Over two million children live in families who cannot afford a day trip to the seaside – far less a simple holiday. The Family Holiday Association works to help disadvantaged families get that much-needed break away from home.
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Smile! A big number from overseas!
16 February 2012Brilliant fundraising by the TUI Overseas Team generates £30,000 for families! Ian Chapman, TUI’s Director of Holiday Experience, supported by senior members of his team - Sue Bradley and Sean Parker, handed over the massive cheque to Family Holiday Association director John McDonald earlier this month
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London Marathon runners help give kids a break
26 April 2012Team expect to raise around £40,000! On Sunday 22 April a team of 27 runners ran for the Family Holiday Association in the famous Virgin London Marathon.
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Calling all thrill seekers!
01 February 2012Take the plunge for the Family Holiday Association this summer… Have you ever wondered what it is like to be attached to a parachute and jump out of a plane at 12,000 feet? Well, join us for one of our Family Holiday Association skydive days in June and you will find out! Watch the video!!
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Ruth Rendell raises families' need for a break in the Lords
23 April 2012A full house of Lords hears of the importance of holidays As part of the All Party Parliamentary Group on social tourism's work to promote the benefits of social tourism, group member Baroness Randell of Babergh asked a question in the House of Lords on Monday 23 April 2012.
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A Review of a sucessful year
26 April 2012Annual Review of 2011 just released Despite the economic gloom, the Family Holiday Association was able to help a record number of families in 2011 with well over 2,000 being helped with a break away from home. Thousands of children and their parents experiencing that much-needed holiday that they otherwise could never have managed has produced lots of happy memories that will last forever.
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Social Tourism Knowledge Bank launched
14 December 2011Searchable database featuring a comprehensive library of English language papers The Knowledge Bank is the first online database of its kind. The database is freely available to everyone – from academics, students and researchers to politicians and policy makers, through social workers, welfare agents, teachers and charity workers, tourism companies and organisations, to the man in the street.
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