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Holiday, what holiday?

The Family Holiday Association a review of 2006

The Family HolidayAssociationThe holiday charity for families in need

16 Mortimer StreetLondon W1T 3JL

Telephone: 020 7436 3304Fax: 020 7323 7299

info@FamilyHolidayAssociation.org.ukwww.FamilyHolidayAssociation.org.uk

Registered charity number 800262A company Limited by Guarantee registered number 2301337 England

Writing and design by Cottier & SidawayPrint by Clifford Martin Press

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‘A holiday is more than a

rest after work. It is a time

for leisure, a time for

others and oneself and an

opportunity for learning

and widening horizons.’

Holidays are essentialSooner or later everyone needs time away from the stressesand strains of everyday life. A simple holiday provides thatessential break. It gives us something to look forward to, letsus relax and unwind, allows us to make new friends,experience new things and re-charge our batteries. In factholidays are crucial to maintain our physical, emotional andmental well-being. So often after a holiday life’s problemsseem easier to face. Many doctors are convinced that holidayscan help alleviate symptoms, such as depression, stress-relatedillness and insomnia, and benefit the whole family.*

A family holiday has lasting benefits for everyone –children, parents, carers, wider family, communitiesand society in general. Holidays:● improve well-being and reduce stress● increase self esteem and confidence● strengthen family communication and bonding● provide new skills, widen perspectives and

enhance employability● give long lasting, treasured memories● result in happier, stronger families and a more

inclusive society.

Many surveys show that the vast majority of Britons considerholidays a social necessity. But it’s a sad fact that one in threefamilies in the UK live in such poverty that they cannot afford aholiday. Often it is those families struggling to cope inoverwhelmingly difficult circumstances and without the means totake a holiday that would benefit the most. Children often suffermore – they can feel particularly isolated and excluded if theyhave no holiday stories to share with their friends. It may come asno surprise then that a recent study by UNICEF placed the UK atthe bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21industrialised countries. The study used a variety of indicatorsincluding poverty, peer and family relationships and health.

Social tourismSocial tourism is the inclusion ofpeople living on a low income inholiday and leisure activities. It is anidea very familiar across the rest ofEurope, but is relatively unknown inthe UK. Our recent research to findout more about the provision ofholidays for families in need in theUK showed that:

● 7 million people in the UK missout on a basic annual holidaybecause of poverty

● 2.5 million children live in familiesthat are too poor to afford a day-trip

● government, policy-makers andthe public overlook theimportance of holidays tofamilies, and do not realise thewider benefits to society.

Both the Department of Work andPensions and the Government’sSocial Exclusion Unit use the lack ofa one-week break as an indicator ofpoverty. But the UK has some way togo before access to holidays fordisadvantaged families is an integralpart of social welfare policy.

* English Tourism Council Press Release 24/2/00Holidays are the best prescription for good health.

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Holiday centres: with our partners, Haven and Butlins,we provide one-week, self-catering holidays in chaletsand FHA-owned caravans at UK seaside resorts. This isour most popular holiday option.

Private grant: a one-off contribution towards any typeof holiday. Families choose their own holiday destinationand book the most convenient dates, for example a stayin a privately rented cottage or a visit to relatives.

Short break: working with our partners we offer three-or four-night stays in self-catering accommodation atselected UK holiday parks. Short breaks particularly suitfamilies who are not able to go away for a whole weekdue to caring or work commitments.

Last minute break: occasionally travel companiesoffer us holidays at short notice, either in the UK oroverseas. This type of holiday suits families who are ableto travel with only a few days’ notice.

Group holidays: we offer one-off contributionstowards holidays or day trips for a group of families, whoorganise the break themselves.

We encourage families to become involved in choosingand organising their trip, and we also contribute towardsholiday expenses, such as travel and treats for thechildren.

Our vision A society in which the quality of family life isenhanced through equitable access to highvalue rest and recreation regardless ofdisadvantage or poverty.

Our mission To work in partnership with others to promotethe quality of family life for thoseparents/carers and children who experiencedisadvantage as a result of poverty throughthe provision of and by promoting access toholidays and other recreational activities.

