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Cotswolds edition of Monopoly features Winston’s Wish

7th April 2022 News, Press Releases

The new Cotswolds edition of Monopoly has launched and we’re delighted that Winston’s Wish features on a Community Chest square, sandwiched between Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm Shop and Daylesford Organic! It was announced last year that a Cotswolds version of Monopoly was being created and the public was invited to ...

Director Uberto Pasolini worked with Winston’s Wish on new film, Nowhere Special, starring James Norton

5th July 2021 News, Press Releases

Winston’s Wish worked closely with award-winning director Uberto Pasolini (The Full Monty, Still Life) on his new film, Nowhere Special, starring James Norton (McMafia, Little Women) as a father diagnosed with a terminal illness desperately trying to protect his young son. As the UK’s first childhood bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish ...

Still from animation on traumatic bereavement

Leading experts appeal for an understanding of childhood traumatic bereavement during and beyond the pandemic

17th May 2021 Press Releases

The UK Trauma Council (UKTC) and three childhood bereavement charities, including Winston’s Wish, appeal for more awareness of traumatic bereavement, particularly in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. They have also collaborated to create a new, free portfolio of evidence-based resources on traumatic bereavement to support those working with bereaved ...

Kristin Scott Thomas - Winston's Wish BBC Lifeline Appeal

Kristin Scott Thomas presents BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of childhood bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish

18th December 2020 Press Releases

Winston’s Wish will be featuring on BBC One this Sunday, 20th December, as it takes the spotlight in the BBC Lifeline Appeal. The appeal, fronted by Dame Kristin Scott Thomas DBE, features three families who all share their experiences following the death of a parent and shines a light on ...

Winston’s Wish wins five-star Teach Primary Award for SEND specialist bereavement book We All Grieve

15th October 2020 Press Releases

We All Grieve, our specialist publication on supporting bereaved children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities, is a five-star winner in the SEND category of the Teach Primary Awards. “Given the current global pandemic this book is not only thoughtful, accessible and well set out but also very ...

Advent of Change Christmas 2020 products

Join the giving revolution this Christmas – Winston’s Wish is proud to be part of an innovative product line-up from Advent of Change

9th October 2020 Press Releases

Winston’s Wish is pleased to announce that we are once again part of a unique product line-up for Christmas 2020, alongside 47 other charities. The feel-good festive range has been revealed in partnership with John Lewis by the non-profit social enterprise, Advent of Change, which pioneered the UK’s first advent ...

Winston’s Wish gives thanks to local family and the community in fond reflection of its bygone Boxing Day Challenge

23rd December 2019 News, Press Releases, Uncategorised

Earlier this year, Winston’s Wish made the difficult decision to withdraw its popular community event, the Boxing Day Challenge, which it ran for ten years at The Cheltenham Racecourse. As Christmas falls upon us, the charity reflects on the event’s rich history, and gives deepest thanks to the Cheltenham family at ...

Winston’s Wish launches UK’s first 24/7 bereavement crisis text service ahead of Christmas

4th December 2019 News, Press Releases

The UK’s first 24/7 crisis text service for bereaved children and young people goes live today. The Winston’s Wish Crisis Messenger text service is a free, confidential, anonymous text line available for children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis following the death of someone close, and who find themselves ...

Glastonbury Festival organisers announced as patrons of Winston’s Wish

17th April 2019 Blog, News, Press Releases

Winston’s Wish is delighted to announce that Glastonbury Festival organisers, Emily Eavis and her husband, Nick Dewey, have become patrons of Winston’s Wish, the charity for bereaved children and young people. This is the first time the festival organisers and married couple have become joint patrons of a charity together. Winston’s ...

Winston’s Wish and Macmillan team up to produce support book to prepare children for bereavement

15th March 2016 News, Press Releases

Winston’s Wish, the leading childhood bereavement charity in the UK, has teamed up with Macmillan Cancer Support to produce a book for parents who are nearing the end of life to broach the subject with their child. The book, titled Preparing a Child for Loss, aims to open conversations with children ...

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