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Billy Twelvetrees names Winston’s Wish as benefitting charity for his Testimonial year with Gloucester Rugby

18th November 2021 News

We’re excited to share that Gloucester Rugby (and England) legend Billy Twelvetrees is hosting his testimonial year with Gloucester Rugby, starting in November, and has named Winston’s Wish as one of his benefitting charities. Billy joined Gloucester Rugby in 2012 and has since made an impressive 235 appearances for The Club. ...

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 ...

A message from the founder of Winston’s Wish, Julie Stokes OBE

30th March 2020 Blog, News

In 1992, I returned to the UK after a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship with lots of exciting ideas on how we could bring children together, to help them support each other, express their feelings and ultimately rebuild their lives when someone had died. Winston’s ‘wish’ was that every child who ...

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 ...

Raising awareness of the thousands of children bereaved by suicide

10th September 2019 Blog, News

Childhood bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish, pledges to raise awareness of the thousands of children who are bereaved by suicide each year, through the release of a short film entitled #HopeAfterSuicide. The film, has been directed and produced by filmmaker Phil Beastall – the man behind the £50 ‘Love is a Gift’ ...

Bereaved children “let down” by lack of support in schools

17th June 2019 Advice, Blog, News

Prince William, who lost his mother Diana at age 15: "I think when you are bereaved at a very young age… you feel a pain like no other pain.” Bereaved children are being let down as they try to cope after losing a parent or sibling because support in schools is ...

Being Mum and Dad on Father’s Day

14th June 2019 Advice, Blog, News

Through his Doodle Diary, our new Ambassador Gary Andrews tells us about being Mum and Dad on Father's Day after the unexpected death of his wife Joy, aged just 41, in 2017 left him the sole parent to their two children Lily and Ben, who were just 10 and seven ...

How to prepare a child for the death of a parent by cancer

How to talk to a bereaved child

14th May 2019 Advice, Blog, News

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. The following blog post is an extract from our podcast on the importance of conversation. It features Debbie and Gemma in the South West team. You can listen to the podcast below. For Parents and Carers When somebody dies sometimes people just don’t know ...

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 ...

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