Our objectives We believe that everyone regardless ofdisadvantage should be able to enjoy familylife through access to holidays and otherrecreational activities. Our main objectives are to:● increase the number of families that gain

access to holidays● research and promote the value of holidays

for families experiencing disadvantage● increase awareness of the scale and scope

of the problem of lack of access toholidays.

The Family Holiday Association is the only national charity in the UK dedicated to helping provideholidays to disadvantaged families. Every year we send hundreds of struggling families on simple one-week holidays, usually to the British seaside. All the families we support are trying to manage on lowincomes and have not had a holiday for at least four years – in fact many have never had a familyholiday. These families are referred to us by social services, health authority staff and voluntary welfareagencies.

Increasingly we are forming partnerships and working with other welfare bodies. We have recentlyundertaken extensive research into the value of holidays and the policies, both national and local,driving the provision of holidays for low-income families.

To help as many families as we can we offer different types of holidays to suit differing needs.

Over the past

30 years we

have assisted

over 100,000

people with

much-needed

breaks.

Making thecase forholidays

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This year we continued to gather feedback from allfamilies returning from a holiday, and their welfareagents. This information helps us to plan better andto improve the service that we provide. It also addsto our ever-growing set of data that is invaluablefor our research into the benefits of familyholidays.

In 2006, as in previous years, families told us thatspending time together as a family was the bestthing about their holiday. A break from stress andgetting away from home were also considered veryimportant. Welfare agents said that mental healthwithin families improved, as did general familyrelationships. Many agents told us that familiesseemed able to cope better with theircircumstances.

A common problem for families is a lack of moneyto spend on treats while they are away. Althoughwe do provide some money for days out, treats andvisits, we always encourage families to save if theycan for their holiday. This year, to help families save,we produced a special moneybox – in the shape of aseaside caravan the family might stay in. Childrenespecially have found ‘saving up’ exciting as itincreases their anticipation and gives them a senseof achievement. We are also working with ourholiday providers, Butlins and Haven, and localtourist boards on providing better information forfamilies on how to get the mostout of their holiday.

A new voucher scheme In 2006, with the help of Bourne Leisure, we trialleda new voucher scheme. Inspired by a similar highlysuccessful scheme run by Chèques Vacances inFrance, we gave 300 families each a voucher thatallowed them to book their own holiday at specialFHA rates.

The aim of this new voucherscheme is two-fold.● It empowers families by letting

them choose their holidaydestination and the mostsuitable time for them totravel, and allows them tobook the holiday themselves.

● It is far more cost-effectivefor the FHA as our staff areno longer involved in thelengthy process ofnegotiating holiday times and destinations withfamilies and then making bookings. Staff time cannow be spent on other priority tasks.

The voucher scheme was so successful that we areextending it in 2007.

Holidays make a real difference

...in 2006 families told

us that spending time

together as a family

was the best thing

about their holiday.

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In 2006 we were delighted to develop furtherour relationships with other like-mindedorganisations in the UK as well as overseas.

In the UK During 2006 we were able to extend ourpartnership with UNISON Welfare to include‘Get Well’ breaks. Such breaks are designed tosupport UNISON members with a holidayfollowing an illness – a break away can helpwith recovery and the transition back to work.We also helped to provide some breaks forpeople in special circumstances, for instance forcarers or the recently bereaved. We welcomed amember of UNISON Welfare to our monitoringand evaluation group to explore how we canmeasure the impact of holidays on people inwork.

The Family Fund supports families with disabledchildren in a number of ways. This year we havebeen referring families to the Family Fund thatmeet their criteria. They have ‘fast-tracked’ ourapplications for families caring for seriously ill orseverely disabled children. We hope soon towelcome a staff member of the Family Fund toour monitoring and evaluation group and weare discussing how we might work together inthe future, for example on a holiday voucherscheme.

In Europe We continue to share ideas, research and bestpractice with similar organisations on theContinent, namely Vacances Ouvertes in Franceand Tourism Flanders in Belgium. Early in 2006 webegan to develop a ‘European Holiday Experience’programme with these organisations to compareexperiences of families holidaying in the threecountries. Family holidays in the UK bring manybenefits but we are keen to explore thepossibilities that a trip abroad might offer, such asa different travel experience, practice of adifferent language, increased understanding of EUcitizenship and an encounter with another culture.

