Welcome to Wishing Well House.
Wishing Well House is a registered charity (number 1118663) and the trustees are desperately fund-raising in order to reach their first target of £150k.
This will enable us to open a school in the NorthWest of England that will provide one to one education for children with autism using a programme called Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).
The school will make a positive difference to the lives of autistic children and will have a particular focus on the arts to include music and movement. This will help the children to improve their communication skills and to achieve their maximum potential in preparation for adulthood by providing dedicated, specialist teachers and experts in the fields of autism and the arts.
The following statistics are from The National Autistic Society website:
Significant failures in our education system are causing misery for thousands of families affected by autism in England*.
- > Approximately 40% of children with autism have been bullied at school.
- > 1 in 100 children have autism but there is currently no requirement for trainee or practicing teachers to undertake any training in autism and over 70% of schools are not satisfied with the level of their teachers' training.
- > Over 25% of children with autism have been excluded from school, usually due to a lack of understanding and awareness on the part of the school.
- > There are more appeals to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal about schooling for children with autism than for children with any other type of special education need.
* The term autism is used to refer to all conditions on the autistic spectrum, including Asperger syndrome.
Click here if you would like to support Wishing Well House
Donations
We desperately need money to get the school open. You can currently donate by cheque.
- Send us your donation by cheque
- Bank donations coming soon!
Quick Contact
- Wishing Well House
- Registered office
- Park House
- 91 Garstang Road
- Preston
- PR1 1LD
- Tel: 0845 638 1810
- E-Mail: info@wishingwellhouse.co.uk
Latest News. 
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Tribute - 19/04/2010
It is with a very heavy heart that we wanted to let the friends of Wishing Well House know that we have heard today of the sudden and very tragic death...
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Ben Trend Raises £2115 - 14/04/2010
Huge thanks to Ben Trend for all he has done to help raise funds for Wishing Well House. These are Ben's own words having conquered the blistering mountain climb;
"Well,...
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He Did It! - 22/09/2009
Ben Trend completed the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc in 45 hours 45 minutes of continual running and walking. A very tired Ben was greeted at the finish line in Chamonix...
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Ben Trend To Climb Mont Blanc - 11/08/2009
We are absolutely in debted to Ben Trend who is about to climb the north face of Mont Blanc in aid of Wishing Well House. It is a 103 mile(166km) single...
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World Autism Awareness Day - 25/03/2009
Wishing Well House is looking forward to World National Awareness Day on 2nd April and hoping that more people will support the charity at local level to help us...
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