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Young carer turned top chef Omari McQueen to support CHICKS

The youngest award winning vegan chef in the UK, and the CEO and founder of Dipalicious, 11-year-old Omari McQueen has voiced his support for CHICKS coronavirus fundraising appeal. Omari, who... Read more

CHICKS launches Facebook Happy Place

After making the difficult decision to stop the provision of CHICKS breaks on Friday 20 March due to the coronavirus outbreak, we have been working hard on the best way... Read more

Please support our urgent appeal today

After postponing our respite breaks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, we have now launched an urgent appeal for support. We have provided free five-day respite breaks for UK children... Read more

Senior leadership change

CHICKS Chief Executive Officer Andrew Dean has decided to leave the charity in order to explore new opportunities from the start of March 2020. CHICKS Chair of Trustees Steve Brearley has issued... Read more

Breaks to stop from Friday 20 March

After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to stop providing our respite breaks for children and young people from this Friday, 20 March 2020 until further notice, as... Read more

[POSTPONED] Devon & Cornwall Police to lock up senior officers and VIPs to raise money for CHICKS

Update: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this event has been postponed. We will update you when more information becomes available. On Wednesday 18 March 2020, several senior officers of... Read more

Ade Edmondson to feature on Celebrity Mastermind raising money for CHICKS

We are delighted to announce that actor, comedian, television presenter and musician Ade Edmondson is set to feature on an upcoming episode of BBC One's Celebrity Mastermind, competing to raise... Read more

How to support CHICKS on AmazonSmile

As you may or may not have seen us announce late last year, you can now support CHICKS when shopping online using the AmazonSmile programme! AmazonSmile is essentially the exact same... Read more

6 reasons to volunteer at CHICKS as a student

Here at CHICKS, we rely on a constant stream of budding volunteers to help us provide the best breaks we can to vulnerable young people from across the UK. On every... Read more

Daleside Retreat renovated for the 2020 season

In preparation for the start of our 2020 break season today (Monday 10th February), the CHICKS Daleside Retreat in Derbyshire has undergone a bit of a makeover! During the 2019/20... Read more

CHICKS to sell Moorland Retreat in Brentor, Devon

It is with complete and sincere fondness for the hundreds of memories made and childhoods changed at our retreat in Brentor, Devon that we  today announce that our 'Moorland Retreat' is... Read more

7 ways you can get involved with CHICKS in 2020

Every year, CHICKS relies on the generous services of hundreds of volunteers to deliver respite breaks to vulnerable children and young people across the UK. However, we recognise that spending... Read more