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Winston’s Wish marks Black History Month

29th November 2022 Blog, Uncategorised

This October, the EDI group at Winston’s Wish marked Black History Month by scheduling personal development work for the organisation to get involved in. Each member of the team was asked to dedicate two hours of their paid work time to developing their understanding and awareness of black history. At ...

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Singapore based Flo channels her passion for yoga to support grieving children

3rd October 2022 Blog, Fundraising

Since qualifying as a yoga teacher Flo Evans has been running successful events in Singapore which she has used to raise awareness and funds to support Winston’s Wish. She told us about her connection with the charity, how she combines her passion for helping others through yoga with fundraising and ...

The Birmingham Publicity Association chooses Winston’s Wish as its beneficiary charity

27th January 2022 Blog, Press Releases

Winston’s Wish will benefit from the next two years’ worth of fundraising activity by the Birmingham Publicity Association (BPA). The BPA has raised tens of thousands of pounds throughout its almost 90 year history for charitable causes, and chooses a new charity every two years to generate awareness and funding. They ...

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Competition: Design a Winston’s Wish Christmas card

14th December 2021 Blog, News

Could you design our 2022 Christmas cards? We need help from children and young people to design our Christmas cards for 2022! Draw, paint or design online a Christmas picture for our 2022 Christmas cards. The drawing can be anything related to Christmas but must fit on our template below and ...

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Benedict and Stephen’s 12 hour zombie battle to support Winston’s Wish

11th November 2021 Blog, Fundraising

In October Benedict and Stephen took on an a mammoth 12 hour Player 2 challenge with their friends Kieran and Ash, to help further our charity's work. They managed to almost double their original target and raise £190 to help us support more grieving children, young people and families across ...

Fran and friend’s creative talents support Winston’s Wish

10th November 2021 Blog, Fundraising

The pandemic put a stop to a great number of our usual activities and hobbies and for many of us, getting creative became a positive way to stay connected and hone our skills. Fran Battin and her friends started putting their talents to work, choosing to make beautiful handmade items ...

Environmental business “Play It Green” show solidarity with bereaved children

31st August 2021 Blog

The charity Winston’s Wish is now an official good cause of Play It Green, meaning it will receive more funding for its work in supporting children after the death of a parent or sibling. Environmental business Play It Green helps people and businesses to become more sustainable and benefit from their ...

A message from the founder of Winston’s Wish, Julie Stokes OBE

30th March 2020 Blog, News

In 1992, I returned to the UK after a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship with lots of exciting ideas on how we could bring children together, to help them support each other, express their feelings and ultimately rebuild their lives when someone had died. Winston’s ‘wish’ was that every child who ...

Lost for Words book for bereaved children

New book to help young people through grief

18th November 2019 Advice, Blog

A new free e-book has been released for Children’s Grief Awareness Week, featuring a collection of personal insights and advice for bereaved children by bereaved children, including those who have been supported by Winston’s Wish. Lost for Words: Advice for Children About How to Deal with Grief was conceived and edited ...

Raising awareness of the thousands of children bereaved by suicide

10th September 2019 Blog, News

Childhood bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish, pledges to raise awareness of the thousands of children who are bereaved by suicide each year, through the release of a short film entitled #HopeAfterSuicide. The film, has been directed and produced by filmmaker Phil Beastall – the man behind the £50 ‘Love is a Gift’ ...

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