To replace our Holiday Home, which offers 32 individual weeks of free accommodation per year to families, couples or single people of any age or background who would otherwise not get any holiday
The Holiday Home can sleep 6 people plus a baby, and we give free week's accommodation to families, couples, or single people from Cheshire West & Chester, who would otherwise not get a holiday. It has full self-catering facilities, a veranda with ramp access, and can easily accommodate people with disabilities. It is located at Talacre Beach Holiday Park and we provide holidays between March and the Autumn Half Term. The on-site facilities include a free indoor pool, gym, games area, bar and entertainment. These holidays are often the only chance some families get to take a break and are therefore a much-needed spell of rest, enabling family members to recover or recuperate their strength together, perhaps after a bereavement, an illness, or a period of financial or other hardship. The Holiday Home is 12 years old and will need replacing in 2023. It will cost £47,183 to replace and to date we have raised over £25,439 towards our target. Our bid is for the balance of £21,744
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
Replacing the Holiday Home will enable us to continue to provide free holiday accommodation to families from Chester & Ellesmere Port that would otherwise have no opportunity for a holiday and/or a period of respite and relaxation. We provide this support direct to those in need through our own contacts in the community, through the faith based communities in which we are based and through contacts in local schools and social services. We offer this support to families of any faith and none in a totally inclusive approach. In practice a high proportion of those we help are from single parent or disrupted family circumstances, and because we offer free transport to and from the holiday home and give spending money to all children, we can help those families with no means of transport and with little extra money for treats and entertainment. Many of our guests face mental and physical health issues and in recent years our guests have also included local Syrian and Ukrainian refugees.
Steps to get it done:
The operational costs for the holiday home include a significant annual site fee, utilities, cleaning and incidental repairs and maintenance. We employ a cleaner, who lives close to the site, and any repairs and maintenance are carried out by qualified contractors. All of the other work involved in transporting our guests, ensuring they are settled in, carrying out checks to the home before and after use, and the annual opening/close down is completed by our team of volunteers. We believe that this support ensures our guests have a relaxing time, enjoying the onsite facilities which are paid for out of the annual site fees together with access to the extensive local sandy beaches. The annual running costs are not part of this application and are covered by our existing fundraising activities. More details of these can be provided on request.
Gallery
Journey
Follow this project You are following this project for updates to your inbox
We have reached the original project target, but day to day and capital funding for replacement in 10 years' time needs continuous funding. Please consider donating again, either as a one-off or regular payment. We are asking for £2 per month. Thanks you for your time. You can donate here: https://www.spacehive.com/holidays-for-disadvantaged-people
Our Holiday Home was bought in 2023 and is now in its 3rd season giving around 30 families per year holidays they would otherwise not get. Our continuous funding now means that we can fundraise for the replacement in around 10 year's time. Any help, however small will lead us to our goal of around £80,000 in 2035
Click on the pink tape measure to see the report!
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £48,644
Costs Breakdown
This shows how money raised for the project will be spent. These costs have been confirmed by the project's Delivery Manager and verified.
Overfunding
This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:
Target (inc. fees) £48,644
Our Volunteer List
Want to help?
Do you have stuff or skills to contribute to this project? Use this tool to offer something to the project creator.
VolunteerThe SVP is an international lay-led Catholic voluntary organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage by providing practical assistance to people in need and financial assistance where appropriate. We offer help to anyone suffering poverty and distress in whatever form, regardless of faith, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
Through our church based membership and local presence, the SVP is a major force in grassroots community activism and lay leadership throughout England and Wales. As an organic, dynamic and responsive charity, we work with a broad spectrum of people including ex-offenders, families in crisis, victims of domestic violence, people affected by /recovering from substance misuse, people who are in debt, impoverished, unemployed, sick, isolated or lonely. We joyfully extend our hand in the care and personal service of individuals and families who need support.
The SVP is a registered as a charity in England and Wales.
The local SVP organisation has six groups centered on Catholic Churches in Chester and Ellesmere Port. These six groups form a District that owns and manages the Holiday Home. In line with our defined objectuves we help those in need in whatever form it comes by turning 'concern into action'. Our beneficiaries are the lonely, hungry, homeless, destitute and the marginalised in society.
A main theme of our work locally is befriending, by providing a listening ear and support where required. This includes visiting beneficiaries in their own homes, in residential care homes, refuges, hospitals, and prisons. Our befriending extends to organising social events, and identifying additional needs including financial and household support and the opportunity to have time away on a holiday. The latter is achieved by the financing and management of our local Holiday Home.
The Holiday Home offers 32 weeks of free holidays a year to families from Chester and Ellesmere Port, some of whom are refugees and all are in need.
Project Owner: St Clare's SVP The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
Find me at:
