Variety Golf (opens in new tab), previously known as the Variety Club Golf Society, was founded in 1965 to raise money to purchase Sunshine Coaches for disabled and disadvantaged children.
The charity runs fun golf days that feature top courses and top entertainment from a host of the club’s celebrities – and it’s all for a great cause.
Variety Golf’s kind and generous members come from all walks of life, but with the same goal in mind: to enjoy golf in great company at great venues, whilst raising money for the children. It has a large celebrity membership, all of whom willingly give their time, with past captains including Jimmy Tarbuck, OBE, Len Goodman, Anton du Beke, Bernard Gallacher OBE, Sir Geoff Hurst and many other high-profile, successful celebrities and sports stars.
To date, the charity has presented over 1,600 coaches to special needs schools and children’s hospices, averaging over twenty vehicles per year. Variety Golf has also partnered with ‘The Golf Trust’, who organise golf lessons for disabled children at local golf clubs.
The programme currently operates from 12 schools in and around the Midlands and there are plans to expand this to over 50 schools across the whole country within the next 12 months.
The cost of a Sunshine Coach can be up to £35,000 and the Golf for Disabled Children programme is approximately £2,500 per year, so Variety Golf needs your help.
SUNSHINE COACHES
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So, what is a Sunshine Coach?
The famous Sunshine Coaches, which are used at least five days a week and have an average lifespan of 10-15 years, are provided for schools and organisations that cater for children with special needs. Having their own Sunshine Coach helps schools and care centres plan their activities without worrying about the cost and timing of public transport, knowing that wheelchair access is taken care of.
Trips are organised for recreational, educational and vocational purposes, including accessing the mainstream curriculum at partner schools.
These trips are immensely valuable in allowing inquisitive young minds to explore places they would otherwise never visit, often acquiring new skills and improving self-confidence.
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The coaches cost between £30,000-£35,000 and ultimately they’re the reason that many children explore places they would otherwise never get to see as well as helping massively with their social and inter-personal skills development.
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