Latest News
May 2010 Safe Step School Transition Programme launching now! For more information on how to refer youth age 11-13 contact 0208 416 7277
Shapeshift - support group for youth who have or are experiencing violent relationships, ages 12-16. New programme.
April 2010 - Girls Xpress developed and recorded spoken word pieces. Look out for their new performance set and forthcoming film on self harm. Bookings on 0208 416 7277.
March 2010 - we were happy to have Kate Nash join Girls Xpress on their 3 day workshop.
We are going to miss Dannie, Founder of Girls Xpress! who has gone to live in Australia. Good luck Dannie, we will miss you lots!
£4k raised for The WISH Centre!
It is with immense gratitude to report that at a Halloween Fundraiser at the Trinity Bar in Harrow on Saturday October 31st 2009 over £4k was raised for The WISH centre.
The night, organised by singer-songwriter Kate Nash and Promoter Pearse Grady was a fantastic all day event with fancy dress, a cake sake, auction, and fantastic musical performances and DJ sets from artists including Kate Nash, Edwyn Collins, Billy Bragg, The Cribs and Rogues.
We would like to say a great big thank you to Kate, Pearse, The Trinity, all the performers and everyone in attendance for being part of such a great day, and for helping raise such a fantastic amount towards our work supporting women and young people.
Full List of Performers in order of appearance:
Billy Bragg, The Agitator, Chris Hicks, Tim Hicks, Dockers MC, Bri Aphrodite, Brett Alaimo, Rogues, Kate Nash & The Receeders, Edwyn Collins, The Cribs (DJ Set)
See below for a short slideshow of the night!
We launched our new Women's Community Development Programme, funded by Awards for All, at a celebration of International Women's Day on Thursday 5 March 2009. The programme provided a series of workshops for women such as visual arts, spoken word, issues based campaigning and is aimed at BME women, women who have experienced violence or mental health issues and young women.
The Wish Centre and Comic Relief 2009
WISH were invited by Comic Relief to launch Red Nose Day 2009 in Jan. Rowena the Centre Director spoke about our work alongside Duncan Bannatyne of Dragons Den fame, Richard Curtis, Kevin Cahill the Chief Executive of Comic Relief and Emma Freud.
see www.rednoseday.com
The Wish Centre and Meera Syal
WISH filmed a BBC1 documentary about self harm with Meera Syal shown on BBC 2 in May 09. Meera interviewed Dannie and her mum plus filming young people at WISH.Watch this space for film link.
The Wish Centre and Park High School
From the Park High School Website:
"On October 16th at the Year 10 assembly Gary Daines, our visiting speaker from The WISH Centre Charity, raised our awareness of the problem of teenagers who self harm. He shared with us a powerful film and a presentation explaining the work of the charity... We’d like to say a big thank you to Gary for his work in Park High."
The Wish Centre on the move!
WISH are on the move again! From 1 October we have moved from Zoom Leisure to a new space in Wealdstone:
The WISH Centre; Unit 4A; Livingstone Court; Wealdstone, Harrow HA3 7QT
Tel 0208 416 7277
email : info@thewishcentre.org.uk
The Wish Centre and Gen-Y-Us
Gen-Y-Us gang and knife crime prevention programme for ex-gang members and those most at risk. Running September 08-March 09. Call or email for details.
The Wish Centre and The Harrow Observer
Safe 2 Speak counselling programme was featured in Harrow Observor newspaper with interviews with Gary and Dannie.
The Wish Centre and Rosa
WISH project Girls Xpress! were featured as part of the Launch of Rosa - the first UK Women's Fund on 10 June. See www.rosauk.org
The Wish Centre and Park High School
The Wish Centre and Capital Radio
WISH were featured in May as part of Capital Radio's Help a London Child Appeal for BASH our boys self harm group. Mentions were on Capital, Capital Gold, Choice FM and XFM and other stations!
TV : a short film about WISH was featured on BBC1 Celebrity Strictly Come Dancing on 14 March as part of Comic Relief Sports Relief following a visit from Olympic athlete Jade Johnson and interview with young self harmer, Steph.
NEET
NEET - in April 2008 WISH worked with a group of young people 16-18 years who are NEET - not in education, training or employment - to make short DVD about their experiences and the services they can access.