Give Kids a break

At CHICKS i found out about how the other half live. Not to say I'm well off but in comparison to some peoples lives, mine has been perfect. The CHICKs respite breaks give those kids a time to have fun and get away from the problems in their lives. None of them are to blame for the situations they're in, they deserve a break.
So when they arrive the smiles start. As with most things, when you share them with others the joy multiplies. So the Kids arrive and make friends with the other 15 children on camp and they all somehow get on. Everyone comes from different places and few know anyone else before camp. But there's an innocent thing about young people that means that somehow, when it comes to having fun, they make friends instantaneously.
Although it's somehow more then just smiles. As the week goes on they conquer their fears and really learn to trust people once again. For some that means everything. It shows that people do care, and the people at CHICKs really do, whether that's the people in the office, the supervisors or the volunteers who all just want to give kids a childhood to remember rather then forget.
With swimming, games and adventure the weeks are consistently exciting with so much to do.  Not to mention the surroundings to the two centres in Devon and Cornwall.  Deep in the countryside with fields for miles around.  For these children from built up areas across the country it's a vast contrast to life back home.  Some may never have seen the sea.
Overall they go home at the end of the six days with a new lust for life and that new found hope which they've been given by CHICKs and all that goes on within their breaks.
Check them out at:  www.chicks.org.uk