Wish List
Tommy aged 17 has Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, majority of the left side of his brain missing and Sleep Apnea.
Tommy has never been away as a family and now his condition is stable enough he requested a couple of nights away not too far away from home with a hot tub. We were delighted to grant this wish for Tommy and as you can see from the photos that he looked like he enjoyed his holiday.
Rosalea aged 7 has Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus and is a full time wheelchair user.
“Dear Kids in Need
I am writing to thank you for granting the wish for Rosalea.
By purchasing the bike and wagon has allowed Rosalea to participate in activities that her siblings already love and helping her feel like an equal part of the family. Weekend bike rides have now become a shared family experience and gives her the joy of the wind in he hair, the sights of nature and the excitement of going fast. She has already gained more confidence in herself and her mental and emotional health has improved drastically.
Kind regards”
Nassiah aged 13 has Autism, Tourettes and learning difficulties.
We agreed to purchase a storage unit, Super Mario storage cubes, curtains and bed with safety siderails. He has always loved Super Mario and his mum thought this would be a good idea to help him get settled in their new family home.
Once the family had moved mum confirmed that Nassiah loves his new room and is settling in very well.
Taylor aged 16 has autism.
She has been struggling at college with taking notes during her lessons. The college suggested to her about getting a laptop or iPad to record the lessons on and then listen back through them at home if she missed something or needed something repeating.
“I would like to thank everyone on the committee that made my wish come true. It means a lot to me so thank you so much”
Stanley aged 8 has Autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing disorder and PDA (Heart Defect).
“To Kids in Need,
I wanted to express my gratitude for your most helpful, generous gift of Stanley’s disability pushchair. It has been an absolute god send to have access to a new pushchair for Stanley, as he is Autistic, as you know and has a tenancy to bolt in public places, which has been in the past very dangerous because he has on a few occasions run into the road.
We have just successfully had our first family holiday abroad to Spain and with a lot of forward planning and the aid of Stanley’s wonderful new pushchair it definitely went a lot more smoothly than we expected, with that said I want to say thank you again for the amazing work you do at your charity to help young children with certain needs or disabilities, it really is so wonderful to have been put in contact with you to receive this life changing help.
I say life changing as it really is! Without the aid of the pushchair, we as a family are confined to being at home a lot more as we have a young daughter as well - Harriet who will be 2 in August. So, as you can imagine it’s sometimes very unsafe to venture just round to our local shops, let alone shopping centres, restaurants and airports for example.
Thank you again so much for this wonderful gift from all at Kids in Need it is so amazing and so gratefully received.
I have attached some photos of Stanley in his new “wheels” He calls it his lightning McQueen buggy from Disney cars film. As it is red just like McQueen and when the lovely delivery man delivered the pushchair Stanley made daddy take him for a spin round the block in it straight away. He absolutely loves his new pushchair and it has given him a new found confidence also, to going out in public places more often now, and that’s an absolute huge achievement for Stanley to feel safer whilst we are out and about. The photos I’ve attached are of Stanley at the airport and on our recent holiday to Spain in his lovely new pushchair. The harness is a very well needed addition to the pushchair as well as he does struggle to undo it, which gives me time to notice he is trying to get out, so to stop him unstrapping himself and running off.
On our recent holiday we did get a lot of positive attention from other families staying in our hotel, regarding Stanley’s lovely new pushchair. One family in particular, who had a son with the same diagnosis as Stanley. I could see they were having the same troubles out and about as we were without the new disability pushchair. After a lovely conversation with the woman she asked about your charity and if I could give her your details, so I did give her your email to get in touch and informed her to mention my name if she did. They were an Asian family based in Birmingham and expressed there was very little help or aid in their area. I hope she gets in touch for you to maybe help their family like you have helped ours.
I wanted to say a personal thank you to Sara as well for all her hard work that she put into ordering the pushchair and all the back and forth emails and calls she had to make for this special gift to happen. Your hard work and dedication has made a little boy very happy and given a family a new lease of life to be able to venture out a bit more often now, so thank you from the bottom of our hearts xx
Many Thanks”
Sienna-Angel, aged 14, is mon-verbal autistic with Prader Willi Sydrome.
