Delighted to be now taking referrals from Harrogate and the surrounding rural areas with our new link with The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre at Harrogate Hospital. Looking forward to making matches with some of the great holiday homes on our books along the Yorkshire and Northumberland coastlines.
Sometimes our best news is the feedback we receive from the people who’ve benefited from our service. Here’s a piece taken from a recent testimonial.
This is what makes it all so worthwhile.
Aoife & Ciara’s Just Giving page
Sam’s Just Giving page
Mike & Ant’s page
Sharon’s page
A massive well done to Lucy for completing the Lake District 100km Ultra in June in support of A Bit of a Break! Yes, that’s right 100km! And, as if that weren’t enough of a chalenge in itself, she decided that rather than taking two days she would do it all in one go!!
Here’s Lucy at Ambleside after the first 29km – it’s clearly hungry work!
Lucy had a target of raising £1000 which they far exceeded. It’s not too late to join in, follow this link to the Just Giving page Beach Bums on the Run take on Lake District 100K .
Thank you to St Margaret’s, Ilkley for the opportunity to share in their Christmas Tree festival again this year. The trees all looked lovely!
Saturday Night Takeaway with Ant and Dec was elevated to new levels with the surprise appearance of our very own Matthew Sturgeon (Founder of ABOAB). Matthew continues to raise substantial funds so that we can do what we do. Matthew, Jane, Emily and Jack all deserve the thanks that Ant gave on the show. We hope that they have a fantastic time in Florida.
Matthew and his team are ticking off the lighthouses with the BBC picking up on his progress. This is a fantastic achievement, we are very proud and grateful to all of the riders. Click the link below to see the story from the BBC News website.
Big, big, thanks to our lovely Matthew Sturgeon for his generosity and genius idea of selling his bottles of whisky during December to make a unique Christmas present! The sales of his Bruichladdich Single Malt raised an amazing £1,100 for A Bit of a Break. At an average of about £180 per holiday that means we can offer 6 more holidays for families living with terminal illness. Incredible! Thanks Matthew and good luck with this week’s Project Lighthouse ride.
We are so excited to have a tree at this year’s Christmas Tree Festival in St Margaret’s Church, Ilkley. The church has been filled with beautiful trees individually decorated by local schools, charities and community groups. There are musical performances and delicious refreshments to enjoy too!
We’re thrilled to begin partnering with Coquet Cottages, a Northumberland-based holiday property agency with over 160 holiday homes on their books. Their strap line is ‘Escape the Ordinary’ and for starters we’ve been offered Fern House near Warkworth and Apple Tree Barn near Alnwick. Big thank you to the owner, Lisa! We know our guests will thoroughly appreciate a week’s escape in your two extraordinarily beautiful cottages.
