CKDCF helps feed hungry families during coronavirus crisis

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…

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Fundraising Success: October Fundraising Weekend 2019

The CKDCF would like to give an enormous thank-you to everyone who came to the 18th annual October Fundraising Weekend, as well as all of those who sponsored our fundraisers! This year, we celebrated 17th anniversary of the inception of the CKDCF. The CKDCF fundraising weekend began on Friday evening with a night of…

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CKDCF helps feed hungry children during school holidays

The CKDCF has presented a £1,000 cheque to the North Lakes Foodbank to provide financial support towards a support worker, and to help cover the costs of the organisation’s school holiday scheme. Without the Foodbank, children who rely on free school meals for daily hot and nutritious meals would have…

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Fundraising Success: October Fundraising Weekend 2018

The CKDCF would like to give an enormous thank-you to everyone who came to the 17th annual October Fundraising Weekend, as well as all of those who sponsored our fundraisers – you all helped to make it an unforgettable event! Photos courtesy of Richard Hallworth and Fay Dunnery This year, we celebrated…

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CKDCF Helps Fund Foodbank Family Advice Worker

The CKDCF is very proud to have made a £1,000 donation to the North Lakes Foodbank. The donation will be used to help fund a worker to deliver support and advice to the rising number of Cumbrian families finding themselves in poverty. One-third of those served by the North Lakes Foodbank, which…

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Fundraising Success: October Fundraising Weekend 2017

The CKDCF would like to give an enormous thank-you to everyone who came to the 16th annual October Fundraising Weekend, as well as all of those who sponsored our fundraisers – you all helped to make this year’s event possibly the best one to date! Photos courtesy of Mark Andrews and Robert…

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CKDCF donation adds up for primary school pupils

The CKDCF donated over £1,200 for the purchase of Numicon to assist with the learning of students with learning difficulties.    The Numicon resources will enable children, especially those with special needs, to improve their maths skills. Headteacher Suzanne Smith told The Whitehaven News, “We are delighted and very grateful…

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Rocker Francis dishes out the cash

By Andrew Clarke TWO local good causes have benefited from donations from an Egremont musician’s charity. The Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children’s Fund (CKDCF) – set up by former It Bites star Francis Dunnery in memory of his parents – donated £1,000 to both West Cumbria Society for the Blind…

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CKDCF makes contribution to Lily’s eye-gaze machine

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…

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Fundraising Success: CKDCF October Weekend 2015

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…

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