During the summer a group of French familiesspent a week at Butlins in Bognor Regis, wherethey had a wonderful time. In August five Britishfamilies travelled to Paris, and later in the year asmall group of British families enjoyed a five-daybreak in Flanders. To help plan and prepare fortheir holiday we encouraged the children to keepa travel journal; some children kept an audio diaryduring their trip. After the holiday the childrenand their parents met to share their holidayexperiences and to discuss how they might worktogether to organise future holidays.

We are planning a number of visits for 2007 tocontinue this innovative European holidayprogramme. To promote social tourism throughoutEurope we hope to present the outcomes of thisprogramme to the European Commission.

Working in partnership

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New school projectWe know that holidays benefit families in manydifferent ways, but we wanted to obtain tangible,documented feedback of the impact that holidayscan have on children. There is a recognised linkbetween speaking and listening within the familyand achievement at school. A family holidayprovides plenty of opportunities for conversationsand interaction, and hopefully this will impactpositively on learning when children return toschool.

This year, with sponsorship from First Choice, weset up an exciting new project with Burbage Schoolin Hackney, London. Hackney is recognised as avery deprived area and many of the childrenattending Burbage School belong to familiesstruggling on low incomes: many do not go onholiday. Over a three-year period we plan toprovide holidays for groups of families andmonitor their experiences and the longer-termimpact.

During the autumn half-term we provided the firstholiday of the project to a group of six families.They went on an activity break and had awonderful time.

Working inpartnership

Big Lottery BidThis year we have been workingwith the Youth Hostel Association(YHA) to put together a bid for asubstantial grant to fund aprogramme of Healthy Holidays.We hope to obtain funds to run afive-year programme offering avariety of breaks aimed atimproving the quality of life forfamilies and individuals strugglingwith depression and other health-related problems.

A Healthy Holiday will combine thefun and relaxation that peopleneed from a holiday with thechance to consult the kinds oflifestyle and well-beingprofessionals whose services arenormally only available to thebetter-off. Action research is a vitalpart of the programme. We willactively collect and analyse datarelating to the short and long-termbenefits of holidays, and use this toimprove products and services. Weplan to use our findings to informand influence other stakeholders,local and national government andthe public.

We will know whether our bid hasbeen successful by July 2007.

‘My granddaughter loved the rarebreed centre. She stroked the pigletsfor 45 minutes and treasures herholiday pictures.’

‘The holiday has built the children’sindependence and they learnt to takemore responsibility.’

‘One of the boys took my daughterunder his wing, and then recentlystood up for her at school.’

Peter Long, Chief Executive of FirstChoice, and Karen Glenister,headteacher, with some of thechildren at Burbage Primary School.

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Valuable findingsFollowing on from our innovative research paperwith the Policy Research Bureau on the benefitsof holidays for families in need, this year wepublished further research findings. Using theconcept of social tourism* our recent papersought to shed light on the provision of holidaysfor disadvantaged families in the UK. The keymessages were that:

● the Government’s emphasis on reducing childpoverty and social exclusion gives a clear focusto our work lobbying for social tourism to beintegrated into social and welfare policy

● other European countries run successfulschemes to extend social tourism to familieson low incomes

● providing social tourism could bring economicbenefits to the UK.

We are continuing to research the impacts ofholidays with Scott McCabe, senior lecturer andresearcher at Nottingham University’s Centre forTourism and Cultural Change. He is helping us todesign better ways of collecting informationfrom families and measuring the benefits ofholidays.

Holidays on the menuIn March we hosted a dinner at the House ofCommons to further our advocacy work. SixMPs from several parties joined us and listenedto Professor Richard Layard talk about theimportance of happiness. Professor Layardlinked the importance of access to holidays towhat he considered the three key elementsthat produce happiness: self-respect, a strongfamily and personal competence. He went onto explain that it is important that people havesufficient funds to be able to afford even asimple holiday; that a holiday can have a realimpact on the well-being of the family unit;and that being able to organise and go onholiday gives people a real feeling ofachievement.

We also shared with MPs the results of a surveyof nearly 300 welfare agents. The surveydemonstrated just how important holidays areconsidered by the people whose job it is tohelp disadvantaged families. This was our firstmajor attempt to influence politicians and itcouldn’t have been better received.

