What another fantastic year it has been for Charity for Kids. We have continued to help several local children by providing specialist equipment such as medical items, adaptive clothing and specialist buggies.

We are very proud to be able to continue our mission of “Making a Difference”

The Charity continues to be run by a small group of volunteers, who have a wide range of experience and expertise.

2024 proved to be a great year in many ways, enabling the Charity to support many local children and their families.  In addition, the Charity chose to become actively involved with a new community project in Bexhill. There will be more news on this exciting project in the Spring.

Committee members also enjoyed attending several events, taking the opportunity to publicise the Charity, including an indoor market in St Leonards, the Christmas event in Sidley and being invited to switch on the lights at Little Common. All colourful events with Charity for Kids’ newly branded colourful merchandise. 2025 will bring more opportunities for the Charity starting on the 30^th January at the Bo Peep pub in St Leonards with a quiz night.

Fundraising, again, played a key part for the Charity last year and saw amazing support from local businesses and individuals that enabled the Charity to provide a wide range of equipment that is not available through the NHS.  This included specialist buggies, adaptive clothing and medical equipment.

As part of the fundraising the Charity continues to produce a range of calendars. This is with thanks to the incredible ongoing support from several local businesses, who pay all production costs, together with a number of local shops that sell the calendars.

The monies raised from the 2025 calendars enabled a specialist salt machine to be purchased for a child to have salt therapy at home, which is not available locally and was not financially viable for the family to continue to fund. This therapy has stopped the child from having recurring infections.

The Charity looks forward to 2025 and welcomes enquires and applications either via email: info@charityforkids.co.uk or by phone on 07599233714

If you think you can offer your help and volunteer the Charity would love to hear from you and have a chat. Please feel free to get in touch.

Exciting News as we launch our range of Calendars for 2025. Following the amazing success of the 2024 Calendars we were able to provide a purpose made off road trike to a young boy in Bexhill. Kye is now able to fully enjoy family walks in the countryside and even on the beach thanks to the special beach wheels that were included with the trike.

For 2025 we have produced 4 styles of calendar:

Bexhill 2025 – full of wonderful local scenes in and around the town

Hastings 2025 – a colouful collection of local scenes and popular events such as Pirates Day and the Half Marathon

Nature’s Best 2025 – a stunning collection of local wildlife

Sun, Sea & Skies 2025 – as the title says this calendar is a collection that includes sunsets and seascapes

The Charity would like to acknowledge and thank the following local businesses for their sponsorship and ongoing support:

Hastings Direct, Pebbles on the Beach, Carrolls the Florist,  Bentleys Steakhouse, Bentleys Smokehouse, London Road Butchers, D Porter Electrics, Littlewood Fencing and 1066 Street Bikes

The 2025 Calendars are now being rolled out to a number of partnering outlets around the area. Currently those are:

Bexhill

Maybugs, Devonshire Road _ Bexhill 2025 landscape calendars

De La Warr – Bexhill 2025 Landscape & Portrait sizes

Carrolls the Florist, Sidley – Bexhill 2025 both sizes, Nature’s Best and Sun Sea & Skies

Windmill Drive Post Office – Bexhill 2025 both sizes Nature’s Best and Sun Sea & Skies.

Trattoria restaurant – Bexhill 2025 Portrait size

Warming up the Homeless, Devonshire Road –  Bexhill 2025 Portrait size,  Nature’s Best and Sun Sea & Skies.

Battle area

Warming up the Homeless boutique shop. – Hastings 2025,  Nature’s Best and Sun Sea & Skies.

Littlewood Fencing – coming soon – all calendars

Hastings area

Hastings Museum, Bohemia Road – Hastings 2025

Carr-Taylor Vinyard, Westfield – Hastings 2025

Babels Coffee House & Wine Bar, George Street – coming soon – Hastings 2025

The Bale House Fairlight – coming soon – Hastings 2025,   Nature’s Best and Sun Sea & Skies.

Rye/Winchelsea are

Winchelsea Farm Kitchen –  Hastings 2025,  Nature’s Best and Sun Sea & Skies.

Bosuns Bite Rye Harbour – coming soon  Hastings 2025,   Nature’s Best and Sun Sea & Skies.

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Our 2023 Charity Calenders produced by Committee member and chief photographer Jeff Penfold, were a huge success and with the support of every single person that purchased a copy and the support of the sponsors for this year, we are delighted to announce that we made a net profit of £4,130 and wish to formally thank our nine sponsors who met all of our production costs.

The sponsors of the 2023 calenders were Pebbles on the Beach, London Road Butchers, D Porter Electrics, 1066 Street Bikes, Bentleys Steakhouse, Bentleys Smokehouse, Carrolls Florist, D & H Fencing and Landscapes and Hastings Direct.

This has been a record-breaking year despite the worrying economic times so the charity would also like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported us by buying the calendars.

In addition, we would like to say a massive thank you to our latest partnering outlet, Maybugs in Devonshire Road for their fantastic support.

We are already planning our 2024 calendars and again each one will contain an insert page with information about the charity together with a piece about one of the kids who have benefited from the sales.