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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 of our most precious supporter.....Ben Trend who died in a drowning accident in South Africa. It was only last week that we posted news of how much he had raised for our charity by climbing Mont Blanc and it is incomprehensible to accept that he has been taken from this world so suddenly and so young. He spent his life helping others for which we will be forever grateful and we would like to send our sincere heartfelt condolensces to his new wife, his brother Jeavon and all his family.

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, The North Face Ultra Trail Du Mont-Blanc 2009 seems a distant memory now but my justgiving webpage has only just closed with the final amount coming in at - £2115.00. It was 103miles of non-stop blisters, sweat and tears but nothing in comparison to what some people in this life have to go through every day of their lives. I'm just glad that through 'my bit of fun' I'm able to help, albeit in a small way, others less fortunate than myself."

It is thanks to the selfless acts of people like Ben that help small charities like Wishing Well House to continue providing much needed facilities for children with autism in NW England. THANK YOU! Pictured is Ben Trend (centre)

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 by his parents and wife. Wishing Well House is very grateful to Ben for all his fund-raising efforts, he is an amazing man and the world is a better place for people like him.

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 stage extreme mountain race around the Mont Blanc Massif, which is widely accepted as the toughest foot race in Europe. The ascent and descent during the race will be more than the eqivalent of going up and down Everest! Experienced hikers would be expected to take 6-8 days and Ben has just 46hrs!

Ben is aiming to raise money for Wishing Well House, in order to help us complete our goal of opening an arts based 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).

If you know of anyone, or if you can donate anything at all to support this extraordinary young man with a very big heart, please visit his justgiving page www.justgiving.com/trendy/ where you can donate safely online to support this amazing show of courage. It would be very much appreciated!

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 continue fund-raising to open the UK's first arts based school for children with autism. At the moment we are providing music and dance classes for children in the NW of England at a local church hall on the Fylde coast in Lancashire. These lessons are proving a huge success with visible progress being made in the children's social interaction and in some cases verbal skills. If anyone would like to arrange a fund-raising event or to make a donation in support of Wishing Well House then please use the contact information listed on this website. For more information on World Autism Awareness Day visit [http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1625]National Autistic Society[/url]

Noel Gordon raises £830 - 14/11/2008

A huge thank you to Noel Gordon for literally walking over hot coals to raise an amazine £830 for Wishing Well House. Not only that but Noel also walked across broken glass and snapped a real metal tipped arrow with the soft part of his neck! Noel chose to support Wishing Well House as he has a gorgeous son who is autistic and he wanted to help other children with autism. Pictures were taken on a mobile phone but we wanted to share them with our supporters and to once again thank Noel for raising such a significant amount of money to help children with autism.

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