‘Holidays are a vital event in personal well-being. It is tragic that so many people stillhave no holidays away from home.’

Professor Richard Layard, author of

Happiness: Lessons of a New Science

Research & advocacy

* see page 3 for more information on social tourism.

Conservative Party leader David Cameron(second from left) joined FHA Director John

McDonald and Trustee Keith Graham at areception in the House of Commons in March

2006. Professor Richard Layard (right) was theguest speaker. The reception was generously

sponsored by First Great Western.

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What the families say:

‘Our holiday was the most spectacularand memorable experience for us all.’

Mr Gillman (the Gillman family had a week’s holiday in aFHA caravan on the Devon coast)

‘The holiday was great – for fun,happiness, joy, relaxation and a lovelyexperience for my kids and myself. Ittook us away from our problems andmade us aware that life can be good.Thanks to our holiday there’s light atthe end of the tunnel and our life hasbeen changed for the better.’

Mrs Doyle (the Doyle family spent a week at Skegness)

‘It was a wonderful experience for myself andmy children. My little girl can’t wait to tell allher school friends about it.’

Mrs Patel(the Patel family spent a week at Clacton-on-Sea)

What the welfare agents say:

‘I can’t describe the joy and happiness on Helen’sface when she told me about her holiday. Thefamily went on holiday to heal their pain andhave returned stronger, happier and morerelaxed.’

‘This was a great break from the stress and strainof family life. The holiday was a great tonic forthe whole family.’

‘The opportunity to go on holiday has proved anamazing experience for each family member.They had never been on holiday before and didnot know what to expect. Jackie disclosed that itexceeded all their expectations. The children saidthey had a wonderful time.’

Holidays are good for you!

of the families we help and their needs. We aredelighted that this year, thanks to a verygenerous donation from Mrs Carol Hardyman,we were able to purchase our eighth caravanand install it at Devon Cliffs in Exmouth. At theend of the summer season we carried outthorough inspections of all our caravans andundertook all the necessary maintenance toensure they continue to provide an exceptionalstandard of accommodation.

Caravan updateIn recent years, thanks to the generosity ofour supporters, we have been purchasingour own holiday caravans at selected seasideresorts across the UK. These caravans allowus to offer holidays during peak schoolholiday periods and guarantee a highstandard of accommodation at a low cost tothe FHA. Operating our own caravans alsoenables us to gain a greater understanding

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As a charity, the FHA relies on the generosity of othersto be able to carry out its work. As well as making themost of grant-giving bodies, the FHA raises funds inmany different ways. Here are just a few of thefundraising highlights of 2006.

Running for the FHA Individuals accomplish amazing tasks to raise money forthe FHA. After months of gruelling training teams ofrunners competed in the several runs throughout theyear. Our thanks go to the:● twenty runners who completed the London

Marathon and raised over £30,000● five runners who took part in the Great North Run

and raised over £2,000.● team of runners who competed in the annual ABTA

Convention Fun Run in Marrakech and raised nearly£2,000.

Top Ten Challenge In July we challenged the travel industry to climb thehighest ten peaks in Derbyshire during one weekendand raise over £10,000. Fifteen executives took up thegauntlet and excelled themselves. Not only did theyconquer all the peaks, but they also raised over £16,000.

Raising money

Setting sail Following the hugely popular sailing regatta last year, in2006 First Choice teamed up with Sunsail to repeat theevent. The sailing was fast and competitive, and the eventraised £13,000. Our thanks to all the sponsors.

Wear your wristband with prideTo keep up with the trend, we introduced FHAwristbands. The exclusive blue bands were very popularand sold fast. At the 2005 ABTA Convention they were a‘must-have’ item. This initiative has raised over £4,000.Thank you to BCP, the specialists in airport, city centre,port and rail parking, who kindly sponsored the bands.

A local angleWe are lucky to have four dedicated groupsraising funds for local disadvantaged familiesto have holidays.

