Cchf Allaboutkids
Charity 206958
Overview
Summary
CCHF All About Kids appears to be a legacy charity whose direct identity and operating model were deliberately folded into The Outward Bound Trust in 2018. Its enduring role is not primarily as an independent provider of breaks, but as a source of funds, governance continuity and a long-standing mission focused on widening access to developmental residential experiences for disadvantaged young people. The organisation’s history now appears to be carried forward through a named bursary fund and ongoing legacies.
Operational geography
Coverage: National
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence: neither CCHF All About Kids' website nor the Charity Commission entry identifies a current service, delivery venue, office or partner programme in Birmingham.
- Direct evidence: CCHF states that it ceased operating in its traditional form in 2018, made a deed of gift to The Outward Bound Trust, and that its continuing funds and legacies are used to provide financial assistance for young people to attend Outward Bound learning and adventure programmes.
- Reasonable interpretation: CCHF's present operational reach is national and indirect, through the Outward Bound CCHF Bursary Fund, rather than through a Birmingham-based service or site. The Charity Commission describes CCHF as a registered national charity, while Outward Bound's current Adventure Fund states that it is available to eligible UK residents or UK passport holders.
- There is no current evidence that Birmingham residents have received support from the CCHF bursary fund, that a Birmingham school or organisation is an active delivery partner, or that CCHF itself has a physical presence in any Birmingham ward or in the City Centre.
- The registered address is treated as a correspondence or administrative address, not as evidence of operational delivery; it provides no basis for identifying a Birmingham operational area.
Additional evidence needed
- Current CCHF trustee reporting, grant records or bursary-monitoring data showing whether beneficiaries resident in Birmingham have been funded since 2018.
- Confirmation from CCHF or The Outward Bound Trust of any active Birmingham school, youth-service, local-authority or voluntary-sector referral partnerships.
- Evidence of any current Birmingham-based outreach, recruitment, administration or programme activity attributable specifically to CCHF All About Kids or the CCHF Bursary Fund.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A mission transferred rather than simply ended
The available evidence suggests CCHF chose organisational integration as a strategy for preserving and extending its charitable purpose, rather than continuing as a separate delivery charity.
Why it matters
This explains the apparent tension between its continuing charity record and its statement that it ceased to exist in its traditional form. CCHF is best understood as a legacy vehicle embedded in a larger organisation.
Show evidence
“In March 2018, CCHF All About Kids made a deed of gift to The Outward Bound Trust.”
Source:Organisation“CCHF ceased to exist in its traditional form in 2018.”
Source:Organisation
Access to outdoor learning is the surviving mechanism
CCHF’s original emphasis on holidays, respite and educational opportunities appears to have been translated into financial access to Outward Bound learning and adventure programmes.
Why it matters
This indicates a shift from a broad residential-break model toward a more specific pathway: bursary-supported outdoor development experiences. It clarifies how the original poverty and opportunity mission may now be enacted.
Show evidence
“The charity's object is to provide holidays and other educational purposes for children and young people in necessitous social or economic circumstances.”
Source:Charity Commission“CCHF funds and ongoing legacies will be used to provide financial assistance to enable young people to attend a learning and adventure programme with Outward Bound.”
Source:Organisation
Continuity was designed into the partnership
The transfer appears to have included more than funding: trustee participation suggests CCHF sought to carry its experience, values and accountability into the receiving organisation.
Why it matters
This makes the relationship with The Outward Bound Trust more substantial than a grant or donation. It may represent a deliberate merger of organisational heritage, expertise and mission.
Show evidence
“Two of the charity's trustees joined the Outward Bound board to help ensure continuity and sharing of expertise.”
Source:Organisation“The Outward Bound Trust was selected as its ethos was shared with CCHF.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether CCHF still undertakes any activity independently beyond managing legacies and enquiries.
- How many young people have been supported through the renamed bursary fund, and from which places or communities.
- Whether the current beneficiaries match the age range, needs and geographic reach of CCHF's earlier work.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent charity accounts or annual reports showing current income, expenditure, grants and governance arrangements.
- Bursary data from The Outward Bound Trust showing beneficiary numbers, referral routes, locations and outcomes.
- Evidence on how CCHF's former alumni, partners and expertise have informed Outward Bound's current practice.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
CCHF All About Kids (Formerly known as Children's Country Holidays Fund) is a registered national charity, founded in 1884. We exist to give disadvantaged children a range of residential activity and respite breaks. We improve the quality of children's lives and help them to recognise their potential in a safe and happy environment.
Charity objects
THE PROVISION OF HOLIDAYS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN NECESSITOUS SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS IN LIFE