BEE UNIQUE

A Heart-Led Charity, Run Entirely by Volunteers

We take no expenses and have no paid roles. Every hour we give is donated with love to support the SEN (Special Educational Needs) community.

Category: Charity News

  • 🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE FC PAN DISABILITY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT JULY 2025

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE FC PAN DISABILITY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT JULY 2025

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE FC were delighted to have organised a Pan Disability Tournament on the day of the Eat Street Cumbria Event at ST BEES with Under 8s kick starting the day utilising our first usage of BEE UNIQUES NEW INFLATABLE FOOTBALL PITCH! Supported by Keltbray 💕 with playing Little 3 Vs 3 and 4 Vs 4 games, giving the little ones their very first taste of a match day experience! WOW! Each and everyone of our little kickers were absolutely fantastic! Humbling to see all the children smiling and interacting!

    ⚽️ Followed by BEE UNIQUE FC, Workington Falcons and Whitehaven Amateurs Under 12’s playing a round robin of games! Amazing efforts from all teams! With fantastic goals and saves made along the way! Well done to each and every one of you!

    ⚽️ With the last tournament of the day with BEE UNIQUE FC, Whitehaven Amateurs, Alliance FC Palace and Dortmund Under 16’s. With competitive fixtures played by all the teams! You all played absolutely amazing!

    🏆 BEE UNIQUE were delighted to gift each player a Medal and a Club Trophy. Thank you so much to Keltbray for supporting and our mission! Your contributions to BEE UNIQUE have made a difference to the SEND community.

    📣 Big shout out to the young referee FRED who was absolutely fantastic on the day! And to Michael Rowell for allowing us to use the grounds & facilities.

    ❤️ Thank you to each and everyone of you for all your support and teams coming together to give all players an all round great football experience.

    💜 A massive shout out to our BEE UNIQUE FC Coaches who donate their free time every week to coach children in a non-rigid environment tailoring to children’s abilities. Sessions are held every Wednesday 5.30pm – 6:30pm at Whitehaven Rugby Union Club.

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  • BEE UNIQUE FC attend Whitehaven Amateurs Football Festival

    BEE UNIQUE FC attend Whitehaven Amateurs Football Festival

    ⚽ BEE UNIQUE FC Under 12s took part in the Whitehaven Amateurs Football Festival. BEE UNIQUE are super proud to have had TWO TEAMS at this event. ⚽

    🏆Our incredible players were honoured to have received a participation trophy to proudly display. 🏆

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE Coaches Simon Walsh & Martin McCarron said “Great performances all round in the heat! ☀️ Some of our new players had the opportunity to experience playing their first tournament! And one of our teams were predominantly all girls and it’s great to see more girls taking part in the Pan Disability Football. We are super proud of all our players who come week in and week out to train. We are super proud of how far BEE UNIQUE FC has came on in the short time of two years and seeing the children’s progression & confidence going from strength to strength. A big shout out to all the other teams who took part and thank you to Whitehaven Amateurs for hosting a great community event. 🐝🌈

    ⚽ BEE UNIQUE FC Under 16s, Under 12s & Under 8s will be playing at St Bees on the 12th July. Details to follow in due course. ⚽

    🏆 WELL DONE BEE UNIQUE FC, Keep smashing your goals and being your awesome selves that you all are!🏆

  • Special Nuclear Materials Donation from Sellafield

    Special Nuclear Materials Donation from Sellafield

    🌈🐝 Today, Co-Founders of BEE UNIQUE Nadia and Dave Parsons had the honour of meeting up with some of the Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) team members, Sellafield where they handed over a generous donation of £1000 to go towards the charity! 🌈🐝

    💙 Sebastian said ” My team and I at Sellafield chose the BEE UNIQUE charity to be entered into a draw with a chance to win a charitable donation!

    🧡 “Myself and others within the team recognise the great work you do for children that are ‘UNIQUE’. The challenges that arise from children with special needs is something that is close to home for some of us!

    ❤️ “So I am delighted to let you know that BEE UNIQUE has come out on top and has received a cheque for £1000!”

    💕 BEE UNIQUE are deeply appreciative and we are so grateful for your support! Thank you! 💕

  • GELT GLADIATOR 2025

    GELT GLADIATOR 2025

    🐝 🌈 BEE UNIQUE Founders & BEE UNIQUE Families took part in the Gelt Gladiator 2025 – MUD OBSTACLE COURSE in CARLISLE today 🐝 🌈

    🙋‍♀️Lots of fun was had clambering, sliding and crawling over the muddiest obstacles with participants receiving a Gelt Gladiator T-SHIRT at the finish line. 👕

    🌈🐝 BEE UNIQUE Co-Founders Nadia and Dave Parsons said “This is our second year taking part in this event! We had lots of fun with Co-Founders Natalie & Martin McCarron & their children & BEE UNIQUE Families – great teamwork all round! A fun way to tackle 4k with children in a very sludgy course! Lots of laughter and smiles! Well done to everyone who took part today! We hope you all had a great day and look forward to seeing the professional photos🐝🌈

