Fundraising Archives

Singer Livia Mackenzie fundraises for Winston’s Wish with new single

12th February 2026 Blog, Fundraising, Stories

Livia is a singer-songwriter and has been fundraising for Winston’s Wish through her single ‘annual festive linger’. Livia’s motivation behind fundraising to help support bereaved children and young people is because of the lack of support she was offered by people around her when she was 17 and her mum died in 2021. My ...

Winston's Wish fundraisers walking the Yorkshire Three Peaks

75 hikers from insurance sector raise an incredible £36K for Winston’s Wish during Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

26th September 2025 Fundraising, News, Press Releases

A group of more than 70 employees from insurance protection and insurance providers MetLife and Reassured, respectively, combined forces and took on the mighty Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge, overcoming torrential rain and appalling weather conditions to unite and give hope to grieving young people! Beckie Wynne, Director of Income Generation at ...

Why I’m Dedicating A Flower To The Winston’s Wish Memory Meadow – Edd’s Story

11th July 2025 Fundraising, Stories

Edd’s dad died when he and his siblings were in their early 20’s. It was the first time they had ever dealt with grief. Since first taking on a half marathon in support of Winston’s Wish in 2019, Edd has been a constant supporter of our work, raising vital funds to ...

Could you take on a walking challenge for Winston’s Wish this National Walking Month?

1st May 2025 Fundraising, News, Press Releases

As May marks National Walking Month, Winston’s Wish is inviting participants to get involved and sign up to a sponsored walk to raise awareness of the charity and its services in the local communities. The charity is calling upon local tenacious trekkers and novice navigators alike to sign up to a ...

Remembering Rocco

11th December 2024 Blog, Fundraising, Stories

Rocco's Godmother, Claudia: Rocco White was the 4th baby of my best friend, Samya, and my godson. He was an identical twin with Winston and has an older brother, Otis, and sister, Mila, who were 3 and 5 when Rocco died suddenly on 11th December 2018, aged 6.5 months. He was ...

Finding support after being bereaved by suicide: Caroline’s story

14th November 2024 Blog, Challenge Events, Fundraising, Press Releases, Stories

Caroline received the devastating news that her husband, Steve, had died by suicide after he had been missing for two days. It was a complete shock to Caroline and her family, and there had been nothing to make her believe that this would be the outcome when she initially reported ...

TV Star Alfie Watts Launches Charity Single for Winston’s Wish

7th October 2024 Blog, Fundraising, News, Press Releases, Stories

Television personality and BBC Race Across the World Winner Alfie Watts will release his debut single, Hopeless Wings, on the 31st of October to raise funds for Winston’s Wish. As an ambassador for the UK’s first children and young people’s bereavement charity, Alfie is keen to be a grief advocate for ...

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 ...

A letter for Winston’s Wish

29th May 2024 Fundraising, Stories

Written by Winston’s Wish supporter, NickIt was nearly 47 years ago, as a 19-year-old, when my life was turned upside down. At around 4 am, a knock on my door, and two oversized policemen squeezed into my room. After suggesting I sit down, they told me, without much further softening of what was to ...

Bill Bailey gig raises £45,856.48 for Winston’s Wish

14th November 2023 Fundraising

From the glitz of the Strictly dancefloor to his many appearances on such shows as Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and QI, Bill Bailey has been delighting audiences across the UK for decades. He also recently delighted audiences at The Centaur at Cheltenham Racecourse during ...

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