Covid 19 Update Statement

Over the period of the Covid 19 pandemic, the staff of When You Wish Upon a Star have been working reduced hours, Flexi Furlough or working from home.

Like numerous charities we ceased our Wish granting activities when the UK went into lockdown in March 2020. The Covid 19 pandemic has had a huge impact on our fundraising activities, and it continues to be a financially difficult time for most charities, as it is for many other sectors. The ongoing impact for When You Wish Upon a Star is likely to be significant, and we are braced for longer-term austerity.

Our priorities have always been to ensure our valuable team members are safe and to keep our Wish children at the forefront of our plans going forward. Our staff and supporters have been extremely resilient and have continued to demonstrate passion and commitment in providing magical moments for our Wish children.

Due to the ongoing impact of Covid 19 and the realisation so many Wish children have been forced to shield, we have taken the extremely difficult decision to suspend accepting any new Wish requests until Spring 2022. This will allow us to concentrate on granting the many Wishes we already have on our Wish list. This is heart-breaking for us as the Charity was set up by Barbara White OBE in 1990 with the sole purpose of granting Wishes and giving our Wish children and their families the magical memories they deserve.

In the meantime, our Wish team will be in contact with our current Wish families to continue to provide them with updates and discussing alternative Wishes where possible. Nothing matters to us more than our Wish children and their families.

Our amazing team of fundraisers are busy setting up fundraising events for the supporters to partake in so please click the link below and join in to help raise the much needed funds: www.whenyouwishuponastar.org.uk/events

Our Retail Outlet at Head Office in Nottingham, is fully operational in accordance with Covid 19 safe regulations and guidance along and our busy warehouse staff continue to work safely behind the scenes preparing the stock ready for sale in the Retail Outlet.

We appreciate many people continue to face struggles at this difficult time and at When You Wish Upon a Star, we will carry on doing all we can for these brave and courageous families, in a Covid 19 safe way.

We are grateful to all our staff and generous supporters for assisting When You Wish Upon a Star fulfil magical Wishes and helping these families create lasting memories in what could be the most difficult time in their lives.

Stay safe and keep in touch with us.

Board of Trustees
When You Wish Upon A Star


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