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Winston’s Wish launches SEND Rapid Response training

25th September 2024 Blog, News, Press Releases

Winston’s Wish has launched a new SEND Rapid Response package designed to support educational providers following a bereavement in the school community. We have worked exclusively with Sarah Helton, a SEND Trainer and Consultant who specialises in grief and bereavement, to create this specific package designed with SEND pupils in mind. Sarah, ...

Coping with bereavement by suicide: Thoughts from WAY members

20th September 2024 Advice, Blog

To mark Suicide Awareness Month, members of the charity WAY Widowed and Young have been sharing their thoughts on how to look after themselves and their children after a bereavement to suicide…. Diane's Story "For me, the suddenness was also really difficult to deal with – one minute Graham was there and ...

Fundraising supporter James Beeson on his bike in Winston's Wish shirt

From Land’s End to John O’Groats – 1,000 Mile Cycle for Charity

5th September 2024 Blog, Cycling Events, Fundraising, News, Press Releases

Personal trainer James Beeson, 41, has decided to take on the mammoth challenge of cycling nearly 1,000 miles across nine days from the bottom of England to the top of Scotland to raise funds Winston’s Wish. With a fundraising target that has already raised thousands of pounds for Winston’s Wish, as ...

Make and talk activity for children: Grief Chart & Coping Wheel

23rd August 2024 Advice

Children who’ve been in school classrooms may have used something similar to our Grief Chart, teachers might use it to gauge how the class is feeling or how hard the pupils have been working. Creating a Grief Chart allows you, as the adult supporting the child, to start a conversation about ...

Sam cycling the Isle of Wight - fundraising challenge

Cycling the Isle of Wight – Sam’s fundraising story

20th August 2024 Blog, Cycling Events, Fundraising

Two days, 73 miles cycled, and a fundraising total of £1,832 for Winston’s Wish as supporter Sam, 13, from North Somerset took on the Isle of Wight with his dad, Brendan, and Uncle Spencer in memory of his cousin, Jake. To mark the ten years since his cousin passed, Sam wanted ...

Greeting Card Association Consults Charity Youth Ambassadors

20th August 2024 Blog, News, Press Releases

The Greeting Card Association has joined forces with Winston’s Wish to create a new set of principles to be rolled out throughout the greeting card industry to remember grieving young people in sympathy card spaces. Moonpig recently hosted a special workshop at their headquarters with industry professionals and members of the ...

Back to school tips for bereaved children: Practical advice from WAY members

14th August 2024 Advice, Blog

Navigating the back-to-school routine can be daunting when your child has suffered from a significant bereavement. To help, our friends at WAY Widowed and Young have shared some helpful tips from their members - offering advice from widowed parents to make the school year a little less stressful for bereaved children ...

Ambassador Ghislaine, “When I was in the water, I forgot that I was the girl without a dad”

12th August 2024 Blog, Challenge Events, Fundraising, Press Releases, Stories

Ambassador Ghislaine will be taking part in Hyde Park’s Swim Serpentine this September. A keen swimmer, 26-year-old Ghislaine will be raising funds for Winston’s Wish when she completes a one-mile swim in one of London’s most famous parks. Ghislaine explains what inspired her to combine her love for swimming with raising ...

What is Creative Therapy?

5th August 2024 Advice, Blog

Creative Therapy is a way for children and young people to process their grief when they may not be ready to talk or have the language to explain what they are feeling. Books, games, art, journalling, play and music can provide a space that allows children and young people to ...

Winston's Wish lottery player, Mandy (centre) with her daughter Sasha and now husband Les

Winston’s Wish lottery player, Mandy, shares her reasons for playing every week

2nd August 2024 Blog, Fundraising, Stories

Winston’s Wish lottery player, Mandy, shares her reasons for playing every week following the support her transgender daughter, Sasha, received when her dad died. In 2001, Mandy and her family – husband Bob and child Sasha - were travelling in France when their car was hit by a speeding motorcycle. Mandy ...

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