Northern Lights is a children’s charity formed to raise funds to give seriously ill children the unique experience of a very special holiday they will never forget.

Every December we take 10 or more children, aged between 6 and 11, on a 5-day all inclusive holiday to a luxury resort above the Arctic Circle in Lapland.

Dog sled rides, reindeers, snow-mobiles, deep crisp snow. Not to mention seeing the great Northern Lights or the excitement of visiting Santa at his home in a forest by a frozen lake.

We enter our 25 year in 2012 and are looking forward to the celebrations that this will entail. We aim to raise even more awareness than ever before and even more money to continue with the work that we do, continuing to take more children with life threatening illnesses on holidays of a lifetime. We are hoping that there will be many events taking place during 2012 for our 25th Anniversary please visit our events calendar to see what is going on and when.

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Please view our promotional DVD presented by GMTV’s Dr Hilary Jones, who came to Lapland with us on our trip in 2003 and again in 2007. The link will take you to our picasaweb gallery. The video can also be viewed on youtube and Facebook.

From Lapland Promotional Video

Donate your old items.

We are registered with Recycle 4 Charity who will recycle your old mobile phones, ink jet cartridges and laser/toner cartridges and raise funds for Northern Lights.

To recycle your items for free and help us raise funds click the recycle link below.

With 2012 being our 25th anniversary why not help us to increase awareness by nominating Northern Lights Children’s Charity as your company’s charity of the year.

Company’s of all shapes and sizes will be greatly welcomed and supported by us in anyway that is needed. We can provide you with all the information you will require to help you in your fundraising work.

Please get in touch with us via email or by giving us a call on 0151 336 2515 for more information.

Northern Lights have been chosen as the nominated charity for the Cheshire Oaks Chester Half Marathon, which will take place on Sunday May 13th 2012.

Please feel free to download the sponsor form if you feel you can show your support Chester half marathon sponsor form, you may also find the event poster useful Northern Lights Chester Half Marathon poster.

We have a number of charity places to fill so please email us to receive an information pack about the race. We are also looking for a number of volunteers to help us on the day and to help with the race itself. If you would like to help on the day please contact us or the race organisers for further information.

Whilst 2012 marks the 25 anniversary of the foundation of Northern Lights, it is also the 30^th Birthday of the Chester Half Marathon.

Chris Hulse, Race Co-Organiser, says “We are pleased to be supporting such a worthy local cause. Each year an amount from the race entry fees is donated to the official race charity. Our runners will also be invited to raise money and together we hope to raise in excess of £10,000 for Northern Lights”

The Chester Half Marathon  is being held on Sunday 13^th May, starting at the racecourse before heading out of the city past Mollington, through Saughall and Blacon before returning for a spectacular city centre finish in front of Chester Town Hall and Cathedral.

In addition to the half marathon there is the children’s fun run around the racecourse which is always popular and attracts up to 500 fun runners. This year there are a number of schools from within Cheshire West and Chester supporting Northern Lights. Many schools, lead by the Blacon primaries, are already committed and are actively encouraging children to take part in the fun run and fundraise.

The race is extremely popular and as in previous years is expected to fill quickly; so enter now at www.chesterhalfmarathon.co.uk to secure your place for the big day on May 13^th.

If you would like to be part of the Northern Lights volunteer team on race day or to run and raise money for Northern Lights please register as a volunteer or enter the race online (see web link above) and contact info@northernlightscharity.org.uk for your Northern Lights fund raising pack and further details.