  • SUPERSTARS attend Cockermouth Town Council Family Fun Day & Dog Show

    SUPERSTARS attend Cockermouth Town Council Family Fun Day & Dog Show

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE SUPERSTARS were delighted to attend the Cockermouth Town Council Family Fun Day & Dog Show with the Superstars performing a dance routine in front of an audience! 🐝🌈

    💃 A great day was had performing followed by enjoying the entertainment and activities. A massive well done to all to the Superstars who work incredibly hard to learn routines and are going from strength to strength! 💃

    ❤️ Thank you to Cockermouth Town Council for organising a fun day! ❤️

    💕 BEE UNIQUE would like to extend our appreciation and say a massive THANK you to Dance Coaches Katy Winter & Georgia Beresford-Smith and Co-ordinator Pamela Dawn Morris for making a difference, dedicating and donating their time voluntarily. A lovely dance group full of support for one another. 💕

  • Cumbria Women of the Year 2023 & 2024

    🫶 Twin Sisters & Co-Founders of BEE UNIQUE Nadia Shaw Parsons and Natalie McCarron each received a letter inviting them to attend a celebration dinner with being nominated as a FINALIST for Cumbria Women of the Year. 🫶

    🏆 A ceremony organised for over 30 years! Celebrating outstanding women making a difference in Cumbria. 🏆

    ❤️ Nadia says “This was a massive surprise for us to receive an invite letter – Thank you so much to each and everyone of you for taking the time to nominate us! We are truly humbled and grateful for all the support.” ❤️

    💚 “It was such an amazing afternoon where we were welcomed by everyone and was an honour to meet all the amazing ladies from all walks of life, giving back to the local community and making a difference.”

    🐝🌈 Natalie says “BEE UNIQUE started in February 2021 with the journey of my twin sister Nadia and her partner Dave’s vision, to create an environment with no judgement and where individuals can simply enjoy every day activities, surrounded by families who understand and are in the same boat. WOW, what an incredible journey it has been so far! The charity has grown at a pace we never imagined and in such a short space of time! Thank you to our Volunteer Reps who help us immensely and fully support our mission.🌈🐝

    ❤️ “A lot of work goes into running a charity around our own professions and looking after our beautiful SEN children but with the 4 of us – Myself, Nadia, Dave and Martin. We fully support and help each other in every way we can. ❤️

    💚 “We organise a high volume of activities, over 2k activities each year catering for over 25k individuals and we manually input all the activities and do this between us. Alongside all the activities organised, BEE UNIQUE support families with educational workshops, EHCPs, appeals, advice & guidance, DLA/PIP, support groups and inclusive family fun days. BEE UNIQUE is not a job to us, we run the charity from the goodness of our hearts, with zero expenses ever taken to support as many families as possible. It is because of Nadia and Daves beautiful boys; Dylan and Elliott – the Legacy to BEE UNIQUE, the charity was launched.” 💚

    💓 Thank you to each and everyone of you for continuing to support BEE UNIQUE! 💓

    💛 Be your own kind of beautiful!
    💙 Be as unique as you are!
    💚 Embrace differences!

    🌟 Together we can make a difference 🌟

  • High Sheriff of Cumbria Awards 2025

    🏆 BEE UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2025 IN “RECOGNITION OF GREAT AND VALUABLE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY” 🏆

    🐝 🌈 BEE UNIQUE were delighted and honoured to attend the High Sheriff of Cumbria Awards 2025 in Kendal. 🌈🐝

    ❤️ BEE UNIQUE Founders said “It was such a lovely surprise to receive an email invite to attend a wonderful event surrounded by organisations who make such a difference to the local community ❤️

    ❤️ “It was such a wonderful afternoon! Thank you so much for making us all feel welcome and supporting our mission. It was a pleasure to meet you all. ❤️

    🏆 “We were honoured and humbled to be awarded with a RECOGNITION AWARD, a PLAQUE and a KIND DONATION from Christopher Holmes – High Sheriff of Cumbria. 🏆

    🏆 “This was an award for recognising BEE UNIQUEs contribution in enhancing the lives of the neurodiverse community! 🏆

    💚 “This acknowledges the voluntary work BEE UNIQUE does, with well deserved recognition for each and every volunteer representative for BEE UNIQUE! “We are so grateful to have you all in our team.🏆

    🫶 “THANK YOU so much for your continued support in delivering a valuable and much needed service to the community.” 🫶

  • Community Group Award 2024

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE were delighted to attend the Carlisle Race Course Event 2024 and were all humbled to have been announced as the WINNER of ‘THE VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY GROUP AWARD’ – brought by OEE Container Technology 🌈🐝

    🏆 Marketing Executive Laurie Eastburn said “It’s an honour to announce BEE UNIQUE as Winner of the Volunteer Community Group of the Year Award 2024. To do what they do for the local community around their own SEND children and professions, all voluntarily is truly remarkable! This award is a recognition for the outstanding contributions BEE UNIQUE have made to the Neuro Diverse Community. Keep up the good work BEE UNIQUE!”

