Could you be part of something life-changing next year?
At Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre, our Holiday Care Team Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do.
By working directly with children — offering encouragement, building trust, sharing laughter, and creating moments of pure seaside joy — you help turn a simple break away into something transformational.
This isn’t just a holiday.
It’s confidence built.
Friendships formed.
Horizons widened.
Memories that last a lifetime.
We are now recruiting Holiday Care Team Volunteers for our 2026 Core Holiday Programme at our centre in Skegness.
📅 Volunteer Weeks Available:
• Week 1 – Mon 25th to Fri 29th May (Half Term)
• Week 2 – Mon 27th to Fri 31st July
• Week 3 – Mon 3rd to Fri 7th August
• Week 4 – Mon 10th to Fri 14th August
• Week 5 – Mon 17th to Fri 21st August
• Week 6 – Mon 24th to Fri 28th August
• Week 7 – Mon 26th to Fri 30th October (Half Term)
✨ No experience needed – just kindness, energy and a willingness to learn.
✔ Full training provided
✔ DBS check required
✔ Interview and two references
If you’ve ever wanted to do something that truly matters — this is it.
Over 200 children will walk through our doors next year.
Will you be there to welcome them?
👉 Apply today at: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Qxx7SKZmmE
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Amber Valley CVS (AVCVS) maybe you can also help promote this?
Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre please get in touch with us to see how we can help promote your opportunity. Email [email protected]
🏏 Cricket Fans – Don’t Miss This! 🏏
We’re counting down to a brilliant evening of cricket stories, laughter and fundraising at:
An Evening with Devon Malcolm OBE
📅 Thursday 5th March
🕢 7:30pm
📍 Ashbourne Pavilion, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne DE6 1EJ
🎟️ £20 per ticket (includes a sandwich buffet)
Devon – Derbyshire & England cricket legend – will be interviewed by Jimmy Drew, sharing stories from his incredible career, including that unforgettable 9 for 57 at The Oval.
✨ Plus a charity raffle and auction featuring some fantastic prizes – signed memorabilia, exclusive experiences and more!
Most importantly, every ticket sold helps us provide life-changing seaside holidays for disadvantaged children through Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre as we prepare to welcome over 200 children back to Skegness this year.
If you love cricket, know someone who does, or just fancy a great night out for a great cause — we’d love to see you there.
🎟️ Book now here 👇
[derbyshirechildrensholidaycentre.beaconforms.com/form/1f7c4d32]
Please share with your cricket-loving friends and help us fill the room! 🙌
#Derbyshire #Cricket #DevonMalcolm #CharityEvent #DCHC #CommunityFundraising
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🙋♀️ Calling all holiday heroes!! 🙋♀️
This year we celebrate a very special birthday.
In 2026 it's 135 years that we've been up and running, giving children a terrific holiday by the sea.
To mark our special 135th birthday, we're calling on everyone who's been a guest at our centre during that time.
We'd like to know:
- Have you stayed with us in Skegness as a child?
- Would you like to help us make our 135th birthday really special?
- Can we hear your stories about your time with us?
If you've stayed with us at any point during the last 135 years, please get in touch.
Drop us a line on [email protected]
We'd love to hear from you.
3 CommentsComment on Facebook
Has the DCHC have any old photos from 1986 to 1990 x
Depending on the day and timings of the celebration, I would love to offer to try my very best to bring as many members of The Invisible Friends TIF Derby Choir as possible along to come and sing for you all! If this is something you would like to chat more about let me know and I will email you and we can go from there 😃
Jocelyn Brown do you know what year I stayed x
💛 Can You Help Us Get Ready? 💛
At Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre, kindness changes lives.
From Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd March, we’re holding our Skegness Centre Work Party – and we’d love you to join us for any time you can spare.
This year, we’re preparing to welcome over 200 children back to our centre in Skegness for life-changing seaside breaks. Before they arrive, we need helping hands to get everything ready.
🛠️ Trades especially welcome – decorators, joiners, electricians, plumbers
🧽 But we also need amazing volunteers willing to roll up their sleeves for cleaning, painting and general sprucing up
⏰ Join us for a few hours, a full day or bring your sleeping bag and stay over! – Every bit helps!!
A small act of kindness from you could help create a safe, warm and welcoming space where children can build confidence, make friends and just be children.
If you can help, please sign up here:
👉 derbyshirechildrensholidaycentre.beaconforms.com/form/ef7484e0
Let’s turn kindness into impact this March. ✨
#VolunteerDerbyshire #CommunityImpact #Skegness #MakingADifference
2 CommentsComment on Facebook
Wonderful...hope you get loads of volunteers....
