CKDCF funds homeless support for young Cumbrians

The CKDCF has donated £1,000 to Whitehaven Community Trust to help support the young people in its hostel. The donation will be used to fund a support worker, who will offer advice to young residents. The CKDCF cheque was presented to Kerry Maxwell, chief executive of Whitehaven Community Trust, as…

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The show must go on: CKDCF donates to youth theatre group

The CKDCF has donated £1,000 to the Rosehill Youth Theatre, based in Whitehaven, to cover their overheads. 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 has around 80 members aged between…

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CKDCF helps fund support worker for young homeless

The CKDCF has donated £1,500 to help homeless young people in West Cumbria. Whitehaven Community Trust runs supported accommodation for homeless, vulnerable people between 16- and 24-years-old. Kerry Maxwell, from the Trust, said: “Our aim is to provide safe and secure accommodation with housing related support to vulnerable young people with…

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Donation from CKDCF funds support worker for Blind Society

West Cumbria Society for the Blind has received a £3,000 donation from the CKDCF to help fund a support worker for children and young people with visual impairments.    The annual donation was presented to Marie Scott, the Society’s chairperson.  We are proud to make this recurring donation and thank all of…

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CKDCF donates sensory toys for children with autism

The CKDCF has donated almost £600 to Autism Support Allerdale and Copeland. Autism Support Allerdale and Copeland will use the donation to fund the purchase of a number of sensory toys, which will aid the de-stressing and socialisation of autistic children across west Cumbria. Thursday 26th December 2019

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CKDCF donation helps local kids affected by domestic violence

The CKDCF is proud to have donated £1,000 to the Freedom Project, West Cumbria Domestic Violence Support, to assist with their work in supporting children affected by domestic abuse.  The donation will support the organisation’s vital work with children who have witnessed and/or suffered domestic abuse, offering counselling and enhancing their well-being.…

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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 keeps Greenbank youngsters busy during school break

The Greenbank Community Association has received a £1,000 CKDCF donation towards their 2019 Summer Play Scheme. The scheme is targeted at children from the Greenbank area of Whitehaven, many of whom would usually be stuck with little to do to keep them entertained during the long school summer break. Up…

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CKDCF funds support worker for partially-blind youngsters

The CKDCF has donated £3,000 to West Cumbria Society for the Blind, which will go towards funding a support worker for visually-impaired children and young people across Cumbria. The annual donation, presented to Marie Scott, the organisation’s chairperson, is one the CKDCF is proud to make. The impact made by the…

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