Happy Days Children’s Charity

Happy Days Children’s Charity

Description

Happy Days Children's Charity works with local communities right across the UK to provide vital respite breaks for individuals, families and groups who support children with a wide range of additional needs.

The young people we help range in age from 3 to 17. They come from many different backgrounds and cultures and suffer many different conditions. We offer help to those with learning difficulties, physical or mental disabilities, emotional challenges and those with acute, chronic or life limiting illnesses. We also help young people who have been abused or neglected, witnessed domestic violence, been bereaved or act as carers for a parent or a sibling.

We fund:

  • Holidays and day trips for young people and their families.
  • Residential trips for groups of children and young people, including community groups such as women's refuges and SEN schools.
  • Days out for groups to hundreds of venues throughout the UK, including the seaside, theatre, zoos and farm parks.
  • Experiences such as sport activity days, art and music workshops.
  • We also arrange activities such as visiting theatres and workshops to visit groups where mobility is a difficulty.

Eligibility Criteria

Your child or children should be ages of 3-17 and have special needs, including: abuse, parent loss, acute and life limiting illness, learning and physical disabilities. They accept applications from parents, guardians, grandparents or siblings, as well as GPs, consultants, nurses or social workers.

They do ask that you complete a feedback form and provide feedback (pictures, photos, letters etc) after you have taken your break, as this allows them to tell their supporters more about their work. 


How to Apply

Apply via the website:

Happy Days 

Last Updated: Monday, 15 April, 2024

Lanarkshire Carers Centre: Hamilton

Ground Floor Left
Princes Gate
60 Castle Street
Hamilton
ML3 6BU

Monday - Friday:
9:00am to 4:30pm

Lanarkshire Carers Centre: Airdrie

Airdrie Locality Support Services
92 Hallcraig Street
Airdrie
ML6 6AW

Monday - Friday:
9:00am to 4:30pm