In response to rising coronavirus cases, national lockdowns have been imposed across the UK. The rules differ slightly depending on whether you live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, but the prevailing message is...
Posted 05 Jan 2021
WellChild Children’s Nurses are the winners of this year’s HELLO! Star Women Community of the Year Award thanks to their hard work caring for seriously ill children and their families across the UK during this difficult year. You can watch the HELLO! award...
Posted 18 Dec 2020
WellChild Patron, The Duke of Sussex made a surprise appearance in a video call with previous winners of the WellChild Awards on Friday December 4th to share their stories and encourage people to nominate for...
Posted 11 Dec 2020
Almost a quarter of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are not in school full-time, many due to Covid. And education, health and social care support crucial to learning is not back to...
Posted 02 Dec 2020
Clare Luther from Sunbury on Thames has walked more than 300 kilometres to raise money for seriously ill children, becoming the first person in the country to complete all four challenges in WellChild’s Step Up Challenge. The Step Up challenge is a series of four solo events set by...
Posted 24 Nov 2020
The virtual Christmas Fair in the Cotswolds is proving a huge success since its launch, earlier this month, raising more than £5,000 so far for WellChild’s work as well as offering a great shopping experience...
Posted 19 Nov 2020
All children were supposed to return to school in the autumn term. However, some children who require suctioning or other procedures known as Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGP) were denied the opportunity to go back with...
Posted 13 Nov 2020
Top 5 Christmas Gift Ideas! Support Small Businesses when Shopping this year. The Virtual Christmas Fair in the Cotswolds is now live! There’s never been a better time to support small businesses, and why would...
Posted 09 Nov 2020
The winner of the WellChild Matchplay Golf Challenge was decided at the Belfry course on October 29th when former England cricketer James Taylor was victorious. But the real winners were the families WellChild supports as £15,000 was donated to fund the charity’s work. James won three...
Posted 29 Oct 2020
As we reach half term, children with complex health needs across the UK are still being prevented from going back to school because of official advice on COVID-19. WellChild is calling on the Government to change its rules to make it easier...
Posted 26 Oct 2020