Very well done to Steven Richardson for coming first with his wonderfully decorated Christmas tree at the recent festival in All Saints Church and sincere thanks to him for donating his prize money of £600 to Wendy's Wish.
Hopes, Dreams and Wishes Ball October 2025
Very many thanks to everyone who helped us, in whatever way, to make our Hopes, Dreams and Wishes Ball such a success - to our incredible ball committee, our generous sponsors, auction and raffle prize donors, our awesome compere, our brilliant auctioneer, our fabulous photographer, our mesmerising magicians, our talented caricaturist, our fantastic raffle ticket sellers, Allanda and her superb staff, our wonderful DJ, Arty Party for the balloons, Alverton Press for the printing and, of course, everyone who came to support us. Without you all, the evening would not have been possible. Together you helped us to raise the unbelievable sum of £15,557.32 which was shared equally between Wendy's Wish and the Teenage Cancer Trust. This is way beyond anything we could have imagined and we want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts. It was the perfect way to remember two extremely special and much missed people, Wendy and Grace, and the money raised in their memory will go towards helping others who are facing the difficult journey with cancer.
Coffee Morning August 2025
HUGE thanks to everyone who contributed to this coffee morning - the Coffee Pot staff, the extra helpers, the bakers, the prize providers, those who gave donations and, of course, all the people who came to support us. We made the fantastic total of £502.65 and we couldn't have done it without you.
Summer Music Concert Friday 4th July at 7.30pm
We’re hugely grateful to Northallerton Methodist Church Choir, of which Wendy was a member, for raising funds for Wendy’s Wish at their forthcoming concert. It would be fantastic to see lots of people there to enjoy a special evening of music.
Rotary Club of Northallerton Charity Day
We are very grateful to the Rotary Club of Northallerton for inviting us to have a stall at their recent Charity Day. Huge thanks to everyone who supported us by donating prizes for our tombola and buying tickets on the day. You helped us to raise valuable funds.
Car Boot Sales
Last year we did a series of Car Boot Sales at Bedale Hall, North Yorkshire and we plan to be there again some Saturdays throughout this year. Look out for us and please come and say hello.
Let's Go Recycle Sponsors Football Team
We continue to be very grateful to Ian Harvey, of Let's Go Recycle, who organises collections for us in Liverpool and raises valuable funds for us. Ian has recently sponsored a local football team and has included our logo. We wish Ian and the team well.
Visit of Rishi Sunak
We were delighted to recently meet Rishi Sunak, the MP for Richmond and Northallerton, at Archers Removals of Northallerton. Archers donate hundreds of books, which they collect from house clearances etc, to Wendy’s Wish and we are able to sell these to raise valuable funds. Mr Sunak became the chief box-packer during his visit and expressed a keen interest in the work that we do. He also thanked Archers, to whom we are enormously grateful, for the work they do in supporting Wendy’s Wish.
Visits to Liverpool
In the space of 6 months, we have been privileged to visit Liverpool twice to see how some of our funds are being used.
The first visit, in November 2023, was to meet James, the PhD student we are funding, and to renew acquaintance with other members of the LOORG staff. We were given another tour of the research labs and James explained to us in detail the work that he is carrying out.
Our second visit, yesterday, was the the St Paul’s Eye Unit, in the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital, where for the first time we saw the new ultrasound machine which Wendy’s Wish purchased. We were delighted to hear this machine described as a ‘game changer’ and to know that it is doing exactly what Wendy wanted and making a difference in diagnosing the various forms of eye cancer.
Huge thanks to all our supporters, who continue to give generously to our charity.
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RESEARCH INTO UVEAL MELANOMA.
We are delighted that Wendy's Wish is able to fund one of these PhD students at LOORG (Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group), as they continue the vital research into uveal melanoma (eye cancer). Huge thanks to everyone who continues to donate so generously to our charity.
