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Our PR team shares the stories of children looking for their wish to be made a reality, the amazing people pushing themselves to new limits to raise vital funds for the work we do and exciting business news.
If you are a member of the press who has an enquiry or would like to feature Make-A-Wish, please contact us via the details below.
- Email: press@makeawish.org.uk
- Phone: 07739 661320
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 27th Nov 2019
A teenager from Swindon, who has been treated for a rare cancer, has been granted her greatest wish – to solve a murder with the help of the police! 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
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