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Posted on 20th Jun 2023

Kimberley Walsh & Mason Mount are set to join Make-A-Wish® UK families for this year’s A Disney Wish Experience, taking place in June. Read more

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Wish Child

Wish Parent

Wish Stories

Wishes

Posted on 25th Apr 2023

Two boys had their wish come true after meeting Hollywood stars at the European Gala Celebration of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as guests of honour at the glitzy event. Read more

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Premiere

Posted on 24th Apr 2023

Three children living with critical illness had the opportunity of a lifetime to be the first ever people to watch an England football game from the comfort of Wembley Stadium’s new Community Box. Read more

Football

Football Match

Wish Child

Wish Parent

Posted on 21st Dec 2022

Maria Georgiou, from Catford, has spoken out about the tragic death of her 17-year-old daughter Ellie earlier this year - as the family approach the one-year anniversary of Ellie’s final wish. Read more

#LightUpTheDarkness

Christmas

Lights

Wish Child

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Wish Stories

Posted on 15th Sep 2022

Celebrities Matt Willis, Millie Mackintosh and Helen Skelton join Make-A-Wish UK families for the UK’s largest ever Disney Wish Experience. Read more

Disney

Wish Child

Wish Parent

Wishes

Wishgranting

Posted on 5th Aug 2021

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

#Wish100Week

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GameStars

Gaming

Posted on 29th Apr 2021

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

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#WorldWishDay2021

Posted on 18th Dec 2020

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

Art of Wishes

Posted on 14th Dec 2020

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

Brighton

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Football

Posted on 7th Dec 2020

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

Christmas

Disney

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

Corporate Partners

Wishes

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

Mother's Day

Mum

Peacocks

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

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Police Officer

Wish Child

Wish Stories

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

Charity Ambassadors

STARboard

Wish Child

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

Documentary

Tern TV

TV

Wish Stories

Wishes

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

Train

Train driver

Wish Child

Wishes

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

Fundraising

Wish Child

Wishes

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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Running

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