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A Special Wish Foundation
Special Wish
What you get
A personalized wish for your child with a life-threatening or terminal illness. Open now.
- Who starts it
- You
- How it’s sent
- Online, on their website
- Your time
- About 15 minutes
- Last checked
- Aug 28, 2026
Before you start, check you fit
- Your child is 20 or under.
- Your child cannot have received a wish from another wish-granting organization.
- Before you plan around a wish, call the foundation to discuss your child's ideas and the review process.
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What their form asks
Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 28, 2026What the form asks for
They don’t publish the questions in advance. Have your contact details, your child’s diagnosis and date, and the hospital’s name to hand.
After you send
Watch the family and referrer contact channels for A Special Wish to explain the next step. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.