January newsletter
DKC 2023 Camp dates & applications
We’re just days away from our volunteer applications going live for DKC 2023!
Our camp dates & leaders for this year are as follows:
Week 1 – 22nd – 29th July – Paul
Week 2 – 29th July – 5th August – Rob
Week 3 – 5th – 12th August – Cat
Week 4 – TBA shortly!
Week 5 – 19th – 26th August – Leane
Additional dates to be announced shortly.
Volunteer applications go live on Friday 10th February – to join our mailing list & get an email when they’re live, sign up at https://derbykidscamp.co.uk/keep-updated/
Join our Derby 10k team!
It’s our 50th anniversary year, and to celebrate we’d love to get a team of 50 runners (or walkers!) around Derby 10k!
The event’s taking place on Sunday 26th March and we have charity spaces available at a reduced cost of £22 (normal individual rate £27).
To join the team and help us raise money for more amazing holidays, email hannah@derbykidscamp.co.uk.
We’re an award winning charity!
We were thrilled for Derby Kids’ Camp and Cosy Direct to be announced as winners of the ‘Excellence in Collaboration’ award at the East Midlands Chamber Business Awards back in November!
The award was fantastic recognition of the amazing partnership between Cosy Direct, Cosy Foundation & DKC and the huge amount of work our joint team puts in to ensure so many local children have a much-needed break!
Derby golfers putt children first!
We were blown away to receive a cheque for an incredible £22,300 from Carl Barker, outgoing Captain at Kedleston Park Golf Club. Carl chose Derby Kids’ Camp as his charity of the year for the duration of his captaincy, and set about running events, raffles and more to raise the incredible figure.
Carl and his wife Sally visited camp in 2022 to see what’s involved, and we hope to see them on camp again soon!
DKC 2022 memories
Our final gallery for DKC 2022 has gone live! See the Week 1 gallery and relive your summer memories here!
A great time at the swamp!
A huge thank you to Good Companions Musical Theatre company who fundraised for us during their production of Shrek late last year. We had a great time visiting the show & some of the DKC volunteers involved! The bucket shaking during the show raised an amazing £250 which will go towards providing holidays this summer – a huge thank you to GCMT and their generous audience members!
50 years of DKC…
We’ve been receiving some amazing photos of DKC over the years! We’d love to see any photos or hear your memories of camp over the last 50 years.
Click to email us below, or you can send any photos to hannah@derbykidscamp.co.uk (WeTransfer is helpful if you have a lot!)
Thank you to the Lorien Trust!
A massive thank you to the Lorien Trust who made a recent donation of £3605. The Lorien Trust are a local outdoor events company, and chose us to be the recipients of the donation generated through their charity auction. The generous donation will make a huge difference for local children this summer – thank you!
Adjustment to Charity Accounts Year ended 31 March 2022
Please note that the DKC accounts, approved at the Charity’s AGM dated 23/09/22, have subsequently been adjusted to reflect the value of fixed assets, revaluing the Cooks Marquee by +£978. Having taken advice from the Charity Commission on 10/01/23, this minor adjustment was approved by the Charity Trustees and communicated to the members here in the January 2023 newsletter.
