Media coverage
We are grateful to the many media outlets that are following Rose's journey to talk, a few snippets of these are below
Bishop's Stortford Observer, 12 June 2008
New hope for 'Miss Doolittle'
'Little Rose closer to 'first words''...'
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Herts & Essex Observer, 24 January 2008
Rosie fund on a roll!
'The fund to send Rose Willcocks - Bishop's Stortford's 'Miss Doolittle' - to America has virtually been doubled, thanks to a champagne ball...'
Bishop's Stortford Citizen, 23 January 2008
Having a Ball: Now Rose, 5, is set for a holiday of a lifetime
'Young Rose Willcocks is all set for the holiday of a lifetime after fundraisers raised £21,000 in seven months...'
Bishop's Stortford Citizen, 31 October 2007
Appeal for a marquee to help with little Rose's fundraiser / Mum makes £1.5k
'A fundraising event for a Bishop's Stortford child with a rare genetic disorder is under threat as organisers cannot find anyone to donate a marquee with a dance floor...'
Herts & Essex Observer, 18 October 2007
Appeal edges closer
'Quiz whizzes have raised another £1,300 towards sending disabled youngster Rose Willcocks swimming with dolphins. A family quiz night...'
Herts & Essex Observer, 11 October 2007
Charity ball for Rose is on a roll, by Eleanor Scotchbrook
'The organisers of a ball in aid of Bishop’s Stortford disabled youngster Rose Willcocks are appealing for help after all 130 tickets sold out in just two days...'
Herts & Essex Observer, 04 October 2007
It's a tasty sum for little Rose
'Taste buds were tingling at the Tamarind Tree in Bishop's Stortford when it hosted a fund-raising night for disabled youngster Rose Willcocks...'
Bishop's Stortford Citizen, 26 September 2007
There could still be hope for silent Rose
'Rose Willcocks is a happy four-year-old who likes animals and theme parks. However Rose is trapped in a world of silence because of a rare genetic disorder...'
Chard & Ilminster News, 17 September 2007
Appeal for a special youngster, by Joanna Glover
'A former pupil of Chard's Holyrood Community School is asking for help to send his daughter for treatment to help her talk for the first time...'
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Herts & Essex Observer, 14 September 2007
Tamarind Tree curries favour with Rose appeal
A curry night to raise money to send a disabled four-year-old girl from Bishop's Stortford swimming with dolphins is being held...
Hereford Times, 23 August 2007
A ray of hope after Rose's stay on farm, by Philip Wilkinson-Jones
'The mother of a little girl who cannot talk because of a rare condition has been given hope for her daughter's future following a stay on the Herefordshire border...'
BBC Look East, 09 July 2007
'Just imagine for a second the frustration of trying to reach out to a young child, a young child locked in a world of silence...'
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Channel 5, July 2007
'It's a classic case of animal magic. For four years a rare genetic condition has meant Rose Willcocks has not uttered a word...'
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Herts and Essex Observer, 05 July 2007
'Meet Miss Dolittle', by Eleanor Scotchbrook
She can't tell her parents she loves them. . . but little Rose, 4, can talk to the animals
Daily Mirror, 27 June 2007
'My little girl only talks to the animals', as told to Jenny Stallard
Esme Willcocks adamant nothing could be wrong her baby. Then doctors told her Rose may never speak... but none of them had reckoned on the power of animals. Here Esme, 37, explains how Rose has become a regular little 'Miss Doolittle'...
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