The Family Holiday Association

Canvas Holidays are proud to support the Family Holiday Association.

For over 30 years, the Family Holiday Association has been working to provide short breaks for the most underprivileged families in our communities. They help families in desperate circumstances: those dealing with disability, bereavement, poverty, mental health problems, inadequate housing, or abuse.

Each family that is granted a break will spend up to a week in a caravan in a UK seaside town. As well as providing the holidays, the Family Holiday Association conducts research into and promotes knowledge of the benefits of holidays.

Families are referred to the Family Holiday Association by a welfare agent who could be a GP, social worker, teacher or anyone with knowledge of, and concern for, the family’s well-being. Families that are referred are typically on a low income and will not have had a holiday in over four years.

These simple holidays can help strengthen relationships within the family and give family members a fresh perspective, providing them with the motivation to make positive changes to their lives.

A £1 donation to the Family Holiday Association will be added to the price of your holiday, if you are booking by telephone. Please tell us at the time of booking if you do not wish to make this donation.

If you are booking online and wish to make a donation, please call our Customer Care team on 0845 268 0841 today.