PAST EVENTS

Our Events

Our aim is to enhance the quality of life for local children facing challenges in every day life .

100% of money raised through fundraising and donations will go to the local children that we support.

We constantly achieve our goals by providing fun days out for all local children.

Longdown Dairy Farm (21.11.25)

Wessex Wishes arranged for a fabulous day out at Longdown Farm for eight children from Bethany Juniors today.

The children had an amazing time feeding and cuddling the animals, collecting chickens eggs and playing in the adventure playground.

Thank you to all of you who donate to Wessex Wishes to make these days possible for all the very special children that we support.

Love and hugs

Frances and the Wessex Wishes Committee

Quiz Night at Linwood School (28.04.26)

Rabone. What a brilliant fun evening 96 guests enjoyed at our Quiz night at Linwood School Hall tonight. With huge thanks to Jodie, Katie and all the staff from Linwood who attended and prepared the room tonight, Our great Quizmaster Ricci who kept everybody captivated and the winning team was ‘Attiquiz’ staff from the wonderful store in the Westbourne Arcade ‘Attico’ who have supported our cause for many years for which we thank Cesca and her whole team.

Thank you also for all the marvelous support WW receives ongoing from Bethany School, Heatherlands, Alison and David Messiah, Dr Vivien Shanson, Danny and Sue Phillips, Wendy Drew, Phil Thy and our great helpers Lorraine Segal and Liliana Macieira.

We together raised the magnificent sum of £1500.

Thank you also for all the hard work from Tom and Sophie Capel who prepared and delivered all the piping hot fish and chips from Chez Fred’s in Westbourne.

Much love to you all from

Barry, Frances and the Wessex Wishes Committee

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Raising funds for little Melody Rose Aggett

Wessex Wishes Committee Member, Christine Roberts arranged another very successful

Coffee morning with West Hants Restaurant and Bar Manager, Steve to raise really urgent and necessary funds for little Melody Rose who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Myeloid Cancer when she was just three months old.

Melody has endured a bone marrow transplant last August which unfortunately didn’t work for her and therefore, the only treatment available to keep her stable at the moment is medication from America costing £500,000 (£20,000 per month).

Thank you very much Christine and Steve for arranging such a great event which actually raised £709. Thank you also to all committee and friends who attended and/or helped including Barry Smith, Judy Hiscoke, Linda Valentine, Christopher, Phil and Joan Dewhurst, Jenny Bale, Jenny Davis and Steve Rabone.

Spotlight Theatre Choir (09.12.25)

Wessex Wishes was nominated by Sam Fyson from Bethany Junior School in Boscombe and a member of the Spotlight Theatre Choir for which we thank her very much.

The evening was a huge success raising £600 to be split between the three charity Organisations with Wessex Wishes being one of them.

The lovely sum of £200 was presented by cheque to Barry and I by some of the members of the Spotlight Theatre Choir at their rehearsal on Monday, 8th December at 7.30 pm.

Thank you to all those involved in the fabulous charity event.

Beer Festival (31.10.25)

Phil Thy and members of the AGM Meeting that was held this afternoon invited Barry and I to a cheque presentation for the £3127.72 that Wessex Wishes raised whilst attending the two days of the Beer Festival held on 31st October and 1st November at St Aldhelms Church Hall.

Wessex Wishes Committee thank Phil, Jenny and everybody who attended today for their fantastic support of the valuable work that we do supporting over 3000 local children