North London FriendsPat and Joan Laurance founded the FHA over30 years ago. During a particularly difficult timefor the family, a friend loaned them his seasidecottage for a holiday. They returned relaxedand refreshed. Realising the great benefits of afamily holiday, they vowed to help others – andin 1975 the FHA was ‘born’. Pat and Joancontinue to work tirelessly to raise money forthe charity with their North London Friends.

Rotherham Holiday Aid‘A family holiday brings considerable benefitsto the well-being and cohesion of family life.We’re concerned that, through no fault of theirown, many families in our community areunable to afford a holiday. In the last 18 yearswe’ve worked with the FHA to send 1,300families on much needed holidays.’ Cynthia Henry, Chairwoman

Sheffield Family Holiday Fund‘We managed to fund holidays for 61 deprivedSheffield families in 2006. We are hoping toincrease the funds we raise in 2007. Feedbackto us over the years makes it clear that theseholidays are so valuable in enabling thefamilies to come together in a happy andrelaxed atmosphere.’John Baker, Chairman of ManagementCommittee

Wolverhampton Friends of the FHAIn 2006 13 Wolverhampton families went onholiday thanks to the hard work of theWolverhampton Friends.

The First Choice team of runners who took part in the2006 London Marathon for the FHA.

At the final peak on the Derbyshire Top Ten Challenge.

Sailing Regatta – the FHA crew with their skipper.

AWTE Lunch We were delighted to be chosen as the beneficiary ofthe Association of Women Travel Executives annualChristmas lunch. The auction, silent auction and raffleraised £25,000. Our thanks to Jackie Steadman of TravelTime World and chairwoman for AWTE.

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In this my first Chairman’s report I am pleased to be able to present apicture of an organisation in good health. We are helping more familiesthan ever, our income is on the increase and we have a strong agendathat we are pursuing with great energy.

I have been a trustee of the Family Holiday Association for a number ofyears and it was a great honour to take on the role of Chairman late lastyear. Keith Graham decided it was time to step down after 12 years in thechair but I am pleased to say he will continue to serve as the charity’streasurer. Keith has every reason to be proud of the achievements of thecharity under his careful stewardship and I hope that I can help take thecharity forward, continuing to build on that success.

Having recently stepped down as Chief Executive of ABTA, I fully recognisethe essential work of the Family Holiday Association. My years in thetravel industry only served to reinforce my belief in the importance ofholidays and the role they can play in helping to provide much neededrelief to hard-pressed and disadvantaged families.

It is essential for an organisation of our size to work with like-mindedorganisations to help advance the case for increased access to holidays.But, I am also pleased to report that we have recently launched an important fundraisinginitiative with one of the largest charities in the UK. In partnership with the RNLI, wesuccessfully bid to be part of the HBOS £1m Challenge for 2007. This single fundraisingevent will produce income approaching £300,000 for the FHA in the next 12 months andalready the RNLI and the FHA are looking at other potential ways of working together.

The trustees are very pleased with the progress of the charity over the past year resultingfrom the generosity of donors and the efforts of our dedicated staff. Our council ofcommitted trustees backs them up and we continue to enjoy the support of our foundersJoan and Pat Laurance and our president Lady Mary Mumford DCVO.

Ian ReynoldsChairman of Council

Holidays produce happier, stronger families. Social workers and other welfare agents tell us thisconsistently year after year. Families that they refer to the charity for help also tell us time aftertime of the positive impact a holiday has had on them. And our research shows us that a breakaway from home has a very real impact on families’ well-being or, to paraphrase, on the families’happiness.

Well-being is jumping up the political agenda with politicians of all sides talking about how thewealth we have in our pockets may not be the only or the best way to measure our success as asociety. There has never been a better time to emphasise the worth of holidays for families who canleast afford a break but who, arguably, would benefit most.

While the bulk of our work is focused on the direct help we will provide to over 1,200 families thiscoming year we need also to ensure that everyone understands the benefits that could come fromhelping the huge number of families (some two million at the last count) who will miss out on aholiday this coming summer because of the effects of poverty.

To best do this we need to build a coalition of other organisations with an interest infamily welfare, in social inclusion and in tourism to alert policy makers and opinionformers how holidays can form an important element in improving the well being ofdisadvantaged families and, in consequence, of society.

Over the past year we have actively engaged with organisations as diverse as the YouthHostel Association, UNISON, the Family Fund and Haven Holidays and I hope to be ableto report exciting results from this work in the near future.

