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Rock Solid Racers raise hundreds!

A team from NL Fitness in Tavistock completed the incredibly tough Rock Solid Race 10k course in Exeter on Saturday 19th March. 17 brave team members battled through A LOT of mud,... Read more

Delicious Dart Trail raises over �6000!

The Delicious Dart Trail on the 5th March raised an amazing £6,580.29! The money was raised through a combination of entry fees, sponsorship, a collection on the day and a... Read more

Mother’s Day

Respite break leader Toni reflects on what Mother's Day means to her... Mother’s Day. This day can be a huge juxtaposition of emotions – for some this day is a... Read more

Sharing skills!

Today at Moorland, our volunteers have been sharing skills with the children. Some tried their hand at origami, while others played with the diabolo! We wanted to share some pictures with... Read more

A year at CHICKS

Respite break leader Steve has now worked with us for almost exactly a year. Here, he reflects on his first year being part of the CHICKS family... “It was the... Read more

First breaks of the year!

On Monday, we welcomed the first children of the year to our Moorland and Coastal retreats. This is always a very exciting week for us, as the retreats seem almost... Read more

Santander shows support for CHICKS

We want to say a big thank you to the Plymouth branch of Santander Bank which has been supporting us for the last two years. Our annual winter ball in... Read more

Shh! It’s time for a story…

This week is National Storytelling Week in the UK, celebrating imagination and the importance of a good story. You might not know this, but we often end an evening at... Read more

West Cornwall Youth Trust supports CHICKS

We'd like to say a huge thank you to West Cornwall Youth Trust (WCYT), who have chosen to support CHICKS for the second year running.  The trust aims to support disadvantaged... Read more

Giving young carers the chance to be children

Today is Young Carers Awareness Day in the UK, a day to recognise the 700,000 young people in the UK who support and care for family members. New research published... Read more

How we’re helping children in care

This week is Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption Week. Earlier in the week, they released the news that the number of children currently in care is at a 30-year high, with... Read more

How’s January treating you?!

Now we’re in the second working week of January, hands up who has already given up on their resolutions?! It’s easy to feel optimistic on New Year’s Eve, but we... Read more