Supporting Families – removing barriers to Getting Children Active
As a not-for-profit, our vision is for A World Where Children Love Being Active. The Supporting Families Programme was set up to benefit the lives of children and families through sport and physical activity through subsidised places on our sports and activity camps. The programme is proud to serve children, families, organisations, charities and military families in the UK but can also cover International projects too.
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0 / 390 Subsidised places
- 636 children impacted (in the last 3 years)
- 480 families supported (in the last 3 years)
Who we support
We offer subsidised places to families, charities and organisations, enabling and encouraging children to enjoy sport and activity in the school holidays, which they may not otherwise have access to. We offer:
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Subsidised places for families in difficult circumstances, including terminal illness, bereavement, financial hardship, fleeing domestic abuse and violence and other challenging family circumstances.
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Subsidised places for organisations and charities providing places to the families supported by organisations including Barnardo’s, Mums in Need and Time Matters.
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Subsidised places for Military families operating camps on military bases and offering places within our non-military camps.
3 ways you can contribute to our mission:
- 1. Volunteer your time If you’re working on camp, you can donate your time. Fill out the form to donate one or more hours of your week on camp. Your time is precious, and you can use it to contribute towards your community next time you work with us!
- 2. Fundraise for Kings We’d love if you would consider fundraising fully or partially to Kings Active Foundation! From a run to a bike ride or skydive… this will go directly to our Supporting Families Programme.
- 3. Make a one-off donation Donate directly to our Supporting Families Programme, Every little bit makes a huge difference.
Your contributions help us provide a lasting impact on young people and their families
Here’s just a few testimonials from families who have benefitted from our Supporting Families places. Regardless of the reasons why they have been allocated places; young carer, family illness or financial reasons, we can see the impact that these families gain from a Supporting Families subsidised place, and the benefits of experiencing a fun and active camp, thanks to our Red Tops!
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It just lets him be himself and not a young carer. He has to help a lot with his brother during the holidays
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My child has a lot of energy and loves to be active so their time at Kings Camp was so special, especially being able to participate in team sports which we cannot provide at home.
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To be offered a place at Kings Camp means the world to us. I am a single parent, I have no family in England, I went through breast cancer stage 3 which has affected our life tremendously as you can imagine. And from day one, which was about 4 years ago, Kings camp was there for us. My son had somewhere amazing and safe to go to during the summer holidays and half term, whilst having treatment, whilst recovering and now whilst working! If it wasn’t for all the help and support that Kings camp gave us, I just do not know how we would have survived and still now, when my son has 7 weeks off school and I’m working for 5 of them I am so so so grateful that my son can attend camp, otherwise my son would become very depresses and would also probably become obese. We owe Kings camp so much.
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I see my Daughters mood lift as soon as the week is approaching, she asks when camp is and counts the days. She has really benefited from being so active and being with other kids during this time. She has seemed content and excited, which is all I want.
Spread the word!
If you work with a school, University, company or organisation who are seeking to support local children and families in a meaningful way, then please let them know that they can connect to our Supporting Families programme to benefit children and families.
Our Supporting Families Programme
The Supporting Families Programme aims to benefit the lives of children and families through using the tool of sport and activity. We mainly do this by offering subsidised places to families, charities and organisations, enabling and encouraging children to enjoy sport and activity in the school holidays which, without our support, they may not otherwise have access to.
We’re registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales (charity number: 1105460), the Office for the Scottish Charity Regulator (charity number SCO43119), and with the Fundraising Regulator. Read our full donation policy.