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Phoebe signed up to take on a 30 Days of Disco challenge (Winston's Wish's first dancing challenge, marking 30 years of the charity), and has been keeping friends, family and followers entertained with fantastic dancing on Instagram throughout September. Phoebe has raised over £700, which will help to support grieving ...

Jack Plumridge ran a 100km Ultra Marathon around his hometown of Liphook in mid-August to support Winston’s Wish and grieving children, as well as holding a family fun day for local residents. He raised in excess of £7,200 (a phenomenal amount which is to be split between Winston’s Wish and ...

Sarah McCormack and her family started organising a fundraising event – “Jake’s Wish” in 2019, following the devastating loss of her nephew Jake in 2014. The family were heartbroken and decided to raise funds for Winston’s Wish, to help make sure that other families facing the death of a loved ...

Edd completed the 106km Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge and raised £1,220 for Winston’s Wish. Edd’s dad died when he was younger and he wanted to raise money to help Winston’s Wish to support other young people to cope with their grief. Tell us about your fundraising challenge for Winston's Wish I ...

George is walking 65 miles in 24 hours to raise money for Winston’s Wish. Both of George’s parents died when he was 15 and he wants to raise money to help Winston’s Wish to support other young people to cope with their grief. Tell us about your fundraising challenge The GSUKChallenge22 is ...

Barry and his friend Alec are walking 1,000km across Spain to raise money for Winston’s Wish in memory of Barry’s daughter, Lauren. Winston’s Wish supported Lauren’s two small children and their family when Lauren died suddenly in 2016. Barry tells us why he decided to take on this incredible fundraising ...

Russ Brookes has been an incredibly active and long standing supporter of Winston’s Wish. He’s taken on numerous challenges including multiple marathons, the famously difficult Dragon Ride and even donned an inflatable dinosaur costume as part of his efforts. He now has an epic year ahead of him taking on ...