Second Chance Children's Charity

11/04/2025

We need your help!

We have been given a signed (Margaret Thatcher) House of Lords bottle of Whisky. Its provenance is perfect. It was given to one of our Patrons Harry Edwards when he was the Police Inspector in charge of security for The Palace of Westminster and during Margaret Thatcher's tenure of Downing Street. The inscription on the photograph that accompanies the bottle reads to him, his wife and family. Harry has kindly donated the bottle to the charity because he knows we are entering challenging times financially. I have seen a similar bottle raise £8,000 recently and a bottle of Margret Thatcher signed champagne went for £25,000 so quite possibly ownership of this piece of history could be viewed as an investment.

We have decided to use Crowdfunder Prize Draw to raise funds with this bottle, if you would like to support us please use the link on this post to buy some tickets, but also if you could share and spread the word through your own social media and friends.

Thank you for your help.

Support Second Chance Children’s Charity and win an investment piece - bottle of House of Lords Scotch Whisky signed by Margaret Thatcher

30/06/2022

Second Chance

30/06/2022

The South West Coastal Route – A Sponsored Walk (and camp!)

All round angler and guide Julian Chidgey is setting off on the adventure of his life and it’s all in aid of our charity.

Leaving Minehead on July 29th and carrying all required camping equipment Julian will be looking to walk the 630 mile South West Coast Path, unaided, eventually arriving in Poole, Dorset. His target is to complete this mammoth task in 30 days!

Julian is undertaking this task to support Second Chance, having switched tactics from another cause. This is a brilliant initiative and I take my hat off to Julian for putting in such a mammoth effort. With inflation and the war in Ukraine, fund raising is not straightforward at the moment but of course the children’s needs and opportunities still need catering for just the same. So this is an opportune moment to help our young people in a very real and positive way

With only a few weeks before the start of his hike Julian said ‘I’m so excited by the adventure ahead, 630 miles, 4 times the elevation of Everest and all in 30 days is going to be a huge effort. Angling has played a huge part in my own life and I’m proud to be able to give something back. I started my planning and training late last year I’m over the moon to be able to help such a life changing organisation’.

Julian is doing his own publicity and fund raising but we hope to get right behind him and make a considerable difference to his fund raising potential for us. If you want to sponsor Julian and help Second Chance go to

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/julian-chidgey

Follow his adventure on his page ‘Julian’s South West Coast Path Challenge’. https://ne-np.facebook.com/watch/100076941127313/ or his Instagram account of the trip https://www.instagram.com/julians_swcp_adventure/ You can send cheques to him, made payable to The Second Chance Childrens Charity at his home, which is 4 Irvine Close, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6UJ. or you can donate directly to us and we will let him know what has come through, cheque, credit card, direct transfer, CAF voucher etc.



JULIAN CHIDGEY
This Picture was taken at Great Hangman, the highest point on the whole coast path, during training. The 36litre rucksack is the actual one he will be using and has to house everything he takes with him! This is an ‘unsupported’ walk… proper stuff!!

18/03/2022

Two years has passed and today is the day! Our Fundraising Dinner at the House of Lords is back.

We look forward to welcoming our guests this evening.

02/11/2021

Please come and support the band and the charity this is a lovely family event.

We are delighted to announce that the Park Gate Carol Service will be held again this year after an absence of many years apart from 2019 when it was restarted. This popular event will be held in Middle Road, Park Gate from 6pm on Monday 6th December. A very special guest will be present and the Second Chance Children's Charity will provide the band and be beneficiaries of any funds raised. As usual the traders will provide refreshments and we look forward to a good crowd to start the Christmas season in a traditional way.

PICTURE - 2019 carol concert in Park Gate

27/10/2021

This mornings view from our swims. Lines back out and ready to go.

07/09/2021

Can all of our Facebook supporters please like the previous post which includes a share re the company buyrope. We need to get as many likes as possible to be in with a chance of winning their profit made on 19 September. We have until that date to get as many as possible so please help.

It only takes a second and every little helps in the current economic conditions.

Thank you for supporting us.

07/09/2021

Buy Rope will give away 100% of our profits made on Sunday 19th of September for Talk Like a Pirate Day 2021 to a children’s charity or organisation.

22/06/2021

Today is your last chance to shop Amazon Prine Day and raise money for us at the same time!

If you use Amazon, please take the time to use Amazon Smile and select us as your chosen charity, you will only have to do this once and it is then set until you wish to change it in the future. This will mean on every purchase you make with Amazon Smile a donation will be made to us by Amazon at no cost to yourself.

If you could support us we would be very grateful, especially over Prime day.

Thank you for all of your support with this.

20/06/2021

Don’t forget……tomorrow and Tuesday are Amazon Prime Day. If you’re shopping, please select Second Chance as your chosen charity through Amazon Smile. We will then receive a double donation from Amazon, at no extra cost to you!

If you use Amazon, please take the time to use Amazon Smile and select us as your chosen charity, you will only have to do this once and it is then set until you wish to change it in the future. This will mean on every purchase you make with Amazon Smile a donation will be made to us by Amazon at no cost to yourself.

If you could support us we would be very grateful, especially over Prime day.

Thank you for all of your support with this.

17/06/2021

For today’s , we wanted to celebrate Healthy Eating Week (14-20 June). And what better way than to show you some of the amazing vegetables grown by our youngsters over the past few summers?

Pumpkins are always a popular choice to grow from seed, as the children love carving Halloween pumpkins they have grown themselves! We’ve also harvested peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes.

What’s your favourite vegetable? We’d also love to hear your most popular recipes which are good for you but also delicious 😊 🍅 🥒 🥦 🌽

15/06/2021

Today is Titchfield Tuesday.

We are fortunate to have the River Meon flow through our site.

The River Meon is a chalk stream which supports valuable wildlife habitats and species such as water crowfoot, brown trout, kingfishers and otters as well as the reed beds at Titchfield Haven.

Did you know that the word Meon is an ancient term for ‘mean’ or ‘middle’?
The river valley is popularly supposed to have been inhabited in the dark ages by the “Meonwara”, who, so spelt, sound like warriors on the march.

For our youngsters, the river gives them the opportunity to spot wildlife, paddle or swim and of course, to fish 🎣😊