Dine with Davina: Essex
Friday 3 July 2026
Hylands Estate, Chelmsford
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Join us for our 2026 Dine with Davina Lunch in Essex
Lunch and Laughs
You will be treated to a glass of bubbly at the drinks reception when you arrive and take the opportunity to have your photo taken with Davina and have the chance to browse stall, before joining us for a delicious 3-course lunch.
You will have so much fun with plenty of laughter with exclusive hilarious celebrity anecdotes from Davina herself and get involved with fun games, finishing your afternoon with some live entertainment. You will have a wonderful time and more importantly, you will be helping to raise vital funds to support our life-changing work.
Raise money for Action!
As well as hearing from Davina the afternoon will be filled with incredible prizes to be won and money-can’t-buy items in our Live Auction. All raising money for children’s charity Action Medical Research.
Chrissy Bray (pictured) is a singer, MC and professional party host who creates dance floor magic at corporate celebrations, private parties and charity events with her interactive musical games nights. Chrissy combines her fun flavour of comedic banter with her irrepressible love for classic pop hits and a masterful party-starting skill set to inspire audiences to partake in dance floor shenanigans of the highest disco order.
Online Auction
We will be holding a live auction with money-can’t-buy prizes that you can bid on and win on the day.
Check back here closer to the event date for a sneak peek at some of the amazing prizes we will have.
(Pictured prizes are for illustration purposes only)
Event information
The dress code is glamorous and fabulous!
Date Friday 3 July 2026
10.30 Boutique Stalls – chance to shop
11.00 Drinks Reception
11.45 Let's get the party started
12.00 Davina McCall Welcome
3.00 Live Auction
4.00 Live Entertainment
5.00 Afterparty with DJ and Dancing
For any enquiries, please contact Hannah Smith on hsmith@action.org.uk.
The Venue
Welcome to Hylands Estate
Hylands House is a Grade II* neo-classical villa situated within Hylands Park a 232-hectare park southwest of Chelmsford in Essex in South East England. The beautifully renovated Neo-Classical elegant villa Hylands House is an ideal place to hold a luxurious lunch to help support Action Medical Research.
Hylands Estate
London Road,
Writtle,
Chelmsford,
CM2 8WQ
Book your tickets
Book now
Book your early access reduced price tickets now: £145 for an individual ticket or £1,450 for a table of 10.
This offer is ONLY available until 14 February 2026! After this date, tickets return to the full price of £1,850 for a table of 10 and £185 for an individual ticket.
If you’d like any information about tables or tickets, please contact Hannah Smith hsmith@action.org.uk
Dine with Davina: Essex early access - Individual ticket
£145.00
Product Detail
- Single guest ticket
- Set 2 course Lunch
- Half bottle of wine per person
- Glass of Prosecco per person
- Drinks Reception
- Goody Bags
Dine with Davina: Essex early access - Table
£1,450.00
Product Detail
- Table of 10 guests
- Set 2 course Lunch
- 2 Bottles of Prosecco
- 5 Bottles of wine
- Drinks Reception
- Goody Bags
Sponsors
If you’re interested in becoming a sponsor, please get in touch with Ellie Wheelhouse ewheelhouse@action.org.uk or call 07851 297746..
Previous Dine with Davina sponsors
Boutique Market Stalls
Stalls will cost £100 and this will need to be paid in advance of the event.
I am so excited to be hosting our new Dine with Davina in Essex! Join us for an afternoon of chatting, dancing and generally having lots of fun whilst raising funds and awareness of the vital and necessary work that the charity does. I'm looking forward to seeing you!
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Find out more about Action
Surprisingly medical research to help children is poorly funded in the UK. Action Medical Research has a critical job to do in helping fill this gap.
Since we began in 1952 we have been funding medical breakthroughs like the first polio vaccines in the UK, ultrasound in pregnancy and the rubella vaccine – helping to save thousands of children’s lives and change many more.