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St John's School in Leatherhead raises a staggering £27,000 for CHICKS

Stopping off in Tavistock en route!

As he becomes a One & Other on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth

Why you wouldn't want to miss this event!

Kind-hearted train company CrossCountry has donated £2,500 to CHICKS by dressing down and jumping out of planes.

With live music, main arena of performers including street dancers "FLAVA" (pictured above), teddy bear games galore and lots of lovely food. All the right ingredients for a successful Summer Fayre!

CHICKS corporate sponsors Ginsters have just launched their 'Are we there yet?' promotion.

CHICKS were presented with the prestigious ‘Childcare Team of the Year’ Award 2009 from children and young persons’ service 4Children last week.

CHICKS Chief Executive taken hostage by bears? CHICKS Patron Kate Winslet donates a teddy bear? Why this year's Teddy Bear Picnic coming up on Sunday 12th July should be an event not to be missed!

Rossini's comic masterpiece, The Barber of Seville, to be performed in Chagford, Devon in aid of CHICKS on Sunday 19 July at 6.30pm

...with Rob Cumming, youngest participant, setting sail in support of CHICKS.

CHICKS would like to thank the 41 runners who entered the Plymouth Half Marathon last Sunday.

CHICKS ambassador, Milan Fernando, is holding a recital on 6th June in aid of CHICKS.

CHICKS trustee, Arpita Ghosal is trekking the awesome Mount Kilimjaro from 19th June in aid of CHICKS.

In celebration of 10 years as a work based training provider, the staff of Focus Training, based in Plymouth, took to their bikes to raise funds for CHICKS.

Teams from Liverpool and London joined many teams from the South West to take part in the CHICKS Commando Challenge on Sunday 26th April at Bickleigh Barracks in Plymouth.

CHICKS have always promoted strong family values which is why we were keen to get involved with Britain's first National Family Week. We will be hosting our own Family Fun Day on Wednesday 27th May at Plymouth Albion RFC.

Britain's Got Talent Finalists FLAVA to perform at CHICKS Summer Fayre on 12th July

Why Sunday 12th July should be a date placed firmly in your diary!!

In the Wings Theatre Company perform Broadway's 'The Musical of Musicals: The Musical' in support of CHICKS

If cycling 950 miles in 14 days wasn't enough of a challenge then what about cycling 400 miles in only 4 days!

A volunteer recruitment drive appeals for more male volunteers to help run CHICKS holidays

Focus Team set to cycle from Wadebridge to Padstow to kickstart their charity partnership

Cheriton & Tedburn Young Farmers perform fun panto in aid of CHICKS

On Saturday 28th February 2009, Ginsters hosted an abseil in aid of CHICKS at The Cheesewring Quarry The Minions, Cornwall.

Okehampton’s Waitrose has nominated CHICKS as one of its charities to benefit from its Community Matters scheme this March.

Sending flowers this Mother’s Day? Why not use www.charityflowers.co.uk?

On Wednesday 25th February CHICKS’ Chief Executive Roy Endacott attended the ICAP Cheque Presentation to officially receive the cheque for £180’000.

Kate Winslet has won her first ever Oscar this year for her part in The Reader. This follows her success earlier this year at the Golden Globes.

A recent report by The Children’s Society shows that the current recession is hitting children hardest with more than one in three girls (36%) saying they are worried about what they see in the news and one in four boys (25%) feeling the same.

Charity Gala Show at Hampton Hill Playhouse, Middlesex raises £3,575 for CHICKS

Did your New Year’s resolution to get fit fizzle out to nothing? The best way to stay motivated is to set yourself a goal.

Last Thursday (5th Feb) the CHICKS team and representatives from 42 Commando took over a pitch at Drake’s Circus in Plymouth to promote the forthcoming CHICKS Commando Challenge.

Daisy the surfing cow visits CHICKS!

A successful case study of schools fundraising

Did you or a member of your family, fly long haul with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic between 11th Aug 2004 and 23rd March 2006?

Can you nominate CHICKS as Charity of the Year to a school you know?

Calling all boat owners! Would you be willing to take part in this charity event to raise funds for CHICKS?

