{"id":13180,"date":"2012-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f13402cf5d5eb6430171284aa83362a1"},"modified":"2013-05-24T10:11:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T10:11:01","slug":"news-story-welsh-secretary-welcomes-dreams-and-wishes-charity-to-gwydyr-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=13180","title":{"rendered":"News story: Welsh Secretary welcomes \u2018Dreams and Wishes\u2019 charity to Gwydyr House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Updated to correct typo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Members of a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of terminally ill children in Wales were today welcomed to Whitehall by the Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones and treated to a festive tea party at the Wales Office<\/p>\n<p>Dreams and Wishes, headed by Chairman Tony Curtis MBE, offers special trips and memorable experiences to children receiving treatment for serious and life changing illness, their carers and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Today, as part of their annual festive trip to London, the children received a fanfare send off from South Wales from the Royal Welsh Regiment. During their visit, the group marched up Whitehall for a VIP lunch with the Speaker of the House of Commons, visited Big Ben and the London Eye, and rounded off the day with a traditional visit to Gwydyr House for afternoon tea.<\/p>\n<p>Welsh Secretary, David Jones said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It is always a pleasure to meet these brave children and put on a special tea party for them at the end of what is always a very eventful day out in Whitehall.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Curtis and the team behind Dreams and Wishes invest a great deal of time and effort into putting smiles on the faces of the children experiencing gruelling and difficult illnesses. It is always a delight to welcome them to the Wales Office during their annual Christmas visit to London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I hope the children and their families enjoyed their day and cherish the memories created today. I wish them all a very Happy Christmas and look forward to welcoming them back in the New Year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tony Curtis MBE, Chairman of Dreams &amp; Wishes said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is my twentieth year visiting London with seriously ill children, we get a fantastic welcome at the Wales Office, the Secretary of State and the staff make the children and families feel extra special. It is a chance for families to have fun, relax and get a day full of memories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">These children go through long hard treatments for their illnesses, sometimes spending up to 3 years in hospital. The children will have a wonderful day that they will remember for a lifetime.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of a charity working with terminally ill children in Wales accompanied children and their families to a tea party at the Wales Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}