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PLEASE VOTE NOW - 26/11/2007

Stop Urgent - THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 08702 433 402
This is it, today is the day! You only have 15 hours to make a wish!
WE ONLY HAVE 15 HOURS TODAY (MONDAY 26TH NOVEMBER) TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM.

Will you give 10p or up to £1 to help Wishing Well House win £40,000 of Lottery funding? Please say Yes as this could enable this charity to buy musical instruments, hire music therapists and purchase sensory equipment to help more children with autism communicate through music?

THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 08702 433 402

Showbizworks.com supports Wishing Well House, a small start up registered charity which aims to open a full time arts based school in providing one to one education for children with autism. The school is currently operating lessons every Sunday by a team of dedicated and committed volunteers, however they have inadequate resources and equipment. One Mother whose child attends the classes says: "This is the only time we have as a family for social interaction with our son, and for our son to interact with other children and I have noticed that he is now trying to speak for the first time in his life, so these classes are invaluable."

Tonight, Wishing Well House will go head to head with another charity on ITV's People's Millions (operated by The Big Lottery) at 6pm to win £40,000 of Lottery funding. The charity with the most phone votes will win the money. This the last hurdle....we have made it down to the last two from 1000 applications! But only one charity can win.

We are asking you to make two wishes today (Monday), in fact please do it now on Monday 26th November. When you vote, you are making a wish for the success of Wishing Well House and also take the time to have one personal wish for yourself or a loved one (hey one good turn deserves another).

Anyone, anywhere in the country can vote up to ten times from the same number and calls from land lines cost just 10p each. Please take 1 minute out of your busy Monday to help children with autism. Then pass this email on to 10 of your friends or suppliers who you think will help to support this worthy cause.

The number to call is 08702 433 402.
Please watch Granada Reports tonight or log on to www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/peoplesmillions

Wishing Well House will know by Tuesday lunchtime if they have been successful in their bid. Please log on to www.wishingwellhouse.co.uk on Tuesday evening to see if the charity has been awarded the money.

Thank you so much........we know how busy Mondays are, but a 10p call (or even better, ten calls at 10p) will make a real difference.

Once you have voted and wished, send this email to the ten most likely people you know that would help in your address book and ask for their support. Send us an e-mail to let us know if you have supported and definitely let us know when your wishes come true. We will be adding to the roll of honour on the website as the day progresses.

Lucien, Jared, Niall, Harry and Troy the current children at the Sunday school along with their Mum's and Dad's thank you for your time and wish you a very Merry Christmas

Thank you too from The Trustees of Wishing Well House.

Rising Star Laura Critchley is Appointed Patron - 22/11/2007

Wishing Well House is delighted to announce that singer Laura Critchley has agreed to become a patron of the charity.

Laura from Liverpool, is attracting considerable interest from those in the music industry having just released her first album ‘Sometimes I’ which is being heavily promoted with national television advertisements. Her debut single ‘What Do We Do?’ is on the BBC Radio 2 playlist with Terry Wogan describing the album and Laura as “excellent” and recommending her as someone to watch out for.

Wishing Well House has been shortlisted for lottery funding and in order to win their bid, which would provide £40k to purchase musical instruments, sensory equipment and hire music therapists, the charity has to go head to head in competition with a Cumbrian school on Granada Reports at 6pm on Monday 26th November. The charity with the most phone votes will be awarded the money. The phone number to call will be published on www.wishingwellhouse.co.uk after 9am on Monday 26th November and everyone, no matter where they are based in the country, can vote up to ten times. Alternatively you can telephone Wishing Well House charity on 0845 638 1808 and they will give the number out over the phone on the day of the broadcast.

On agreeing to become a patron Laura said: “This is a cause which I wholeheartedly support and understand as my Mum’s best friends’ son is autistic. I think the focus on music as a means to encourage communication is fantastic, as many children with autism are pitch perfect and music, song and movement can help to encourage social interaction and speech. We just need to raise awareness as much as possible in order to get the school open and the music classes are one step further to a full time school, so I hope everyone will vote for Wishing Well House on Monday 26th November.”

Laura is currently supporting Deacon Blue and her single went into the Top 10 of the pre-release download chart. In the past year alone she has sung vocals on three tracks for Robbie Williams’ new album and performed at events for the Duchess of York, Princess Beatrice and Gordon Ramsay. For more information on Laura log on to www.showbizworks.com

WISHING WELL HOUSE NEEDS YOUR VOTE ON 26TH NOVEMBER - 12/11/2007

Wishing Well House charity, which aims to open an arts based school in Lancashire providing one to one education for children with autism throughout the NorthWest, is delighted to have made it through to the final eight in the regional People’s Millions TV contest for Big Lottery Fund good cause money.

Wishing Well House has applied for £40,000 of funding for its Arts Project. If successful, the money will be used to purchase a range of sensory equipment and musical instruments as well as fund music therapists and recruit and train volunteers to help teach autistic children communication and social skills through music and movement. Wishing Well House has successfully launched movement and dance classes for children with autism which take place every Sunday at 2.15pm at the Whittaker School of Dance and Drama on Hornby Road, Blackpool. The school donates the room free of charge to the charity until a viable, permanent residence for Wishing Well House has been found.

On Monday 26th November 2007, the Wishing Well House Arts Project will be showcased on Granada Reports going head to head competing with a Cumbrian based school which is bidding for funding to create a playground for local children with special needs. The successful bid will be the project that receives the most phone votes.

Regina Coulon, a trustee of Wishing Well House explained: “Statistics show that one in a hundred children has autism, so with 1.7m children in the NorthWest under 19 years of age, there are potentially 17,000 children who could benefit from our project. Many experts in the field of autism claim that up to 90% of autistic children are pitch perfect and often have music related talent that remains undiscovered. Usually, children with autism have very limited verbal communication and music and singing can be used as a channel to help develop speech, to manage emotions and to improve social skills.”

She added: “As the parent of an autistic son, I know first hand that many parents of autistic children never hear their children call them ‘Mummy’ or ‘Daddy’ or say ‘I love you’ and we want to use music as a way of developing speech and social interaction. If we are going to help children throughout the NorthWest, we really need as many people as possible to vote on the day any time between 9am until 12 midnight when the lines close.”

ITV has stated that the phone number will only be released at 9am on the 26th November and it can be obtained by either purchasing The Mirror newspaper, where it will be published or by logging on to www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/peoplesmillions or www.wishingwellhouse.co.uk Alternatively, you can telephone Wishing Well House on 0845 638 1808 and they will tell you the number to call to register your vote. Votes will only be valid for Wishing Well House from 9am until 12 midnight on Monday 26th November 2007. ITV and the Big Lottery Fund will use a low cost non-premium rate telephone number and do not make a profit from the voting telephone numbers.

New Movement and Dance classes every Sunday! - 12/10/2007

Movement and dance classes for children with autism now take place every Sunday at 2.15pm at The Whittaker School of Dance and Drama, 135 Hornby Road, Blackpool. The classes are taken by Regina Coulon, a trustee of Wishing Well House who has been professionally trained to teach movement to children with autism and she has also studied ABA and the Son-Rise Programme.

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