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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 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.
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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 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!
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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 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]
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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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No Chance of Getting Cold Feet In Sponsored Firewalk! - 24/08/2008
On 26th September 2008, Noel Gordon from Northolt in Middlesex, will be literally treading on hot coals as he takes part in a firewalk in aid of Wishing Well House. Noel has no connection with the charity, but he read about what we are trying to achieve via the website and because he has a child who is on the autistic spectrum, he wanted to do what he could to help improve the lives of similar children who are autistic. The coals reach a temperature of 1000 degrees and this amazing selfless display of courage to help others will take place at Taunton Rugby Club and anyone interested in supporting Noel can sponsor him by logging on to http://www.justgiving.com/aba-firewalker On behalf of all of us at Wishing Well House charity we would like to say a huge thank you in advance for your kindness and support. Good luck! Pictured is Noel's gorgeous four year old son.
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She Did It! Friend of Wishing Well House Raises £1500! - 26/07/2008
Anita Watson demonstrated incredible courage when she did a solo parachute jump from a plane in aid of Wishing Well House. Supporters were there on the day to cheer her on and having faced a full day's training Anita had to pass an exam before she was given the go ahead to make her way to the plane. It was an amazing triumph and everyone watched in total admiration as she jumped from the plane single-handedly and then breathed a sigh of relief as the parachute opened successfully and she manouvered her way thousands of feet down to safety. Wishing Well House would like to thank Anita for being so brave and for all her efforts and support for our charity.
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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