CHICKS vision is to give every disadvantaged child the opportunity to feel valued.

Childhood lasts for such a short time. It should be a time for laughter and learning, not a time of fear and isolation.

Imagine a place where children can run safe and free.
Imagine a place where you have fun-packed adventures.
Imagine having all the care and attention you could possibly need in one week.
Imagine feeling valued.

This is no imaginary place.

This is the experience CHICKS provides to hundreds of disadvantaged children every year.

2012

2012 marks our 20th Anniversary and we hope to take our 10,000th child on camp in September.

To achieve this we need to raise £1.3 million this year. As we receive no government or local authority funding we rely solely on the generosity of our supporters and this year is proving our toughest so far for funding – we genuinely need all the help we can get to turn our 2012 vision into reality.

The warmth, care and encouragement we have been able to provide to children we help has only been possible thanks to the valued generosity of CHICKS supporters across the UK.

By supporting CHICKS we would ask you to walk with us, as together we look to help bring laughter and smiles into the lives of so many more disadvantaged children.

By giving the gift of hope, CHICKS aims to help such children realise that there can be a better future. A future in which, they are respected, loved and valued – taking with them happy memories, which will always be there to strengthen them when times are hard.

The Future

It is our goal to establish a third Retreat by 2015 to ensure we continue to keep up with the demand for respite breaks for disadvantaged children, the timing of our third retreat will depend on funding and our main priority in 2012 is to continue to provide much needed free respite breaks at our existing retreats in what is proving to be a tough year for the charitable sector.