Welcome to Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK
Make-A-Wish grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses. This year the charity is celebrating 21 years of wishgranting. Make-A-Wish was founded in the UK in June 1986 and, since then, we have granted over 4,700 wishes. At any given time, over 20,000 children in the UK are living with life-threatening conditions and our aim is to grant 21 wishes a week by the year 2010. Whether a wish is to be a princess or a policeman for a day, own the latest computer equipment, meet a favourite celebrity or just enjoy some special time away from home with their family, a wish come true brings so much to a child's life and provides memories for the family that last a lifetime.
Make-A-Wish grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses
News
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Flybe Supporting Make-A-Wish
Flybe has been Make-A-Wish’s official low cost airline partner for over three years.
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Aberdeenshire friends complete London Marathon for Make-A-Wish
Michael Arundel and twins Steven and David Thomson from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ran in the Flora London Marathon on Sunday 13 April 2008 in aid of Make-A-Wish.
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100 bags of donated clothes to help grant wishes
Justin Fletcher, Children's BBC 'Mr. Tumble' and Make-A-Wish 21st Anniversary Ambassador, was on hand at the charity's head office to help employees load over 100 bags of donated clothes into a Clothes Aid van.
Wishes
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Rachel meets her idols Trinny and Susannah
15 year old Rachel, from Kilkeel, County Down, had the day every teenage girl dreams of when she enjoyed the company of the UK’s leading fashion stylists, Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine, in Selfridges, London.
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Cameron meets the Sugababes
17 year old Cameron, from Dundee, is fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, and his very special wish came true when he met the Sugababes at the SECC in Glasgow.
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Zack learns a few tricks from Ronnie O’Sullivan
10 year old Zack, from Eastbourne, is fighting a heart transplant and being crazy about snooker it was no surprise to Make-A-Wish that his wish was to meet world famous snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Events
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Mini2.com Charity Ball
Gather together as many MINI enthusiasts.
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Bordesley Hall Ghost Hunt
An evening of paranormal investigation
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Great Scottish Walks
Walking for Wishes.