I wouldn’t want to spend my time doing anything else.” Naomi explains. The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation exists to help as many couples as possible to marry before it’s too late. “Illness can’t destroy the happy memories that are taken away from such an occasion even in those darkest hours. Others however, have sadly lost their battles. The charity have helped a number of couples to fulfil their dreams of getting married, some of which are still enjoying wedded bliss. This is when the Wedding Wishing Well Foundation was born. Naomi and Graham were married in June 2012.Īfter feeling so humbled by the whole experience and having worked as a wedding planner previously, Naomi promised to help others who are in a similar situation to her own. Many of the suppliers that helped organise the wedding worked for free or a reduced fee. She vowed to help organise the wedding at just a fraction of Naomi and Graham’s original budget. Their wishes seemed to be answered in 2011 when Sam, a local wedding planner came forward after seeing their difficulty in a local newspaper. Upon hearing that Naomi had cancer for the second time and that it was incurable they’d almost given up hope. The physical, emotional and financial exhaustion that a debilitating illness like cancer leaves, left the couple with no choice but to postpone the wedding. Naomi Thomas, taken by her husband Graham In fact, they had been engaged since before Naomi was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time back in 2009. Naomi and her then fiancé Graham had been looking forward to getting married for over 2 years before this devastating news was broken to them. The charity was bought to life when Naomi Thomas received the devastating news that she had secondary, incurable breast cancer in 2010, just days after giving birth to a healthy baby boy. They believe nothing can take away the joy of a wedding no matter what the prognosis or outcome of treatment. This is left to the amazing volunteers at the foundation who carry out these tasks in order to allow the couples to have as much time together as possible.

So much so that we wanted to share the incredible things they do with you!įounded in 2012, the Wedding Wishing Well Foundation had a single aim, to ensure that men and women with terminal or life-limiting illnesses can fulfil their wish to marry their soul mate, without the burdens that come along with weddings such as finance and planning. When we attended the Pavilions Big Day Wedding Show last month, we were overwhelmed by the amazing work of the Wedding Wishing Well Foundation. Wedding Wishing Well Foundation Posted on March 20th, 2018

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