How to sponsor a magical wish

At any one time there are 20,000 children in the UK living with a life-threatening illness and the number of children turning to us for wishes is at record high levels. As we strive to meet the demand for new wishes, we hope to have granted and funded 780 wishes by the end of 2010.

That’s why you can be sure that when you make a donation to Make-A-Wish, however large or small, your money will help us to grant wishes, quickly and effectively, to some of the most deserving young people you can imagine.

The cost to fund a wish can vary greatly from a few hundred to many thousands of pounds but we treat all our special children equally, regardless of the cost of their wish. With the exception of the most seriously ill children, we simply grant wishes in the order in which they come to us.

You could fund a magical wish for a child living with a life-threatening illness today. We are currently working on over 340 wishes – to hear about these and discuss the possibility of becoming a sponsor please call Laura Coates on 01276 405084 or laura.coates@makeawish.org.uk.

"I am so happy to have a guitar of my own. There are lots of sick children and I think they all deserve to have great wishes and feel as happy as I do right now."