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Children’s charity Go Beyond is campaigning for every child to be given the chance for a break

This summer we are celebrating having given 20,000 children facing serious challenges in their lives the chance for a break. To mark this significant milestone in our history, we are launching a campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of a holiday and advocate for every child to be given the chance for a break […]

Hooray! Our Coastal Centre has received a bundle of gardening goodies thanks to Westland Horticulture

We are thrilled to announce that Westland Horticulture has selected our Coastal Centre in Cornwall to receive a charitable donation from its New Horizon Fund. Westland believes everyone deserves to enjoy an outdoor space, and that access to a garden area provides a host of benefits to both physical and mental wellbeing. The Westland New […]

World Refugee Day

Today marks World Refugee Day. Each year it falls on 20th June and shines a light on the rights, needs and dreams of those forced to flee. As a charity, we have welcomed many child refugees such as Priya* in recent years, and found it an enormous privilege to give them a week to delight […]

Charlie’s story

More than ten years has passed since Charlie* came to Go Beyond for a break, but his Grandmother remembers clear as anything the impact it had. Thank you for making weeks like this possible. “Charlie’s Mum, my daughter, had Charlie when she was 18-years-old. She was so young herself and unfortunately she and his father […]

Vote Go Beyond! Help Vulnerable Kids Have a Break

Give a Vulnerable Child a Chance to Relax: Vote Go Beyond in the My Favourite Voucher Codes Poll! We are thrilled to announce that Go Beyond, a charity dedicated to providing week-long breaks for vulnerable children in the UK, has been selected for the My Favourite Voucher Codes’ April charity poll! This is a fantastic […]

Go Beyond named as Woollcombe Yonge’s Charity of the Year

Woollcombe Yonge has named Go Beyond as the company’s charity of the year for 2024. The Plymouth-based solicitors is planning on raising much-needed funds through a variety of fun activities, including their famous annual quiz and various challenge events. Raegan Leather Partner and Head of Department Wills, Trusts and Probate at Woollcombe Yonge explained why […]

Kindness is forever, not just for the New Year, says Go Beyond CEO Michele Farmer

As we get to the end of the first full working week of the new year, there is a sense of looking both back and forward. The New Year is always a thoughtful time – a time for resolutions. I’ve been wondering what 2024 might hold for Go Beyond. There’s no doubt Go Beyond had […]

Thank you to the Northbrook Community Trust

A huge and heartfelt thank you to The Northbrook Community Trust for their generous donation of £7500 which we received in December 2023. It really is amazing to see how this funding, together with our other kind supporters, has been transformed into beaming smiles, sparkling eyes, and some extra special magic dust sprinkled over the […]

The Telegraph is supporting Go Beyond this Christmas

We are thrilled to have been chosen by The Telegraph as a beneficiary of the newspaper’s Christmas Charity Appeal for 2023. From now until the end of January, The Telegraph’s teams will be sharing a number of articles raising awareness of various areas of our work, both online and in-print. We are one of four […]

Give a gift of hope this Christmas – Cornish Christmas Giving catalogue

We are delighted to be included alongside so many worthy Cornish charities in this years Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue. Your donations will help to give more children a break at our Coastal Centre in Cornwall. Please view the catalogue here or pick up a copy locally at Truro Cathedral. We would very much appreciate your […]

Alarming rise in mental health referrals

Over the last five years we have seen a 900% rise in the number of children referred for a Go Beyond break as a result of mental health concerns. Data collected throughout last year shows that professionals referring children to Go Beyond are more frequently doing so as a result of issues including low mood […]

Trewithen Dairy supports movie nights at our Coastal Centre

Children enjoying a break at Coastal Centre in Tywadreath have been enjoying memorable movie nights accompanied by a generous supply of popcorn, thanks to Trewithen Dairy. Following the huge success of Trewithen Dairy’s movie-themed Scone Revolution event at the Royal Cornwall Show, the company had a surplus of popcorn. Rather than letting it go to […]