<What Can I Wish For?>

Find out more about our magical wishes

Wishes are as unique as the children themselves and whether a child wants to be a fireman, meet a real-life mermaid or even the Loch Ness Monster, we work hard to make that wish come true.

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The types of wishes we offer

We know it can be difficult to decide what to wish for. To help, we categorise our wishes into different ‘wish types’ – to go, to meet, to be, to have and at-home experiences.

Our experienced Wish Granters will work with the child and their family to determine the type of wish that can be granted and how best to deliver the experience.

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'To Go' UK wishes

Examples include trips to Butlins, to Center Parcs, Alton Tower and LEGOLAND Windsor – we will consider any suitable UK destination.

The following criteria is applicable to UK based wishes:
• We cannot part-fund any wishes
• The wish trip cannot be extended, even if being paid for by the family
• We will only fund immediate family members living in the household to go on a wish.

**Please note** Due to the cost-of-living crisis and the general increase in travel prices, Rays of Sunshine are currently closed to new requests for international travel. We cannot guarantee when or if we’ll be re-opening to these kinds of wishes, but still have lots of exciting and personalised options to make your child’s wish truly magical.

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'To Meet' wishes

Examples include meeting your child’s favourite celebrity, footballer, popstar, children’s fictional characters, or YouTube stars.

Due to popularity and availability of celebrities some meets and greets may not be possible or will be arranged as a group experience, rather than individual meet and greet.

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'To Be' wishes

Whether your child wants to be a TFL tube driver, a Firefighter for a day, a Princess, a Superhero, a VIP for a day or even a Loch Ness Monster hunter.

Rays of Sunshine will work hard to make your child’s imaginative wish become a reality.

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'To Have' wishes

Examples include: parties, bikes, sensory toys, iPads or tech like gaming laptops, iPhones or even a shopping spree.

Please note: We do not grant wishes to ‘own’ any living animals (e.g. to have a pet dog), to have any equipment deemed to be medical (e.g. hydrotherapy pools), or to have garden or room makeovers that require structural changes to be made – we will grant wishes for furniture and/or decoration (e.g. a wall mural)

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'At Home' wish experiences

Let us bring magical experiences to you at home! Examples include: Birthday parties, animal experience, festivals, early Christmas, or Christmas experiences

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Any questions?

Contact our wish team at 020 8782 1171 or email wishes@raysofsunshine.org.uk