Its Corey's birthday weekend but I will ask if he wants to come and help as I know he would if it was any other weekend! X
📻 Don't forget to tune in to BBC Derby tomorrow morning ... 📻
Listen out from 7am and you'll be able to hear our wonderful supporter Kerry Anderson chatting to Becky Measures all about why she has chosen to host a ball in memory of her daughter, Emily, this Saturday: February 21.
The 'Be You' ball is being held on what would have been Emily's 30th birthday.
Emily (pictured right, below) sadly took her own life aged 23 - today her mum is choosing to honour her memory by hosting the colourful event in aid of our charity and our friends at Treetops Hospice.
You can hear her story on Becky's breakfast show tomorrow.
And if you want to know how you can help, do consider a donation to Kerry's fundraising - it all goes to help children have a fabulous time by the sea.
Kerry and our CEO Janine Holmes are looking ready for a ball in the picture below - are you?
Here's the link to donate: lnkd.in/eHmR_8mW
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Can’t wait until Saturday. Good luck on the radio tomorrow 😃
Thank You, Derby County FC & Rams Fans! 🐏
A huge thank you to Derby County Football Club for allowing us to collect outside the ground before Saturday’s match at Pride Park.
And to every single supporter who stopped, smiled, chatted, and donated – whether it was loose change or a larger gift – thank you. It all adds up, and it all makes a difference.
We’ve already raised over £1,000 (and we’re still counting!) 🙌
A massive shoutout as well to our fantastic team of volunteers – not everyone is pictured here – who gave up their time in the cold to help us collect. Your energy and commitment mean so much.
Every pound raised helps us provide life-changing seaside holidays for children across Derbyshire who need a break, a boost in confidence, and the chance to just be children.
If you missed us on Saturday but would still like to donate, you can do so here:
👉 www.justgiving.com/dchc
Thank you for helping us continue Giving Derbyshire’s Children a Break.
#DerbyCounty #DCFC #Community #Charity #Derbyshire #MakingADifference #GivingBack
1 CommentComment on Facebook
Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre - truly an amazing fundraiser for all of us involved. The generosity of Derby County football supporters is unbelievable. Thanks to all that gave and all the volunteers that helped us on the day.
Could you be part of something life-changing next year?
At Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre, our Holiday Care Team Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do.
By working directly with children — offering encouragement, building trust, sharing laughter, and creating moments of pure seaside joy — you help turn a simple break away into something transformational.
This isn’t just a holiday.
It’s confidence built.
Friendships formed.
Horizons widened.
Memories that last a lifetime.
We are now recruiting Holiday Care Team Volunteers for our 2026 Core Holiday Programme at our centre in Skegness.
📅 Volunteer Weeks Available:
• Week 1 – Mon 25th to Fri 29th May (Half Term)
• Week 2 – Mon 27th to Fri 31st July
• Week 3 – Mon 3rd to Fri 7th August
• Week 4 – Mon 10th to Fri 14th August
• Week 5 – Mon 17th to Fri 21st August
• Week 6 – Mon 24th to Fri 28th August
• Week 7 – Mon 26th to Fri 30th October (Half Term)
✨ No experience needed – just kindness, energy and a willingness to learn.
✔ Full training provided
✔ DBS check required
✔ Interview and two references
If you’ve ever wanted to do something that truly matters — this is it.
Over 200 children will walk through our doors next year.
Will you be there to welcome them?
👉 Apply today at: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Qxx7SKZmmE
2 CommentsComment on Facebook
Amber Valley CVS (AVCVS) maybe you can also help promote this?
Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre please get in touch with us to see how we can help promote your opportunity. Email [email protected]
🏏 Cricket Fans – Don’t Miss This! 🏏
We’re counting down to a brilliant evening of cricket stories, laughter and fundraising at:
An Evening with Devon Malcolm OBE
📅 Thursday 5th March
🕢 7:30pm
📍 Ashbourne Pavilion, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne DE6 1EJ
🎟️ £20 per ticket (includes a sandwich buffet)
Devon – Derbyshire & England cricket legend – will be interviewed by Jimmy Drew, sharing stories from his incredible career, including that unforgettable 9 for 57 at The Oval.
✨ Plus a charity raffle and auction featuring some fantastic prizes – signed memorabilia, exclusive experiences and more!
Most importantly, every ticket sold helps us provide life-changing seaside holidays for disadvantaged children through Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre as we prepare to welcome over 200 children back to Skegness this year.
If you love cricket, know someone who does, or just fancy a great night out for a great cause — we’d love to see you there.
