Wirral Kayak Challenge

Team Kayak for Claire House Children's Hospice

Fundraising for Claire House Children's Hospice
£33,464
raised of £50,000 target
by 461 supporters
Kayak Challenge, 3 May 2012
Participants: Kayak Challenge
We help seriously & terminally ill children to live life to the full.

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Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.

This Years Coastal Kayak Challenge event is on 

Sunday 11th of June  2023

Please see our Facebook page Wirral Kayak Challenge for all details of this year's event.

For more information or to sign up please contact :-

Mike on 07791 104428

All monies raised with sponsor forms will be split equally between each of our chosen charities.

Dee Sailing Club will be opening up their facilities for us again.  Angie and her team will be welcoming all participants and their families for an afternoon of live music and family entertainment and New Brighton Radio will be supporting our event with coverage throughout the day.  Lots of local businesses getting involved.

So far we have raised over £63.000  for local charities Claire House Children's Hospice, MS Society, Wirral Holistic Care Services, Hoylake and West Kirby RNLI, Macmillan Cancer Support, Arrowe Park ICU  Ward , Merseyside and Cheshire Blood Bikes and Teenage Cancer Trust.    Stick n Step

A big Thank You to everyone for your continued support.

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Our Kayak Journey so far:

  • 2022 .. We had 126 participants and
  • we raised over £8000
  • for Blood Bikes, Claire House 
  • Teenage Cancer Trust 

  • 2021 .. An amazing 148 participants took part on another glorious sunny day and donations for charities, Claire House Children's hospice and Merseyside and Cheshire Blood Bikes flooded in and exceeded £13,500
  • 2019..... We had 88 participants and we raised over £8000 for RNLI  Hoylake and West Kirby Claire House Children's Hospice 
  • 2018 .. Wow...… 88 participants took on the challenge on what was a beautiful sunny day and donations for last years charities, Claire House Children's hospice and Wirral Holistic Care services exceeded £5000  

  • 2017 , 74 participants took part in our Coastal Kayak Challenge event also Dee Sailing Club came on board for the first time opening up their bar and facilities and BBQ 

  • 2016 saw us raise more money than in previous years so the total raised over the 5 years has totally exceeded all expectations. We also had National Marine Safety Boats join us in 2016 providing safety cover.

  • 2015 saw a different challenge as the original coastal kayak had to be cancelled due to bad weather, instead the group followed the river Dee for 26 miles!!!  

  • 2014 we had registered over 30 kayakers willing to take part but unfortunately the weather stopped us on the original date we had planned so after rescheduling (and team members having other commitments) we ended up with approx 18 of us completing the task in around 10 hours with various stops along the way including  burgers and sausages on Hilbre Island courtesy of the rangers cottage, The Bunk House. 

  • 2013  In our second year we had 23 participants raising money through sponsorship for Claire House Children's Hospice 

    • 2012 This is where it all began 
    • Kayak team has grown considerably since my first journey with just two friends from Snowdonia to West Kirby in 2011
    • raising aprox £1000 for Claire House Children's Hospice 

    About the charity

    Claire House Children’s Hospice helps seriously & terminally ill children live life to the full, creating wonderful memories & bringing back a sense of normality to family life. Through specialist nursing & emotional support Claire House helps families smile when life couldn’t get any tougher.

    Donation summary

    Total raised
    £33,463.12
    + £941.50 Gift Aid
    Online donations
    £13,588.12
    Offline donations
    £19,875.00

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