Charity

The Children's Trust are the Official Charity for the 2009 London Marathon. We have just launched a 'One in a Thousand' appeal to recruit a record-breaking target of 1,000 runners to join our team in 2009 to enable us to help more children with disabilities around the UK. We have lots of guaranteed places. Guaranteed places will be offered when the London Marathon ballot closes. Please note that for a guaranteed place you will need to commit to raise a minimum sponsorship amount of £1,500. www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/londonmarathon 

We are asking everyone first of all to apply for a ballot place as we will be overwhelmed with requests for guaranteed places. Ballot applications for the London Marathon are online at www.london-marathon.co.uk. We will remind everyone who's applied for one of our guaranteed places to enter the London Marathon ballot - that way we can get to our target of 1,000 runners! When you register, remember to select that you would like to run for The Children's Trust.

Team Members actively support Jeans for Genes, both at the company’s Head Office and at all the Parks - where holidaymakers are encouraged to get involved.  In 2007 they raised £17,000 on behalf of the charity.

Everyone has around 30,000 genes but, if one is faulty or missing, a genetic disorder could result. In the UK, one baby in every 33 is born with a genetic disorder or birth defect.

The overall total raised by Bourne Leisure for the charity is £95,000 which will help transform the lives of affected children and give many families hope for the future.

Jeans for Genes is a fun national appeal to raise funds for pioneering research into genetic disorders and to provide valuable support services for affected individuals and their families.

The FHA is the only charity in the   UK that specialises in providing holidays for families and children in need. Haven support FHA who are working to promote the quality of family life for those parents and children who experience disadvantage as a result of poverty through the provision of and by promoting access to holidays and other recreational activities. In 2007 over 1,400 families will have enjoyed a break as a result of our grant-making programme.

To find out more visit the FHA website www.fhaonline.org.uk, or contact them directly at the address below:

Family Holiday Association
16 Mortimer Street
London
W1T 3JL

HELP – the Holiday Endeavour for Lone Parents is a non-profit making charity run mainly by people who are, or have been lone parents.   The charity takes advantage of discounted accommodation to allow lone parents to afford and enjoy a family holiday – regardless of their income.

To find out more about HELP contact them at 

25 Broke Street
Hemswell
Gainsborough
DN21 5UJ
Telephone: 01427 668717 
janice@help.fslife.co.uk

Motability

Motability is an independent not-for-profit organisation which provides motability solutions for disabled people.  It offers discounted holidays, with every holiday booked boosting their funds.  More than 500 families booked a holiday via Motability in 2005.

To find out more visit the Motability website:www.motability.co.uk

Voting has now closed!

Hopefully you took the chance to nominate Haven that you feel make the extra effort to alleviate the daily pressures of being a parent or a parent-to-be, as voting in the Parent Friendly Awards 2008 has now closed! 

If you have enjoyed our Parent Friendly facilities, make sure you vote for us next year!


The Tommy's Parent Friendly Awards recognise organisations that provide higher levels of service to parents and are voted by parents for parents each year. Tommy's, the baby charity has been running the Parent Friendly Awards since 1995 and have become a driving force for change and improvement in services for parents with young children.