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Family Holiday Association
16 Mortimer Street
London W1T 3JL

Charity No:    800262
Company No: 02301337

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We will help 1,600 families this year.
FAMILY HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION
FAMILY HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION
Our latest news
Charity patron Mr Justice Coleridge
Charity Patron Mr Justice Coleridge makes hard hitting speech
17 June 2009
The importance of family wellbeing to society
In his speech to the Family Holiday Association's Patrons' Dinner, Mr Justice Coleridge said: 'I am drawing attention to the endless game of "musical relationships", or "pass the partner", in which such a significant portion of the population is engaged.
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The Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks
Chief Rabbi becomes Patron
12 June 2009
The Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, has endorsed the work of the Family Holiday Association and joined the charity as a Patron. He joins the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor who have also recently become patrons of the charity.
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Pippa Isbell, charity trustee
Trustee completes Blenheim Triathlon
11 June 2009
Pippa Isbell raises £2,000
Relief is captured on Pippa Isbell's face as she completed the Mazda Blenheim Triathlon on Saturday 6 June, raising almost £2,000 for the Family Holiday Association. It was Family Holiday Association trustee Pippa's first - and she threatens last - Triathlon, in which competitors swam 750 metres in the lake at Blenheim Palace followed by a 20k bike ride and 5k run, all in the Palace grounds.
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Key participants at the Scottish Social Tourism Forum, John McDonald, Julie Grant UNISON Welfare, Dave Watson, UNISON; Alison Rice; Jane Stacey, DIT; Luc Gobin, Flanders, Thea Joldersma, Chris Maguire
Scottish Social Tourism Forum
25 March 2009
Speakers from across Europe promote social tourism in Scottish Parliament
With a quarter of a million families in Scotland wanting but unable to afford a break away from home the issue of social tourism took centre stage in Edinburgh on Wednesday 25 March.
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Lynn Minnaert of Westminster University
New research highlights social benefits of a break
05 May 2009
Important new paper published in prestigious scientific journal
Published in February 2009 an article in the prestigious journal “Annals of Tourism Research” puts social tourism well and truly on the academic map.
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Guide to Social Tourism cover
A Guide to Social Tourism now available
04 March 2009
A short introduction to social tourism and its background just published
The Guide to Social Tourism has been produced by the social tourism working party. It consists of five organisations that have been involved in the provision of family breaks for many years.
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