The CKDCF has donated £1,000 to the North Lakes Foodbank to fund food parcels for struggling families. The money will go towards feeding families in poverty over the Easter and upcoming summer breaks, when school meals vouchers are unavailable.  It will also be used to purchase food for those struggling to get by on the …
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This Christmas, the CKDCF donated £1,000-worth of items and 200 selection boxes to the children’s cancer wards at Newcastle’s RVI hospital. The items will act as a distraction for children on the ward, many of whom are required to remain on the ward for a prolonged period of time – with some having to …
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The CKDCF have donated £1,000 to the Greenbank Community Association for their 2016 Summer Play Scheme. The play scheme, which caters for between 60 and 80 local children, will be held during the school summer break. The scheme is targeted at children from in and around the Greenbank area of Whitehaven; it contributes to a reduction in petty …
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As part of an ongoing annual funding programme, the CKDCF have donated £1,000 to the Rosehill Youth Theatre, Whitehaven. Rosehill Youth Theatre is a volunteer-run amateur dramatic group for children and young adults, staging their own productions of well-known musicals in Whitehaven’s Solway Hall.  The group currently has around 80 members aged between 5- and …
The CKDCF have donated £1,000, through the West Cumbria Society for the Blind, to the campaign to purchase an ‘eye-gaze’ machine for Lily Tyson. Eight-year-old Lily suffers from Rett syndrome which affects her ability to communicate.  Her family are running an ongoing campaign to raise a total of £12,000 for the purchase of an eye-gaze …
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The CKDCF have made a charitable donation to the West Cumbria Society for the Blind to fund a support worker for children and young adults. The West Cumbria Society for the Blind will use the CKDCF’s donation of £3,000 to fund a support worker for children and young people in west Cumbria. The CKDCF are …
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We would like to thank everyone who attended this year’s CKDCF Fundraising Weekend; you all contributed to making it the best one yet, with an estimated £25,000 being raised! The weekend began with a delicious buffet meal at the Seacote Hotel, St. Bees, on Friday evening. The meal was followed by an address from our …
The CKDCF have donated £1,960 to fund a new mobile sensory unit in Haverigg Primary School, Cumbria. Photographs credit: CKDCF & Lisa Penrith The new unit, which has been named ‘The Peter Watson Sensory Unit’, will be used by autistic children at the primary school and can be moved from classroom-to-classroom. The plaque pictured above …
We would like to thank everyone at Thomson Airways (Newcastle) who took part in their Annual Charity Bike Ride, raising in excess of £250 for the CKDCF. On Thursday 25th June, nine Thomson Airways crew rode 20 miles around Newcastle in aid of the CKDCF. The crew’s efforts raised £265 for the CKDCF (from entry …
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The CKDCF have donated £500 to the Greenbank Community Association for their annual Summer Play Scheme. The play scheme, which caters for between 60 and 80 local children, will be held twice a week for four weeks during the school summer break. The scheme attracts children from in and around the Greenbank area of Whitehaven, …
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The CKDCF have donated £1,000 to the Rosehill Youth Theatre, which prides itself in diversity and inclusivity. The money will go towards staging their next production, Aladdin, in their newly-acquired Solway Hall, Whitehaven. Founded in 1983, the Rosehill Youth Theatre is a West Cumbrian theatre group run entirely by volunteers for young people aged between 5 …
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