Press Releases

Oliver’s favourite band is Metallica, but he could never have imagined that Starlight would arrange a trip-of-a-lifetime to meet and see the band perform live in Detroit in the United States.

English professional golfer, Luke Donald has always been an inspiration to Bertie and Starlight arranged for him to meet his golfing hero at Wentworth Golf Course on Tuesday, 21 May.

Zoe had always dreamt of being a real princess. Starlight arranged an amazing experience for her, which included a trip in a horse drawn carriage to Buckingham Palace and a beautiful dress, which was truly fit for a princess!

The Jeremy Kyle Show on ITV is Lee’s favourite television programme! Starlight arranged for Lee to spend an incredible day at The Jeremy Kyle Show studio with Jeremy and his team, which was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the brave teenager!

On Monday, 17 June Starlight will grant Joseph’s once-in-a-lifetime wish to have his book, The World published!

Stuart is absolutely mad about superheroes and his all-time favourite is Iron Man! For his once-in-a-lifetime Starlight Wish, Stuart attended the UK premiere of Iron Man 3, which was held at Odeon Leicester Square.

Ollie is an avid fan of WWE wrestling and has always dreamt of meeting a real WWE wrestler! Starlight arranged for Ollie and his family to watch WWE Wrestling Live at Motorpoint Sheffield Arena and Ollie even got to meet Sheamus, one of his favourite wrestlers, and go into the ring with him!

Ever since Caitlin saw Alfie Boe play Jean Valjean in Les Misérables in 2011, she has been his biggest fan! Caitlin’s wish was to sing with Alfie and Starlight arranged for her to meet her hero in Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. Together they sung Tell Me It’s Not True, which was a dream come true for Caitlin!

Seven-year-old Jake from Canvey Island suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, a severe muscle wasting condition that seriously impairs mobility. Jake’s passion in life is WWE wrestling and when his mum Lora referred him to Starlight, it didn’t take this young WWE fan long to decide that his dearest wish would be to meet some of his favourite WWE wrestlers!

Jay’s great passion is horses and she is a very keen rider. When she was referred to Starlight for a wish, Jay asked to have a show jumping lesson with a famous eventer and Starlight arranged for Jay to spend an incredible day with Irish eventing star Aoife Clark. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Jay and she described the day as “amazing!”