We have a great team here at the charity who work hard to help to improve the lives ofso many families but I would particularly like to thank Keith Graham, our former chairmanand new treasurer, for the wonderful support he has provided to me over the years. I am verypleased that his skills will still be available to the charity in his new role.

John McDonaldDirector

Director’s report Chairman’s report

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Fundraising andpublicity 25%

Management andadministration 11%

Direct charitable 64%

Financial review Council’s (Trustees’) StatementThe financial information shown here is a summaryextracted from the accounts of the Family HolidayAssociation for the year ending 31 August 2006.

These summarised accounts may not contain sufficientinformation to allow for a full understanding of thefinancial affairs of the charity. For further information thefull annual accounts, the auditor’s report on thoseaccounts and the Council’s report should be consulted;copies of these can be obtained from the Family HolidayAssociation, 16 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JL. TheCouncil approved the annual report and accounts on10 April 2007 and the annual report and accounts havebeen submitted to the Charity Commission.

The accounts have been audited and have been given anunqualified audit report by our auditors.

Signed on behalf of Council

Keith GrahamTreasurer10 April 2007

Auditor’s StatementAs auditors to the FHA, we have reviewed the summarisedaccounts shown here and consider that they are consistentwith the full accounts on which we gave our opinion.

Carter Backer WinterEnterprise House, 21 Buckle Street, London E1 8NN

Summary statement of financial activities

2006 2005

£ £

Incoming resources

Donations and gifts 884,047 765,171

Investment income 3,612 3,143

Interest receivable 5,031 4,756

Other income ,250 –

Total 892,940 773,070

Resources expended

Direct charitable expenditure 489,078 566,203

Fundraising and publicity 195,100 181,352

Management and administration 89,541 94,319

Total 773,719 841,874

Movement for the year 119,221 (68,804)

Change in valuation of investments 6,983 15,105

Funds brought forward 351,495 405,194

Funds carried forward 477,699 351,495

Summary balance sheet

Fixed assets and investments 255,845 247,605

Net current assets 221,854 103,890

Total funds 477,699 351,495

Income

Individualdonations 40%

Legacies 4%

Events 11%

Corporates 14%

Investments andinterest 1%

AuditorsCarter Backer Winter,Enterprise House,21 Buckle Street, London E1 8NN

SolicitorsBerwin Leighton Paisner,Adelaide House, LondonBridge, London EC4R 9HA

BankersBarclays Bank plc, 99 Hatton Garden,London EC1N 8DNCAF Bank, Kings Hill,West Malling, KentME19 4TA

Investment ManagersJames Capel InvestmentManagement, HSBCInvestment Bank plc, 6 Bevis Marks, London EC3 3JQ

Local groups 6%

Trusts 24%

PresidentLady Mary Mumford DCVO

FoundersPatrick LauranceJoan Laurance BEM

PatronsJean Boht, John Carter, Mansukh Ganatra,Professor K Holt, John Jay,Alistair McGowan, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, Libby Purves, Prunella Scales, Anthony Solomons, Sir Harry Solomon, His Honour Anthony Tibber

Council OfficersChair – Ian ReynoldsVice Chair – Alison RiceTreasurer – Keith Graham

Council MembersTony Caplin, Penny Cushing, Pippa Isbell, Michael Nicol, Martha Osamor, Jenni Smith,Kristina Wallen

Expenditure

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Charitable Trusts andFoundations29th May 1961 Charitable Trust

