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Happy Days Children's Charity

Happy Days group day trips and activity holidays funding

Happy Days Children's Charity (registered charity 1010943, based in Hitchin) funds or part-funds day trips, visiting theatre performances and activity holidays for children aged 3-17 with additional needs. Groups such as SEN schools, disability support groups, young carers' groups and women's refuges can apply, as well as families. The charity pays for tickets/passes and transport for the children and essential 'Key Carers'. Applications go on a waiting list, and requested dates must be at least 12 months after applying, although trips for children with life-limiting conditions may be fast-tracked.

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You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Groups working with children and young people aged 3-17 with additional needs, for example SEN schools, special needs and disability support groups, young carers' groups and women's refuges
  • All key carers going on the trip must be DBS checked, and the group must have a child protection/safeguarding policy
  • The group must name a group leader and a deputy, who are responsible for getting written parental permission
  • Families (and professionals applying for them) can apply through separate family forms
  • The charity describes itself as working across the UK

What it funds

  • Funding or part-funding of group day trips and outings (e.g. zoos, farm parks, theme parks, the seaside, theatres), visiting theatre companies, and group activity holidays (outdoor activity centres, holiday camps, sailing breaks) for children aged 3-17 with additional needs
  • The items funded are:
  • Tickets/passes
  • Transport, for the children and for essential 'Key Carers'

There is also a separate application route for group day trips for children in care (the Independent Visitors scheme).

Families can apply separately for family day trips and holiday breaks.

What it will not fund

  • Children aged 18 or over (only ages 3-17 funded)
  • Non-essential adults, who must pay for themselves
  • Siblings or children without special needs, who must pay for themselves

Funding covers tickets/passes and transport; the forms do not mention other costs

How to apply

  1. Download the relevant group form from https://www.happydayscharity.org/applications (Group Day Trips, Group Day Trips for Children in Care, or Group Holiday)
  2. Complete every box on the form (write N/A where a question does not apply), giving three preferred dates at least 12 months after you apply
  3. Add a project budget showing what you will spend, the income you have raised or expect to raise, and the amount you are asking Happy Days for; attach quotes and any destination leaflets
  4. Email the form to enquiries@happydayscharity.org or post it to Happy Days Children's Charity, Unit 6&7 The Glover Centre, 23-25 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 1RP
  5. Your application goes on a waiting list, and the charity will write to you if you need to choose new dates
  6. After the trip, send back the matching feedback form

Tick the Fastrack box on the form if the trip is for children with a life-limiting condition, so the application can be expedited

Contacts are theresa@happydayscharity.org for group day trips and ann@happydayscharity.org for group holidays, or call 01462 530710

Have ready

  • Completed group application form
  • Project budget with quotes attached
  • Leaflets or information about the chosen destinations (if available)
  • Feedback form after the trip

The form asks you to confirm that all Key Carers are DBS checked and that you have a safeguarding policy

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