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Happy Days Big Ride Home 2026 - Chester 5×5

Campaign by Happy Days UK

Celebrate 5 years of the Big Ride Home! 🚲 Join our 200-mile, 3-day adventure from Calderdale to Chester and the Welsh borders. Every mile raised helps Happy Days provide homes and support for those in crisis. 11-13 June. Ride for home!

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Happy Days supports and empowers people who are homeless or in crisis to live independent and purposeful lives by helping them to access the advice and services they need to bring about sustainable change. We do this by providing a wide range of services including an engagement service which connects people with the specific support they need. We listen to each person individually and create a plan specifically designed to help that person; we gain trust and build real relationships in order to help people. Happy Days meets the growing demands of those struggling to cope with the cost of living crisis by operating a broad range of services that tackle homelessness and food poverty. These include The Winter Shelter, Halifax Community Supermarket and The Community Café at The Gathering Place. For single adults who are homeless, the charity operates supported accommodation and services that are designed to help residents move on and live independently. This may include support to overcome addiction, skills to sustain employment and tenancy and specialist input for mental health and trauma. Our vision is to be a leading and highly valued provider of services to people who are homeless or in crisis.

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The Big Ride Home: 5 Years, 5 Counties, 1 Community

Five years ago, we started a journey. Today, the Big Ride Home has become a symbol of what the Halifax community can achieve when we pull together.

To mark our 5th Anniversary, we are embarking on our most ambitious route yet: The Chester 5x5. Our riders will cover 200 miles across five counties in just three days. It will be grueling, it will be scenic, and most importantly, it will be life-changing for the people supported by Happy Days.

The Impact of Your Donation:

As the cost of living continues to hit our neighbours hard, our services, from the Winter Shelter to the Community Café at The Gathering Place, are more vital than ever.

- £10 could provide a warm, nutritious meal at our Community Café.

- £25 could help a resident in our supported housing access mental health advocacy.

- £50 could help stock our Community Supermarket for families in need.

We believe everyone deserves the chance to live a happy, healthy life. By supporting our riders, you are investing directly in the future of Calderdale.

Let’s make this 5th anniversary our biggest year yet. Together, we can bring them home.

Donation summary

Total
£12,468.26
+ £2,340.08 Gift Aid
Online
£11,968.26
Offline
£0.00
Direct
£886.12
Fundraisers
£11,582.14

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