Go Beyond’s First Yorkshire Break

Go Beyond joined forces with Leeds Children’s Charity to give vulnerable children from Leeds and West Yorkshire special breaks. We worked together for months to identify children who would most benefit from a week away. A total of 16 children, who had experienced personal hardship and had been unable to go on a residential school trip, […]

Ice Cream Moments 2026: The Scoop

Together, We Provided 800 Ice Cream Moments! That’s 800 moments of joy made possible by your support. This summer, children and young people have enjoyed everything from surfing lessons and farm visits to slip and slides, BBQs and raft building.   At our Daleside Center, one lucky group had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe the […]

A place to feel safe: Katie’s story

Meet Katie*, who loves cloud watching, feeding lorikeets at the zoo and being surrounded by the countryside. Katie arrived at Go Beyond with a painting she had made for the team to say thank you for her previous breaks. One of the first things she did was thank them for remembering her birthday and Christmas, […]

Win a Break to a Center Parcs!

Enter Here   Win a Break to Center Parcs – every entry makes a difference to children and young people facing disadvantages. Win a short break at Center Parcs! Everyone deserves the chance to escape, recharge and make memories in nature. At Go Beyond, that’s exactly what we give children living through some of the […]

Go Beyond 2025: Reflections from Michele and Annual Report Highlights

As we publish our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts, I am incredibly proud to look back on everything we achieved together over the year. During 2025, we delivered more than 1,100 breaks for children aged 8 to 13. Across the seasons, our centres were full of activity, creativity and connection. Over the long summer months, […]

Help give a child a summer to remember

For many children, the summer holidays mean six weeks of freedom. Days spent outdoors, family trips, time with friends and a much-needed break from school. But for thousands of children across the UK, summer can look very different. When schools close, the structure and support they provide disappears too. For children facing poverty, caring responsibilities […]

Beyond the Break

A moment that mattered Beyond the Break is a community for adults who attended a Go Beyond break as a child and would like to help us understand the lasting impact those experiences can have. Since 1992, more than 22,000 children and young carers have attended a Go Beyond break. If you came on a […]

Eight Ways to Help Your Child Take a Break from Their Smartphone

Help Us Be the Safe Place for Children Facing Uncertainty

Every child deserves to feel safe, supported, and able to enjoy being a child. But for many of the children we support, life is shaped by uncertainty. Changing routines, unstable home environments, and responsibilities beyond their years can leave them feeling anxious and overwhelmed. For children like Alfie*, a Go Beyond break offers something different. […]

Go Beyond 2025 – What a year!

2025 will be remembered for the long hot summer that changed our landscape, with fields dried out but days we could rely on to be sunny from morning until night. For us at Go Beyond it meant more time outdoors than ever, playing games together, sharing endless picnics and gathering around campfires as the sun […]

Delivering Joy: How Go Beyond Makes Christmas Magic for Vulnerable Children 🎄

For many children who arrive at Go Beyond, Christmas hasn’t always been magical. Some have lost parents. Some care for ill family members. Others live with instability, trauma, or the impact of war. But during a Go Beyond Christmas break, children discover safety, warmth, and joy – often for the very first time. Here are […]

Children Celebrate the Magic of Nature with HRH The Princess of Wales

On October 7th, a group of children supported by Go Beyond enjoyed an extraordinary opportunity to connect with nature alongside HRH The Princess of Wales at Windsor Great Park. The visit formed part of the filming for Mother Nature, a quarterly video series launched in May 2025 by Kensington Palace. The series celebrates the wild […]