She wished for an iPad to enable her to commmunicate at school and with her family at home. We were able to purchase a blue iPad (her choice of colour) and arranged for this to be delivered to her by the next day. She was very excited to use her new iPad.
Klaudia aged 8, has Neurofibromatosis and a brain tumour.
She wished for a hot tub for the garden which would enable her to relax her muscles and spend some time with her family. We were able to purchase for her a Lazy Spa Hot Tub and she has been enjoying some relaxation in the bubbling water.
Aimee aged 14 has a was born with congenital heart defect and severe mental health issues.
“Thank you so much this has made my Christmas ”
“Thank you so much this is brilliant news. It will make a great deal of difference to Aimee. She wears headphones daily and has wanted a pair of these for so long. She will be absolutely over the moon. Please thank everyone who helped towards supplying them for Aimee, we are extremely grateful.
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Charlie aged 10 has severe Autism, Global Development Delay and a benign external hydrocephalus.
“I just wanted to say thank you to the charity for getting us this holiday as this is the best holiday we have had in a very very long time. Charlie was very good, slept well and loved the sea. We went to different places, we went in shops, looked around and walked an immense amount of time, which is don’t think he has ever done. So we are entirely grateful for the help the charity gave us.
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Alfie aged 10 has Autism, Pica, Reflux disease and sensory process disorder.
“We had such a fantastic time. The leopard experience you paid for went a little wrong as the leopard wasn’t hungry, but they upgraded us to the tigers. So he was abled to feed the tigers which he loved. We cannot thank you all enough for this, it was so generous.
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Farrah aged 9 has benign external hydrocephalus, spinal bifida occulta, dysfunctional bladder and ileostomy.
We were able to purchase a trampoline with a ladder and slide for Farrah. This allowed her to sit on the trampoline whilst her family gently bounced her . She has been enjoying some time in the garden.
Ryley aged 14, has Peters Anomaly, Nystagmus and Autism.
He wished for family caravan break at haven which would enable him to enjoy time away with his family. We were able to purchase a 4 night caravan holiday during the october half term. The family was able to enjoy some much needed family time away.
Natasha aged 14 and Paiman aged 15 both have Autism, learning difficulties and non verbal.
They wished for an iPad to help them with school work and to help them communicate with their family. We were able to purchase iPad's for them both.
Adam – Age 14 – Autistic
Adam’s request was for new stylish bedroom.
Kids in Need were able to fund new furniture for his room and helped create a safe space for him to play in.
Honey – Age 12 – Heart condition with scoliosis
Honey wanted to throw a Birthday Party for her to celebrate with her and her friends. Kids in Need were happy to grant her wish and hope that she has a great day celebrating her birthday.
Joseph – Age 13 – Autistic
Joseph wanted an iPad with a protective screen that would help further his educational needs and give him hours on entertainment too.
Idrees – Age 18 – Global developmental delay, Autistic
Idress requested an iPad and Kids In Need were happy to grant his wish. According to his parents he loves playing on it and say that it has helped with his school work too.
17 year old Quadreplegic spastic cerebral palsy sufferer who required a specially adapted bath. After many months dealing with the various parties involved in the installation of the bath, Kids In Need are pleased to say that it is now being installed in June 2019 and will make a huge difference to the whole family.
Jesse – Age 8 - C.H.A.R.G.E (Rare genetic condition), Registered deaf/blind with profound disabilities
Jesse’s wish is to stay in the Something Special room at the CBeebies Hotel, Alton Towers. This has been booked and Jessie is really looking forward to her weekend away.
Ghulam Mustafa – Age 9 – Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Ghulam Mustafa wanted to undertake a 9 day course of Auditory Integration Training and Lightwave Stimulation Programme at The Sound Learning Centre – this has been booked and Ghulam will be undergoing the course during the summer.
