Thank yous

Thank Yous

We are hugely grateful to all our sponsors, donors, volunteers and everyone who supports us.

Particular thanks go to:

  • To the Wain Foundation for awarding us the funding to run an additional break during 2026.

  • To everyone who supported us in organising and running the Family Fun Day on 26th April 2026

    Alexander and Lucy Clifford for letting us run wild in the grounds of Ugbrooke House again.

    Dartmouth Distillery Co., Windsoredge Research; Hamiltons Fish; Calancombe Estate; and Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management for donating prizes for the draw;

    The Wayward Pynes, Georgia Omarah. And Three Shots Later for providing the live music;

    Devon Contract Waste for garbage disposal;

    Prestige Decorators and Wisteria Kitchens for sponsoring the dog show;

    Wotton Printers for providing Loop The Lake stickers;

    Foresight Financial Management for sponsoring the parking stewards;

    Chudleigh CE VC Community Primary School for loaning us the mini-bus to run the Park and Ride;

    Devon Productions for filming the day in order to produce a promotional video.

  • To Helena Dixon, award-winning author, for making CLSW her charity of the year for 2026.

  • To Rupert Thistlethwaite for allowing us to use Cadhay Manor for our breaks; and to our wonderful facilitators, chefs and musicians, all of whom provide their time and expertise at huge discounts.

  • To Dee Cooper who thought of us when she won a prize draw and needed somewhere to donate her prize.

  • To Simon Almond of DCW Plastics for sponsoring one of our breaks in 2025.

  • To the Albert Hunt Trust and the Co-op Community Fund, for funding awards during 2025.

  • cloudabove who donate hosting services and make this website possible;
  • Paul Lincoln of Web Workshops who keeps this website up to date;

What People Have To Say To Us

I felt so attended to, so cared for, so held. The break was absolutely beautiful. The whole package (food, facilitators, table décor, kindness, sharing with survivors, etc) was so wonderfully healing. Thank you all so much!
The mindfulness meditations were so profound and stilling and ‘accepting life’ confirming. The group sessions were amazing as with people who also had been through similar you just said one word e.g. tiredness and everyone would nod and know exactly what you meant. That was so healing.
I really enjoyed the connection we had as a group and sharing experiences. We talked about accepting all feelings, negative as well as positive, and this is something I have remembered. Learning to sit with uncomfortable feelings.
We are both most grateful for the experience you all offer. It has moved us to be the recipients of this loving, generous gift by strangers. It was like a four day birthday party with strangers, where you find you all have so much in common and shared humanity. It was the kindest of ‘gifts’!! Thank you all!
It was a life-changing and very valuable experience, which I’ll take with me forever.
I felt that the facilitators worked well together and were able to provide thoughtful attention to both individual and group processes within a well held and caring environment.