This blog is no longer kept up to date due to the high volume and frequency of our donations. All donations made by Epic Kidz since August 2018 can be seen by GOING HERE. Any donations prior to August 2018 are listed below on previous posts.
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£500 to Derian House for sensory equipment
Epic Kidz donated £500 to Derian House a children’s hospice in Chorley, for families who have a child with a life shortening condition. The emphasis is on giving support to children and their families, and providing them with choices which deliver an approach to care as individual as they are. The money was used to…
£500 to Lancaster & Morecambe Police Cadets
We continue to support Lancaster & Morecambe Voluntary Police Cadets. They are a group of young adults aged 13-18 who have an interest in the Police & want to give something back to communities. Currently there are about 30 cadets of mixed ages and genders from all sorts of backgrounds. The Cadet moto is “lets…
£500 to Storth School towards a running track for the children’s daily mile
Storth School in Lancashire is seeking funding to assist with the building of an artificial running track around the school grounds. This is not only so that the entire school can run every day throughout the year no matter what the weather but also the local community too. Storth School is a small village school…
Dave Hitchen Fund gives £1000 to GB gymnast for continued support.
The Dave Hitchen Fund continues to support talented gymnast, Abbie Dawson. Abbie had successfully obtained a place on the Senior Womens Gymnastic Team and went on to represent Great Britain at the European Team Gymnastics Championships in Slovenia last October. Abbie already has a British Gymnastics gold medal and was hoping to also get a…
£500 to Eden Valley Hospice
This year Vicky Higgin completed the Lakeland 50 in memory of her husband Graeme. We donated £500 to Eden Valley Hospice. “July 2015 my Husband Graeme had just finished LCW, Ironman distance split over 3 days in prep for his first Ironman the following year, he was one of the fittest people I knew. How…
£1000 donated to Cumbria Schools Orieneering
We were approached by Cumbria Schools Orienteering who has lost their funding for 2018 and we donatd £1000. This year’s County Championship was held on Low Rigg, Keswick and attracted 99 competitors ranging from Year 5 through to Year 13. The event was organised by West Cumberland Orienteering Club on behalf of CSOA and trophies…
£300 Donated to Wigan Tri Club Juniors
Wigan Tri Club have a thriving junior section ran by volunteers. To keep the junior section going, they constantly need equipment and replacement spares for their fleet of children’s bikes. We donated £300 to help them buy spare tyres, tubes and other parts for the Wigan Tri Club junior bikes. Pictured is the chairman looking very…
£1000 donated to Jacobs Join for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Following a stunning day for our Lakeland 100 recce day from Buttermere to Dalemain a couple of weekends ago, we saw a facebook post from one of our #LakelandFamily members, Mark Willett, and it highlighted to us the reasons why we run. Mark is part of Lakeland 100 event history as he is the man…
£500 to Keswick Junior Tri Club
Keswick Junior Tri Club will be 2 years old in April. They have 45 junior members from 7 years old to 16 years old. The club actively encourage their junior members to help and support each other and they currently have 6 of their older juniors who have completed their Tri Youth Activators award with…