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100+ Holidays now booked

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

The Bucks Masonic Centenary Fund - Supports Family Holiday Transport 22nd December

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.

STIFEL Europe - Support TGAF And Family Welcome Packs - 9th December

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

Shanly Foundation supports Local Buckinghamshire Families with summer 2022 holidays

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.

XPO Logistics Support TGAF

20th July 2021. A big thank you to XPO Logistics who have provided us with a generous donation to enable us to support and provide more families with holidays to create happy family memories in 2022.

WightAid Foundation Supports TGAF

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.

Booked our first family holidays for 2021 - Dec 2020

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

Partnering with Parkdean Resorts for 2021

We are pleased to announce we will be working with Parkdean Resorts in 2021 to provide seaside holidays for our referred families. 

Providing Bikes for Young People on the Isle of Wight and in Milton Keynes

We have been proud to work with Halfords, Isle of Wight Council and Milton Keynes Council to provide 50 bikes, safety hats and security locks for young people impacted by COVID 19.

Foundation’s funding for vital school equipment enabling children to continue learning during Covid19 crisis 16th April - Our First Press - Moment to be Proud

 https://onthewight.com/foundations-funding-for-vital-school-equipment-enabling-children-to-continue-...

Press Release - 24th April - Helping Families in Milton Keynes with Milton Keynes Child Services - 

https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/pressreleases/2020/apr/extra-support-for-vulnerable-families-in-mk-...

We are please to help Milton Keynes Council

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.

We are pleased to help Sir Thomas Fremantle School - Winslow

1st April 2020. We know there are a lot of people in need at the moment impacted by Coronavirus. Today we started helping and giving back by donating 12 Chromebooks to STFS. Stay safer and keep isolating

We are Operational and helping Families impacting by Coronavirus

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.

News

The amazing news is that The Getaway Foundation became a registered charity in January 2020. Watch this space for exciting news on our family supporters and holiday providers. We plan to launch in March 2020 

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The Getaway Foundation

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Peter Tebbutt, The Getaway Foundation, 2 Manor Farm Court, Old Wolverton Road, Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5NN

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