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!!