Fundraising Archives

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 group of friends and family from The Hunchman Trust posing for a photo after a successful fundraising challenge for Winston's Wish.

The Hunchman Trust and Winston’s Wish

18th July 2024 Blog, Fundraising, News

Ben from the Hunchman Trust shares about their motivation behind raising thousands for Winston’s Wish! It all started in May 2023 with The Hunchman 500. Me, Charlie and Chester decided to raise money for mental health by organising a unique challenge. The plan was to run 250km from our family home ...

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 ...

Skydiver Samantha Raises Funds for Winston’s Wish

7th March 2024 Challenge Events, Fundraising, News

Samantha Sharpe was 25 when her Mum died. Every year on her mother’s birthday, Samatha does something for charity and recently she took on a skydive in Miami to raise funds for Winston’s Wish on what would have been her mother’s 60th birthday. Samantha explains, “I lost my Mum, Melissa, when ...

Harry’s Christmas Album for Winston’s Wish

15th December 2023 Fundraising

Harry Boulton has been busy in the studio recording a fantastic album of Christmas songs, the proceeds of which he's generiously chosen to donate to Winston's Wish, to support our work during the festive season and beyond. Tell us about your Christmas album, how did you come up with the idea? My ...

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