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Posted on 27th May 2020
Around 1700 seriously ill children, whose wishes are on hold due to the coronavirus, have been sent surprise goody bags by the children’s charity Make-A-Wish UK and the supermarket Morrisons. Read more
Posted on 1st Apr 2020
Clothing retailer Peacocks has launched a three-pronged initiative to help raise money for wishes this Mother’s Day following the success of its first partnership with Make-A-Wish® UK over Christmas. Read more
Posted on 1st Mar 2020
Seven-year-old Allan from Swansea has had treatment for a soft tissue tumour in his stomach. In February 2020 Make-A-Wish granted his wish to be a Police Office for the day. Read more
Posted on 4th Feb 2020
Make-A-Wish is recruiting eight young people from all over the UK who have been granted a wish in the past two years, to form the first STARboard, our own Children and Young People’s Board. Read more
Posted on 5th Dec 2019
The children’s charity Make-A-Wish UK has opened its doors to cameras for the first time for a two-part television documentary about its work being broadcast on Channel 5 next week. Read more
Posted on 13th Nov 2019
A 12-year-old boy from Gateshead has ridden in the driver’s cab of an express train thanks to the children’s charity Make-A-Wish UK and train operator Great Western Railway. Read more
Posted on 2nd Oct 2019
A month-long campaign in memory of one little girl has raised more than £35,000 to help the children’s charity Make-A-Wish UK grant more life-changing wishes to children living with serious illnesses. Read more
Posted on 1st Aug 2019
Five fundraising ultra-runners are due to set off on a 470-mile relay from Fort William, Scotland, to Caernarfon in North Wales on 22nd August. Read more
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