The prestigious choir to perform in Paisley in aid of CHICKS

There are dozens of volunteer opportunities available at CHICKS, no matter where your skills lie.

CHICKS' patron Kate Winslet has won two awards at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles.

The Charity 'Tomorrow's People' build a santa sleigh raft in support of CHICKS.

Volunteers from St Andrews Church, Tywardreath come along to CHICKS Coastal Retreat to wrap presents for CHICKS children

Scotland based Johnstone Phoenix Youth Theatre performs Red Riding Hood in aid of CHICKS

The Marauders Walking Group fly kites as part of our Make a Memory Fly a Kite Campaign

Read a poem about a CHICKS camp by Rod Webb Taylor, our Operations Manager

Dressed in cricket whites CHICKS staff and volunteers took to the centre of Plymouth to promote fundraising event. Take a look at the pictures here

CHICKS WIn the Trustee Board of the Year Award at the Charity Times Charity Awards in London.

CHICKS are proud to announce they are hosting “An evening with David Gower” on Thursday 9th October 2008 at the Holiday Inn Plymouth.

Deutsche Bank raised over £10,000 pounds for CHICKS by competing in this year's enduro challenge.

Ashley Taylor Dawson, aka Hollyoaks’ Darren Osborne is one of the celebrities backing our Make a Memory – Fly a Kite campaign.

CHICKS still has some reserved spaces left for the Loch Ness Marathon!

Check out the life-changing experiences available from moorideas.com...

A CHICKS Volunteer has raised over £2500 by treking to Base Camp, Everest. Read her story here......

New to the CHICKS moorideas.com website this month, we have added a great selection of gifts for everyone who has to work for a living.

Take a look at the pictures from our Annual Summer Fayre

Book club raise funds for CHICKS through sponsored walk

Capital Run for CHICKS

We would like to invite everyone to our annual Summer Fayre and Open Day on Saturday 12th July at Moorland Retreat, Devon

Would you like a real challenge – what about running The London Marathon to raise funds for disadvantaged children from all across the UK?

Looking for that special gift, take a look at moorideas.com

See pictures of the Plymouth Half Marathon, which took place on the 25th May 2008

Andrew McHattie will be cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats from 13th July to 27th July to raise funds for CHICKS.

The venue was wonderful and the weather perfect which made for a great day

Deutsche Bank staff give CHICKS kids a treat to remember at Chelsea FC

See Photos of the Great BUPA Manchester Run

Teams from across the South West gathered at 42 Commandos Royal Marines base at Bickleigh to take part in the CHICKS Commando Challenge on Sunday 27 April to raise funds for CHICKS Children’s Charity.

CHICKS has had a fantastic grant from Children in Need this year of £22,893.

If you knew you would have to run just 13 miles in order to give a child a holiday of a lifetime – would you?

18,400miles, 195 days, 21 countries, seven land masses, one cyclist, one bike and a new Guinness world record.

Deutsche Bank support CHICKS as one of their ‘Charities of the Year’

If you, (like most of us here in the office) overindulged a little over the festive period and are now looking to get fit, CHICKS has a great way for you to do it.

On Sunday 5th August 2007, Mark Beaumont from Dundee cycled out of Paris on a solo attempt to break the 18,000 mile World Record to become the fastest person to have ever circumnavigated the globe by bicycle.

Teddy Ammesty benefits CHICKS - Local Radio Station Plymouth Sound recently . . .

The Hampton Hill Theatre School of London, performed the classic Pantomime ‘Cinderella’ in aid of Chicks recently

Forget travelling to the North Pole to find a busy room full of happy people wrapping presents. Moorland Retreat was transformed this week into Devon’;s answer to Santa’s workshop

Bin the Bucket & Spade - CHICKS supporters White Ladder Press have generously decided to publish a brand new book entitled “Bin the Bucket and Spade” and for every copy sold, CHICKS will receive a donation!

CHICKS annual black tie fundraiser took place on 16th November 2007 at the beautiful Treasury Bar in Plymouth.

VOLUNTEER - CHICKS volunteers come from all walks of life and volunteering is a fun and rewarding experience which stays with them forever.