas across the UK and Ireland! 

What a magical day at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.   Mickey and Minnie Mouse were joined by their friends to spread some festive cheer, on their “Jingle Bell Tour” to visit children currently being treated at the hospital, and the staff caring for them.    Disney has proudly supported the children's hospital since 1951, when Walt Disney himself first visited.  

👠 The news you’ve all been waiting for…we’re heading back to Rutshire! Disney+’s hit original series “Rivals”, based on the novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, will return for a second season - with more romance, betrayal, and shoulder pads to come.    All episodes of “Rivals” season 1 are available to stream now, exclusively on Disney+. #Rivals #DisneyPlusUK

Today, in honour of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, our cast members in EMEA heard from racing driver Nicolas Hamilton who joined us for a conversation event with ESPN reporter Alexis Nunes. Nicolas, who was born with cerebral palsy, was the first-ever disabled athlete to compete in the British Touring Car Championship. Nicolas explored his personal story of motivation, and shared more about his belief that your ambition is limited only by your attitude.    All year round we look to continue conversations like this and others, working with our Belonging Employee Resource Groups (BERGs) to provide a platform for under-represented groups and create a culture of empathy, inclusion, and equity in the workplace.    #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities 

What a team 🙌. This week in our London office, 345 cast member VoluntEARS joined forces to pack over 100,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger. This number of meals will feed over 400 Zimbabwean children for a whole school year.   Disney has worked with Rise Against Hunger, who support those facing food insecurity, for over a decade with VoluntEARing meal-packing events like this.   From local community projects to global initiatives, our Disney VoluntEARS programme gives cast members the opportunity to volunteer their time to make a difference. A huge thank-you to those who took part! #DisneyVoluntEARS #MyDisneyStory

To mark International Men’s Day earlier this month, we held a virtual panel for cast members exploring conversations about masculinity and roles in gender equity. Luis Fernambuco, our VP and General Manager of Portugal, moderated the session with panelists Dan Guinness from Beyond Equality, Fiona Barron from The Gender Equity Collective, and our special guest, former England Rugby player, Ben Cohen, who shared their insights and experiences about how to foster an inclusive work environment.    #InternationalMensDay #MyDisneyStory

Calling all Manchester-based data and technology industry professionals! 📢   We’re kicking off a brand-new series of free meetups for you to learn more about how we use cutting-edge technology to create magical customer experiences in the streaming space.   Our first ever Disney Tech Bytes session will focus on Modern API Development & Monitoring at Scale, featuring our in-house engineers who will explore how we use programming language like Scala to ensure API compatibility across thousands of our digital services.   The event will take place on Tuesday 3rd December from 6pm in our central Manchester offices. For full details and to sign up, visit https://lnkd.in/e8QsmdBS    Spaces are limited so make sure to register – we look forward to seeing you there.   #DisneyCareers #MyDisneyStory 

We are pleased to announce that Karl Holmes has been appointed SVP, Direct to Consumer & General Manager, Disney+, EMEA effective from January 2025. Karl brings a wealth of consumer and media experience after more than two decades from his career in media businesses with roles at Sky, 21st Century Fox and Tata Sky. He has spent the last decade at Sky in a variety of senior roles, leading large teams across functions including Marketing, Operations, Finance, Commercial and Data, and will bring a great breadth and depth of relevant experience to this role. During the last 10 years at Sky, Karl has served as Chief Operating Officer for Europe, Chief Consumer Revenue officer for the UK as well as Chief Financial Officer for the UK and Ireland and Group Chief Data Officer.  Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e6uHDhmk

Bringing movie magic 📽️ into hospitals.   Last weekend, our long-term charity partner MediCinema opened its brand new cinema at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, and they launched with a very exclusive screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios' epic animated adventure Moana 2. Not only did the children and families get to see a special recorded message from the cast, but Moana herself brought some movie magic to proceedings, greeting children and young people as they arrived. We provided significant funding towards the creation of this new, specially designed cinema, allowing the children at the hospital to attend screenings in their beds or wheelchairs, and helping MediCinema to bring moments of joy to patients, their families, and the staff who care for them. Nine-year old Nancy summed up the event perfectly from her hospital bed: “It was boss!” Films truly have the power to connect us all!   Find out more https://lnkd.in/eFuxyDXq #Moana2 #MomentsThatMatter Photos: Anthony Delvin/Getty Images