The Adamson Trust

Lord Austin Trust

The Bothwell Charitable Trust

The Cadogan Charity

CHK Charities Limited

Sir Walker Carter Charitable Trust

The Eagle Charity Trust

Joseph Strong Frazer Trust

The Patrick Frost Foundation

The Goldsmiths’ Company

Help a London Child

The Alan Edward Higgs Charity

Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation

The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust

The Sir James Knott Trust

The Beatrice Laing Trust

ShareGift – the Orr Mackintosh

Foundation

The Mercers' Company

The Moffat Charitable Trust

The Paget Trust

The Pitt-Rivers Charity

Ponton House Trust

The Ratcliffe Charitable Trust

The Sir James Reckitt Charity

Resolution – first for family law

The Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation

Joseph & Ann Slater Memorial Fund

UNISON Welfare

The Variety Club

E Vinson Charitable Settlement

CompaniesThe Alternative Travel Awards

Association of Travel Insurance

Intermediaries

Association of Women Travel Executives

BCP Airport Parking

Bourne Leisure Ltd

Citybond Suretravel

Cobra Beer

Conrad Advertising

First Choice Airways bases: Birmingham,

Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Gatwick,

Glasgow, Luton, Manchester, Stansted

First Choice Holidays

First Great Western

holiday autos

News International Staff Association

Chris Markiewicz & Associates

Olympic Travel

Premier Travel

Shepherds Bush Housing Association

Sunsail

Teletext Ltd

UK Inbound

Gifts in KindABTA

Argyle Recruitment

Bourne Leisure Ltd

Butlins

Cadogan Holidays

Citybond Suretravel

First Great Western

Harp Wallen

Haven

Karmarama

MasterSun

Radio Times

Sparkler

Steven Dunlop Photography

Travel Trade Gazette

TravelTime World

IndividualsMs Jacqueline Anne Bow

Ms Barbara Cairns

Ms Barbara Cassani

Dr & Mrs Andrew Cockburn

Mr Charles Dreyfus

Miss Pera Follit

Mr R Garrick

Professor P M D Gray

Mr Christopher Hacking

Miss Rosalind M Hadden

Mrs Carol Hardyman

Mr J B & Mrs C Harris

Ms Hayley Hobson

Mr Simon Horwood

CD & TM Hughes

Mr Adam Johnson

Mr Walter Johnson

Mr & Mrs Kinchin-Smith

Mr J B & Mrs C Lamb

Mr Peter Long

Lady Mary Mumford

Mrs W B Neatby

Mr Phillip Purcell

Mr & Mrs Patrick Spencer

Mrs H Talbot-Ponsonby

Mr Martyn Ralph

Mr Jonathan Scott

Mr Richard Thomas

Mr Richard Turner

Mr Patrick Wallace

Mr & Mrs B C West

Ms S M Woods

LegaciesDavid William Joseph Boyes

Mr Douglas Frost

Professor W Holmes

Mrs M H Markus

Leslie Stuart Shields

Local GroupsNorth London Friends

Rotherham Holiday Aid

Sheffield Family Holiday Fund

Wolverhampton Friends of the FHA

Travel Industry Fundraising ForumKeith Betton

Eric Campus

Alison Cryer

Stephen Dowd

Mary Finucane

Martin Froggatt

Gail Kenny

Rachel O’Reilly

Jane Richards

Ronnie Simkins

Jacqueline Steadman

Kristina Wallen

Ten Peaks ChallengeSteven Dunlop

Mary Finucane

Joe Hipgrave

Pippa Isbell

Alison Jarvis

Thea Joldersma

Team Thomson: Natalie Hufton, Derek

Jones, Stewart Lindsay, Keith Newman

John McDonald

Kristina Wallen

Chris Weedon

Robert Wells

London Marathon Team 2006Neil Aitken

Jane Ashton

Mark Balich

Richard Daniel

Paul Denman

Rob Emerre

Phil Gardner

Lynn Hatcher

Amanda Johnson

Darren Mee

Joe Milner

Joe Olds

Steve Owen

Jeremy Preston

Eamonn Quinn

Patrick Ramucello

Ivana Rizmal

Jacky Simmons

Ian Watkins

Janice Wilson

Special thanksThe April Fools: Nicholas Buxton and

Ian Collins who cycled from Land’s End

to John O’Groats to raise money for

the FHA.

Family Policy & Programme Committee

Penny Cushing

Helen Ford

Eleanor Frost

Lorraine Gibson

Joan Laurance BEM

Martha Osamor

Jenni Smith

We would like to thank everyone who has given money and time to the FHA during the year. Without your

generosity our work would not be possible. Our special thanks to those who have donated £1,000 or more.

Thank you

The stories and quotations in this Annual Review2006 are true but some names have been changedto protect individuals’ identities. Our thanks tophotographers Steven Dunlop and Michael Powell.Some photographs are posed by models.