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ABOUT
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Family Holiday Association
Helping
families for over thirty years
Working to promote the
quality of family life for those parents and children who
experience disadvantage as a result of poverty through the
provision of and by promoting access to holidays and other
recreational activities. In 2007 it is anticipated that over
1,250 families will go on holiday as a result of the Family
Holiday Association grant-making programme.
  
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“Holidays are
a vital event in personal well-being. It is tragic
that so many people still have no holidays away from home.”
Professor Richard Layard, author of
Happiness: Lessons of a New Science.
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Vision
A
society in which the quality of family life is
enhanced through equitable access to high value
rest and recreation regardless of disadvantage
or poverty.
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Mission
To
work in partnership with others to promote the
quality of family life for those parents and
children who experience disadvantage as a result
of poverty through the provision and by
promoting access to holidays and other
recreational activities.
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Objectives
To
increase the number of families that gain access
to holidays.
To
research and promote the value of holidays for
families experiencing disadvantage.
To
increase awareness of the scale and scope of the
problem of lack of access to holidays.
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Professional, evidence based, responsive,
sustainable, high quality of service, helpful
and friendly, equity of access, choice,
recognition of diversity, high profile, cost
effective, simple process
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Background
The FHA
is the only charity in the UK that specialises
in helping
provide holidays for families and children in need. Since its beginning in 1975,
when the charity was set up by Joan and Pat Laurance
(right), the FHA has helped over 100,000 parents, children and young people to have a holiday.
Pat Laurance passed away on 11 January 2008 aged 88.
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Pat and Joan Laurance speak about their involvement
with the Family Holiday Association |
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Funding
About 2.2 million families, about 7m
children and parents - don't go on holiday each year,
because of poverty.
We estimate 1.5m million families cannot even afford
a day at the seaside.
The work of the FHA includes providing grants to families
towards the cost of their holiday; lobbying and
campaigning for greater awareness and working with other
like-minded organisations.
The FHA is funded at different levels by a wide range of people and organisations; made up of the following :
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44%
from private individuals
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11%
from
fundraising events |
24%
from trusts
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6%
from
our
local groups in Rotherham, North London, Wolverhampton
and Sheffield
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14%
Corporate donations |
1%
from investments and interest |
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Trustees and Staff
The FHA is governed by a council of nine trustees
led by Chairman Ian Reynolds.
The charity is managed by a staff team based at Mortimer
Street, London with John McDonald, Director, at its
head.
Head of Policy & Programmes is Thea Joldersma; Head
of Fundraising is Joe Hipgrave; and Head of Finance is
Patricia Appleby.
Still
inspiring us in our drive are our founders, Pat and
Joan Laurance. |
John
McDonald
Director
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