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Aa charity which provides much-needed holidays for families living in poverty.
Since 2021, the foundation has arranged holidays for more than 50 Isle of Wight families, with Wightlink providing free of charge ferry travel. The foundation works closely with the Isle of Wight Council which refers deserving families which it knows are experiencing financial hardship.
This year, 20 Isle of Wight families have been away thanks to the foundation, with holidays taking place on the Island and in Norfolk, Dorset, Suffolk and Kent.
Feedback from families has been very positive:
“Watching the children so full of happiness just filled my heart with so much joy. You really have given us a priceless gift.”
"Thank you for making this happen for us, it has been a really challenging and traumatic year for us so far and the holiday has given us all something to hold on and look forward to. I can’t put into words how very grateful I am.”
“Thank you for the incredible memories, relaxation, and the opportunity to re-charge, spend time together and enjoy a family holiday. Your support made having a holiday possible, accessible and took away all the financial pressure, anxiety and logistical challenges that have stopped us being able to go on holiday as a family of three.”
Peter Tebbutt, Getaway Foundation Chief Executive, says: “The foundation was created to help families living in poverty make positive memories with their children through family holidays. Wightlink’s continued support has allowed us to help even more families on the Island, for which we are very grateful.”
Wightlink’s Commercial Director Phil Delaney says: “We are proud to work with The Getaway Foundation and delighted to extend our support into 2024 so that more Isle of Wight families can be given the opportunity to take a much-needed break with their loved ones.”
Find out more about the work of the Getaway Foundation here: https://www.thegetawayfoundation.com/We are very grateful for the amazing support and grant from the Shanly Foundation - https://www.shanlyfoundation.com who have given us a grant to support young carers and families with teenagers in Buckinghamshire for 2024. Thank you so much. August 2023
We have now delivered over 66 holidays with Buckinghamshire Councils Family support team. A big thank you to them and all the team. Always nice to get positive and supportive feedback our our ability to support families impacted by poverty as a charity
A big thanks to Tesco Ground Works who have provided us £500 from Aylesbury / Tring store to help support families with activities and food vouchers for their holidays in 2023. Their support is amazing. We would also like to thank the Princes Risborough Store for their support. Summer 2023 we will provided 21 family holidays for families living in Buckinghamshire. June 2023.
“Watching the children so full of happiness just filled my heart with so much joy. You really have given us a priceless gift”. 4th June 2023 Family Feedback
Thank you everyone who supports us - PricelessWe are on plan to provide over 70 Summer holidays in 2023. As part of our holidays provision we have added Parkdean Resorts Sandford. Situated in Dorset near to Poole, Sandford offers a woodland setting with easy access to the the Dorset coastline and a great facilities for the families to enjoy May 2023
Good news - we have started booking holidays for 2023 working with Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Luton and Isle of Wight Councils Social Services and Family Support teams.
We are very pleased to announce that the Peter Harrison Foundation Trust and Project Spark will be working with us to support a number of families with Teenagers with a holiday (living in Milton Keynes, support the MK Council STEP initiative (Support for Teenagers and Empowering Parents).
We are also being supported by grants from Tesco Ground Works supporting us from stores on the Isle of Wight and within Buckinghamshire to support food vouchers for families on holiday, enabling families to enjoy their holidays without the impact of food poverty.
Finally we have been given a generous donation from Buckingham Roundtable to help provide travel and holiday support for a family living near to Buckingham; we will work with Buckinghamshire Social Services for this family referral. November 2022
Amazing. The Steel Charitable Trust have provided The Getaway Foundation with a grant to expand the number of holidays and families we can support for families living in Luton and Bedfordshire from 8 to 15. In 2022, we provided our first 8 family holidays working with Luton Borough Council. With this grant we will be able to create even more positive family memories in 2023. Thank you and good news.
We are very grateful for The WightAid Foundations ongoing support for The Getaway Foundation. They have donated funding to support 3 families for 2023, including transportation (48% of the families we support do not have access to a car) Accommodation and vouchers for Food and Activities. This is amazing and will go directly to supporting more families from the Isle of Wight.
May 2022 - We would like to say thank you to all our supporting partners and friends. We have now booked over 100 holidays since the foundation of the charity. Helping families create happy memories from Bucks, MK, Luton and the IOW. Supporting families impacted by poverty and economic crisis. Thank you so much
We are very grateful to announce a donation from the Bucks Masonic Centenary Fund towards the cost of holiday transportation for families who do not have access to a car. The Getaway Foundation in planning to provide over 40 family holidays in 2022 for disadvantaged families in Buckinghamshire, helping over 200 people. 45% of they families we support, typically will not have access to car. The donation from the Bucks Masonic Centenary Fund will enable us to remove this major poverty barrier for the families so they can create happy family memories on holiday.
A big thanks to the charity and social responsibility team from STIFEL Europe. They will be supporting TGAF with a donation to provide food welcome packs for families on holidays and also help children have experiences and activities on holiday. Helping over 60 families in 2022. Thank you so much. An example of a company having a great Social Responsibility Strategy
November 2021 We are very pleased to share with you that the Shanly Foundation are supporting The Getaway Foundation. The Shanly Foundation will help fund transport and holidays for families based in Buckinghamshire, referred to us by Buckingham Council for summer 2022. The Shanly Foundation supports causes that help individuals and benefit the local community, including support for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, the homeless, those with mental health issues and people with physical disabilities, injury or life limiting illness. Working with the Shanly Foundation, aligns with The Getaway Foundation aim to support and help local families in Buckinghamshire create happy family memories via UK seaside holidays.
14th June: Really pleased to announce that the WightAid Foundation is supporting the Charity by providing funding to support transportation cost for families who don't have a car from the Ferry Terminal to the holiday resort and also enable us to provide some additional holidays for 2022. Great news.
Working with our partners - Isle of Wight Council, Milton Keynes Council and Buckinghamshire Council we have booked our first family holidays for families impacted by poverty. Through Parkdean Resort, we have booked 14 family holidays for 2021. After almost 12 months of COVID, the charity is actually achieving its prime mission. Looking forward to creating happy family holiday memories in summer 2021
Press Release - 24th April - Helping Families in Milton Keynes with Milton Keynes Child Services -
7th April 2020 - Hello - please share - https://www.thegetawayfoundation.com/support-for-families-impacted-by-coronavirus. We are now working with Milton Keynes Council to give families and children in Milton Keynes grants to support them whilst impacted by Coronavirus. Thank you to the child services team in Milton Keynes for supporting your families during this time.
27th March 2020. Out of bad situations... you can find the good. After 3 months, we are fully operational. Today we helped our first organisation to provide 12 Chromebooks to support families with kids working at home due to Coronavirus. Big thanks to all the people who have supported TGAF so far. Don't worry... will will be supporting family holidays as soon as we can... post Coronavirus.
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Peter Tebbutt, The Getaway Foundation, 2 Manor Farm Court, Old Wolverton Road, Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5NN