1891
Established
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Schools in 2024
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Holidays in 2024
Welcome to Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre
Since 1891, Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre has given children facing challenging circumstances in their daily lives, the chance to experience something many of us take for granted – a holiday by the sea. We are a small but determined Derbyshire charity with a big impact, built on the belief that every child deserves joy, adventure, and memories to cherish.
Why we do what we do
Too many children in Derbyshire are growing up in poverty or difficult circumstances. Many will never enjoy a holiday, feel sand between their toes, or experience carefree time away from daily struggles. These missed opportunities don’t just take away fun – they limit confidence, wellbeing, and hope for the future.
What we do about it
We provide free, fully supported seaside holidays at our centre in Skegness. Here, children are cared for by our dedicated staff and volunteers, enjoy good food, laughter, trips to the beach, and activities that nurture their confidence, resilience, and friendships. These holidays give children a break from challenges at home and the chance to return happier, more confident, and ready to thrive.
Why we’re needed
For many children, this is their very first holiday. The difference is lasting – they come home with memories, smiles, and a sense that they matter. With rising child poverty, our work is more needed now than ever.
How you can help change a child’s life
Donate – just £384 funds a holiday for one child. You can do this by using either our ‘Go Fund Me‘ or ‘Just Giving‘ appeal pages,
Fundraise – take on a challenge, hold an event, or join one of our campaigns.
Volunteer – give your time at our centre or support us locally. Email: [email protected]
Partner with us – schools, businesses, and community groups can work with us to bring hope to children.
How you can help change a child’s life
- Connect & share with others – follow our journey on social media as we plan for a brighter future. Share our mission and story to help us raise awareness.
- Share your story – have you or a close family member visited our Centre for a holiday? Share your story with us – we would love to hear from you! Email us [email protected]Come along and join in – look at our events page to see what’s going on, where and when, come along, have a chat about what we are up to and how you might be able to help.
Together, we can continue to make a lasting difference in their lives. Every contribution, big or small, creates brighter futures for Derbyshire’s children.
Join Us in Making a Difference: The Comeback Appeal 2026
For over 130 years, we’ve been offering children the chance to create cherished memories, build confidence, and enjoy the magic of a seaside break. These holidays provide so much more than fun—they offer a vital boost to the well-being of children who need it most. But rising costs have been no secret and so we have taken the decision to pause holidays at our centre in 2025, with the aim of coming back bigger and stronger in 2026.
So the goal of our 'Comeback Appeal' is to raise £75,000 to bring back our life-changing holidays to disadvantaged children in Derbyshire and spread joy and hope to even more children in 2026.
This year, we need your help to make this possible. By contributing to The Comeback Appeal, you’ll be helping us bring sunshine back into the lives of children who might not otherwise experience a holiday.
Every donation, big or small, brings us closer to giving these children the gift of happiness, hope, and unforgettable memories.
Thank you in advance for your generosity and support for this cause that means so much to all of us. Together, we can make 2026 a year to remember for Derbyshire’s children.
Let’s make the comeback stronger than ever.
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Fabulous to see so many walkers taking part in the COSY Bike and Hike 2026 still smiling at mile 18!
Way to go everyone!
Great to see the donations rolling in as well, thank you so much to everyone who made the brilliant event run like clockwork today.
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Not far now! Great to see smiling walkers nearly at Ashbourne for the COSY Bike and Hike 2026!
Lovely to see the donations coming in too …
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Fabulous scenes this morning at the brilliantly organised COSY Bike and Hike 2026 in aid of ourselves and our friends at Derby Kids' Camp!
So many cyclists.
So many walkers.
So many volunteers.
Such much amazing Team Derby spirit.
Thank you to everyone taking part in today’s event.
Thank you to Team Cosy for making it happen.
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After being involved fro go m the start of SkegVegas and handing it over to Cosy I decide to call down early this morning to see how it has progressed. Well it’s in good hands and has evolved and expanded massively thanks to Cosy Group. Peter, Dave and the team have moved it onto another level it was great to see so many there for the differing events. It was nice to be greeted by quite a few who knew me and the kind comments on the legacy we left them to move on to where it is now. Brilliant!!! A special shout out for my friend Nathan Monk who has far as I know is the only person to have done every SkegVegas ride to date. It’s a magnificent achievement. Riding No 47 this year he is a LEGEND Keep it going and growing!!
12 miles in. Getting there!! I’m walking by the way.
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Good luck Charlene Stephenson david bridges Simon Evans Alison Evans peter Ennis 🙌🏻
See you there!
Great Northern Classics Derby | Family Fun Day | 9th May 2026
As followers, you will no doubt remember the post made last weekend about the fundraiser event at Great Northern Classics Derby where on our stall we ran a Teddy Tombola, a guess the birthday and a super raffle with some fantastic prizes to be won.
Dubbed 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' the event featured some great stuff which included:-
- An FI simulator
- A train simulator
- A visit with regular firings up, of a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine (of Spitfires and Hurricanes fame)
- A plethora of Rolls Royce cars from the enthusiasts at the club
- Giant slot car racing (seriously good fun, and competitive!)
- Breakfasts, pizzas, nachos, hot dogs, sweet treats and drinks
On the day we were excited to see so many people coming along to the event, the big draw being the Rolls Royce Merlin engine (watch the attached video of it firing it up on the day) and that was closely followed by the Teddy Bear Tombola where we were able to make the day of 34 people who walked away clutching their new best friend, their new Teddy!
And as promised in my earlier post we wanted to share the fantastic news about the amount of money raised from the numerous activities on the day; drum roll please; it is an amazing £1499.37!
Wow!
Truly a brilliant amount which will make a difference to our charity and go towards ensuring we can comeback and start running holidays for disadvantaged children once again.
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