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Gaming influencers Dan TDM, GaGOD, Beardageddon, It’s Tegan, InDeeDee, and KT.EXE are just some of the amazing people who helped Make-A-Wish smash its target during the charity’s first #Wish100Week Read more

The number of children in the UK who are eligible for a wish has doubled in the last 15 years, and it's increasing, according to research commissioned by Make-A-Wish UK. Read more

Internationally acclaimed British artists Idris Khan, OBE and Annie Morris are selling a limited edition print each, the proceeds of which will go to Make-A-Wish UK. Read more

A teenage boy, who feels that his wish is granted every time he goes to watch his beloved football team play, has released a charity single and video to raise money for other children's wishes. Read more

Nine-year-old wish child Emily had a private virtual meeting with singing sensation Griff, ahead of the release of her single Love Is A Compass, the official soundtrack of Disney’s festive advert. Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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