Join us to “Beat the winter blues” and raise vital funds for our charity. We’re launching a series of virtual challenges over the coming months to help keep everyone active and beat away those winter blues during lockdown. You can sign up to one, two or all three of our challenges. Each month there [...]
Our Christmas auctions raised over £1,200! Thanks to the generosity of North Devon businesses and keen bidders who took away some amazing goodies. Throughout November and December, we held a series of auctions on Facebook. We had some incredible prizes including a dryrobe, a hang-gliding session, quad biking vouchers, and Christmas hampers. We also had lots [...]
Today we launch our Christmas Appeal - can you help? We need to raise vital funds to get us through the increasingly hard times caused by COVID-19. There are lots of ways you can help us to continue our work supporting North Devon families, who are struggling with the awful reality of having [...]
Support our charity every time you shop at Amazon. Use AmazonSmile and put a smile on our face this Christmas! What is AmazonSmile? AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon. It allows you to enjoy the same wide selection of products and low prices as on amazon.co.uk. However, when you shop through the URL [...]
Does the thought of writing and sending Christmas cards fill you with dread? There’s another way! You can now order Care for Kids bespoke charity Christmas e-cards. Donate the cost of cards and stamps to us and send your friends and family an e-card instead. Head to our dontsendacard.com page today and choose from [...]
Bid on some fantastic prizes in the Care for Kids Christmas auctions, which kick off this weekend. The online auctions are a great opportunity to pick up some Christmas presents (or treat yourself!) whilst raising money for a local charity and supporting North Devon businesses – what’s not to love? Each weekend for the next [...]
What a spooktacular event yesterday! This was our second virtual run event and it didn’t disappoint. Thanks again to everyone who took part - so many of you really got into the spirit of Halloween by dressing up. You all looked fantastic! We’ve been inundated with messages saying how much fun you had (despite the [...]
Get your knives and spoons at the ready. Our pumpkin carving competition is now live! We’ve teamed up with the North Devon Gazette to deliver some festive fun for you this Halloween. Pay a small donation to our charity and get creative for a chance to win some tasty treats from Ilfracombe Chocolate Emporium. [...]
We’ll be holding our annual general meeting online this year. In the meeting we will be discussing what we’ve achieved over the last year, how much we have raised and what our principle aims are next year. If you would like to attend, please email admin@careforkidsnorthdevon.org.uk and we will email you a link to join [...]
The Mayor of Barnstaple, Councillor Alan Rennes, has chosen us as his charity of the year. As the Mayor’s usual fundraising events aren’t possible in the current climate, he will be taking his fundraising online in a series of virtual events. Care for Kids will be the lucky recipient of the Mayor’s fundraising efforts. [...]
