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Help Family Holiday Charity create more smiles by walking miles. We've set a challenge to (virtually) walk round the coast of Britain some 11,072 miles and raise £11,072, enough to offer 44 families a much-needed holiday.
Join us by adding your miles to our virtual tracker and being sponsored as you go. Share some friendly competition with colleagues, family or friends as you compete to bring more smiles to families facing tough times.
Holidays give families space and time together to laugh and have fun as well as rethink, rebuild and refresh. Breaks open up a world of possibilities, bringing long lasting impact and bringing smiles all around.
You can do your miles your way... walk, jog, amble or ramble. However you get them, your miles will help families like Shania's
As a working mother of 3 children with behaviour challenges, lockdown nearly broke Shania. Taking on the role of sole earner when her husband lost his job, and makeshift teacher to her kids during the various lockdowns, added a financial and emotional pressure to her already stressful and busy life. Then they lost a family member to Covid, deepening the anxiety and building pressures.
I reached a point of crisis during the pandemic. I knew if I didnt accept help, I wouldnt get through.
For families facing illness, isolation or bereavement, a holiday creates lasting memories and immediate smiles. Holidays open up new possibilities. There's time to reconnect, to try new things, and to make happy memories together. Time for running, playing, climbing trees and flying kites, time for picnics and bare feet. There's time enough to share a laugh and watch the tide come in - for buckets and spades and sandy sandwiches.
I used to be very close to my oldest son and I realised that I missed that contact. It was a great chance to spend quality time together and he told me many times on the break that he loved me.
Please help us to help more families like Shania's with the gift of a few days away. For many of the families we help, often it'll be their very first holiday together. But the memories they create, last a lifetime.
Thank you.
