This year, our company, letsgo2 (part of the Ickenham Travel Group) is supporting The Honeypot Children's Charity - which supports young carers and vulnerable children aged 5-12 years.  We're doing our bit to fundraise for this worthy cause by plunging out of a plane over The Palm in Dubai on an upcoming work trip. Gulp!

100% of your donations will go directly to the Honeypot Children's Charity - we're covering the trip and skydiving costs ourselves.

Meet some Honeypot children:

*Wallis

Wallis is five years old and lives with his birth mother and father, who both struggle with alcohol addictions. When Wallis was three, he discovered his father in an alcohol-induced coma during the night, which now means he has trouble sleeping. Wallis wakes regularly throughout the night to check both his parents are okay. As a result of this, Wallis often falls asleep during lessons at school which he finds embarrassing. A lack of concentration due to sleep issues means subjects like Maths and English are really hard for Wallis and because of this he is teased by other children.

The first time he came to Honeypot, Wallis confided in staff that he thought the beach was a make-believe place; he had only ever seen pictures of the sea in magazines. Honeypot staff offered to take Wallis to the beach and as he made his first ever sandcastle, watching the waves in wonder, Wallis cried tears of joy because he was so happy. Our care staff helped Wallis pick a shell to take home with him as a memento of the day.

*Daniel

Daniel is six years old and has a chaotic home life. His mother suffers from an alcohol addiction and he has no contact with his father. He often goes hungry and he regularly misses school.

On Daniel’s first visit to Honeypot House, he was very anxious and needed to be reassured that his Mum would be fine whilst he was away. He called home at night and morning to make sure she had not done anything ‘silly’. Whilst at Honeypot he was able to relax, and make friends with other children who understand what it can be like to have a disrupted home life. This helped Daniel to feel less alone and gave him the confidence to share more about how he felt with his social worker.

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