A Scarborough respite centre for children with complex health needs now has an exciting outdoor sensory space thanks to a community project organised by WellChild. The WellChild Helping Hands project took place at Willows Lull...
Posted 12 Jul 2019
A group of 17 intrepid WellChild trekkers arrived back from North Africa recently having conquered the highest peak in Morocco to raise money for seriously ill children and their families. The team all reached the...
Posted 24 Jun 2019
Welcome to Esther Bennington, our new WellChild Children’s Nurse in Flintshire, based at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. Esther will be helping children and young people across Flintshire. The post has been made possible through grants...
Posted 12 Jun 2019
WellChild is strengthening its leadership with two new members of the charity’s senior management team and two new parent trustees joining the charity. WellChild welcomes a new Director of Programmes, Tara Parker, who will be...
Posted 06 Jun 2019
Today, as part of the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) we’re launching a powerful new campaign – Give It Back. The DCP is asking the Government to give back the £434 million shortfall in funding for...
Posted 03 Jun 2019
As part of WellChild’s work to bring more sensory elements to children’s gardens in our Helping Hands projects we have begun to install solar lights, which are available in various shapes and glow in a...
Posted 31 May 2019
This year Ed Chamberlin hosted his sixth annual Golf Classic for WellChild, on May 20th. The day was a huge success, raising more than £46,000 for our work with seriously ill children and their families. The...
Posted 21 May 2019
WellChild Patron HRH The Duke of Sussex met a WellChild Award winner and a WellChild Nurse on his visit to Oxford on Tuesday May 14th. The Duke was visiting patients and staff at Oxford Children’s...
Posted 14 May 2019
Recruitment has started for children, young people and adults with Wolfram Syndrome to the first ever clinical trial into a medicine which has shown promise in laboratory tests to slow down the progression of this...
Posted 13 May 2019
Cayden has autism, which affects his behaviour, learning ability and communication. He also has hypermobility which makes him unsteady on his feet. He has no awareness of danger so his parents need to watch him...
Posted 30 Apr 2019
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