🎟️ Book now here 👇
[derbyshirechildrensholidaycentre.beaconforms.com/form/1f7c4d32]
Please share with your cricket-loving friends and help us fill the room! 🙌
#Derbyshire #Cricket #DevonMalcolm #CharityEvent #DCHC #CommunityFundraising
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
🙋♀️ Calling all holiday heroes!! 🙋♀️
This year we celebrate a very special birthday.
In 2026 it's 135 years that we've been up and running, giving children a terrific holiday by the sea.
To mark our special 135th birthday, we're calling on everyone who's been a guest at our centre during that time.
We'd like to know:
- Have you stayed with us in Skegness as a child?
- Would you like to help us make our 135th birthday really special?
- Can we hear your stories about your time with us?
If you've stayed with us at any point during the last 135 years, please get in touch.
Drop us a line on [email protected]
We'd love to hear from you.
3 CommentsComment on Facebook
Has the DCHC have any old photos from 1986 to 1990 x
Depending on the day and timings of the celebration, I would love to offer to try my very best to bring as many members of The Invisible Friends TIF Derby Choir as possible along to come and sing for you all! If this is something you would like to chat more about let me know and I will email you and we can go from there 😃
Jocelyn Brown do you know what year I stayed x
💛 Can You Help Us Get Ready? 💛
At Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre, kindness changes lives.
From Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd March, we’re holding our Skegness Centre Work Party – and we’d love you to join us for any time you can spare.
This year, we’re preparing to welcome over 200 children back to our centre in Skegness for life-changing seaside breaks. Before they arrive, we need helping hands to get everything ready.
🛠️ Trades especially welcome – decorators, joiners, electricians, plumbers
🧽 But we also need amazing volunteers willing to roll up their sleeves for cleaning, painting and general sprucing up
⏰ Join us for a few hours, a full day or bring your sleeping bag and stay over! – Every bit helps!!
A small act of kindness from you could help create a safe, warm and welcoming space where children can build confidence, make friends and just be children.
If you can help, please sign up here:
👉 derbyshirechildrensholidaycentre.beaconforms.com/form/ef7484e0
Let’s turn kindness into impact this March. ✨
#VolunteerDerbyshire #CommunityImpact #Skegness #MakingADifference
2 CommentsComment on Facebook
Wonderful...hope you get loads of volunteers....
Its Corey's birthday weekend but I will ask if he wants to come and help as I know he would if it was any other weekend! X
📻 Don't forget to tune in to BBC Derby tomorrow morning ... 📻
Listen out from 7am and you'll be able to hear our wonderful supporter Kerry Anderson chatting to Becky Measures all about why she has chosen to host a ball in memory of her daughter, Emily, this Saturday: February 21.
The 'Be You' ball is being held on what would have been Emily's 30th birthday.
Emily (pictured right, below) sadly took her own life aged 23 - today her mum is choosing to honour her memory by hosting the colourful event in aid of our charity and our friends at Treetops Hospice.
You can hear her story on Becky's breakfast show tomorrow.
And if you want to know how you can help, do consider a donation to Kerry's fundraising - it all goes to help children have a fabulous time by the sea.
Kerry and our CEO Janine Holmes are looking ready for a ball in the picture below - are you?
Here's the link to donate: lnkd.in/eHmR_8mW
1 CommentComment on Facebook
Can’t wait until Saturday. Good luck on the radio tomorrow 😃
Thank You, Derby County FC & Rams Fans! 🐏
A huge thank you to Derby County Football Club for allowing us to collect outside the ground before Saturday’s match at Pride Park.
And to every single supporter who stopped, smiled, chatted, and donated – whether it was loose change or a larger gift – thank you. It all adds up, and it all makes a difference.
We’ve already raised over £1,000 (and we’re still counting!) 🙌
A massive shoutout as well to our fantastic team of volunteers – not everyone is pictured here – who gave up their time in the cold to help us collect. Your energy and commitment mean so much.
Every pound raised helps us provide life-changing seaside holidays for children across Derbyshire who need a break, a boost in confidence, and the chance to just be children.
If you missed us on Saturday but would still like to donate, you can do so here:
👉 www.justgiving.com/dchc
Thank you for helping us continue Giving Derbyshire’s Children a Break.
#DerbyCounty #DCFC #Community #Charity #Derbyshire #MakingADifference #GivingBack
1 CommentComment on Facebook
Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre - truly an amazing fundraiser for all of us involved. The generosity of Derby County football supporters is unbelievable. Thanks to all that gave and all the volunteers that helped us on the day.
