The North Devon Football League has donated a further £500 to our charity. Over the last year, North Devon Football League has been promoting our charity events and campaigns on its social channels and at key matches. They have decided to continue supporting us a second year, which is fantastic news. Find out more about [...]
The Barnstaple and Bideford agency of NFU Mutual has nominated our charity to receive £6,443 from its national ‘Agency Giving Fund’. This will be enough to support six local families who come to us or help. We provide instant financial support to families who have a child diagnosed with a life threatening illness. Our grants [...]
We are pleased to report that in the last financial year (2022/23) we smashed our fundraising target of £40,000. With your help, we raised £67,323 throughout the year through fundraising, donations, events and grants. This fantastic amount would not have been possible without the support of our local community, businesses and councils. Jacky Massos, Charity [...]
Meet two of our latest fundraisers, Becky Brennan and Matt Selway. Every year, we're blown away by how many people take on fundraising challenges and the effort they go through to raise money for our charity. Becky's London Marathon One of our regular supporters, Becky Brennan, completed the London Marathon for us [...]
We're on the look-out for more local businesses to sponsor our annual Barnstaple 10k in July. The Care for Kids Barnstaple 10k takes place on Sunday 9 July 2023, starting and finishing at Park Community School. Now in its seventh year, the event is attended by up to 400 runners and their families, and [...]
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. Beat the winter blues challenges Challenge 1 Sign up to walk or run 5km or 10km [...]
Today we launch our Christmas Appeal 2021. Can you help care for a child close to you this Christmas? It's been another tough year for our charity. We've sadly had to cancel some events and make others virtual. This has all meant we haven't been able to raise as much as we usually do. [...]
Great news! The Norman Family Charitable Trust has awarded us a grant of £1,500. We will use the funds to help with the running costs of our charity. This means we can concentrate our efforts on fundraising for local families. Jacky Massos, Charity Manager, says: “We are very pleased to receive this grant from The [...]
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 [...]
