Winston’s Wish is a charity which began 15 years ago in Cheltenham and is seen as one of the leading charitable organisations working for bereaved children.
Its model of family support has been adopted by many other charitable organisations.
This charity provides professional assistance before, during and after bereavement to help children up to 18 through this difficult time. The charity recognises how children experience grief and works in practical and creative ways to help.
The Cheltenham based charity has an excellent website detailing the services the charity provides including:
- National helpline for anyone caring for a child coping with the serious illness or death of a family member (08452 03 04 05)
- Group and individual work with bereaved children and their families
- Range of publications, resources and educational films
- Support programme for schools
- Tailor-made training and consultancy for professionals
There is lots of information about how people in Cheltenham can help. This could be by fundraising or volunteering and the charity will always welcome a charitable donation.
- Make a charitable donation online by downloading a donation form
- Contact the fundraising team about making a charitable donation on 01242 515157
- Make a charitable donation through the payroll scheme
- Look out for the charitable donation boxes around Cheltenham
- Use www.everyclick.com/uk/winstonswish and you’ll make a charitable donation every time you search the web. (Everyclick makes a charitable donation to charitable organisations so it won’t cost you a penny!)