    🫶 BEE UNIQUE would like to extend our appreciation and say a massive well done to all the nominees and we thank all our supporters for nominating BEE UNIQUE. This was such a lovely surprise to end a fantastic day with some of our wonderful BEE UNIQUE volunteers who attended alongside us. 🫶

    🌟 Thank you to all our Volunteer Reps for donating and dedicating their free time to support and assist with BEE UNIQUEs mission. 🌟

  • BBC Radio Cumbria – Sports Award 2023

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE are truly honoured to have WON the BBC RADIO CUMBRIA – SPORTS AWARD 2023 🐝🌈

    🫶 BEE UNIQUE FC were nominated and shortlisted out of hundreds of nominations and were informed on the BBC Radio breakfast show that BEE UNIQUE FC had been awarded with WINNING the “Community Sports Group Category Award”. Such a lovely surprise! We are truly humbled. ❤️

    👏 BEE UNIQUE would like to extend our appreciation and say Well Done to all the nominations and the amazing work they do for the local community. You are all incredible! 👏

    ⚽ BEE UNIQUE FC Coaches Martin, Dave & Simon would not have even reached a stage to win this award without the incredible support we have received from the amazing SEN families that attend our sessions on a weekly basis. Thank you to the Businesses & Sponsors who who have supported us in our journey, every step of the way! ⚽

    ❤️ Thank you to each and everyone of you for continuing to support BEE UNIQUE with our new venture of BEE UNIQUE FC football ⚽️

    💚 Martin Co-founder and BEE UNIQUE FC Coach said “All at BEE UNIQUE would like to give a big shout out to all our volunteer coaches who are SEN Parents themselves. They dedicate and donate their free time alongside myself on a weekly basis to coach SEN Children in a comfortable environment. We immensely appreciate all that you do for the charity and the club! it’s because of you – BEE UNIQUE FC has become possible! ⚽️

    ❤️ It’s only been this year that BEE UNIQUE FC has officially become affiliated and it’s a real winner for us as coaches, giving this opportunity to children to take part in learning new skills, thus growth in confidence – You are winning everyday! just by being your beautiful unique awesome selves! We will continue to strive to raise much needed awareness and will always embrace differences! 💓

    🫶 We have lots in store ahead for BEE UNIQUE FC with us organising exclusive stadium tours, the children being flag bearers and mascots on autism awareness days, meeting players and promoting pan disability football and taking part in tournaments in various areas. 🫶

    🌟 To join BEE UNIQUE FC and train in an environment that’s fun, Interactive and tailored to all abilities. Please book your places via the link below ⬇️

    https://bookwhen.com/beeunique

  • BEE UNIQUE attend Cockermouth Town Council Family Fun Day & Dog Show Event

    BEE UNIQUE attend Cockermouth Town Council Family Fun Day & Dog Show Event

    📍 SATURDAY 21ST JUNE 2025📍

    🕛 11am – 5pm 🕛

    🏰 Memorial Gardens, Cockermouth 🏰

    🎟 FREE Entry

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE were delighted to support the Cockermouth Town Council Family Fun Day & Dog Show Event 🌈🐝

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE brought along an activity play area which included an inflatable dome, bubble machine, ride on cars, trampolines, make your own squishy teddies, facepainting, glitter tattoos, tombola and raffle and we are delighted we raised an amazing £1,100! Every single penny raised going straight into the charity pot; which will help massively for us to subsidise the high volume of summer activities organised 🐝🌈

    🎡 A fun family filled day was had for all the family with; 🎡

    🎶LIVE PERFORMANCES 💃
    🏰CHILDREN’S FUNFAIR 🏰
    🍛FOOD STALLS 🍛
    🎨FACE PAINTING 🎨

    🐾with the Dog Show Sponsored by: 🐾

    🫶Matt Hodgson Photography
    🫶Millcroft Veterinary Group
    🫶RTSN Huddart Supplies, Cockermouth
    🫶Shampoochies
    🫶Waggy Woofers
    🫶WCF Cockermouth

    ❤️ BEE UNIQUE Founders Nadia & Dave Parsons, Martin & Natalie McCarron would like to extend our appreciation and thank our Incredible Volunteers for helping us; Nancy Ashforth, Joseph Ashforth, Angela Fitzsimmons, Tina Pettitt-Gate, Elisa Trainor, Charlotte Jackson Wainwright, Cate Jackson, Catherine Gilley, Jennifer Grisedale & Gavin Redden for donating your free time – Alot of efforts go into the events setting up, running the day and packing everything away. Our volunteers work tirelessly to support us with our mission, thus raising much needed funds to make a difference to the SEN community. ❤️

    ♥️ BEE UNIQUE is a local charity run voluntarily around our own SEN children and professions with no expenses ever taken to give families the opportunity to enjoy every day activities (subsidised by BEE UNIQUE) in a non judgemental environment with also supporting families with providing coffee morning support groups, EHCPS, mediation and appeals advice, DLA & PIP Forms guidance & educational workshops. ❤️

    ⬇️ To view and book activities, please select the link below ⬇️

    https://bookwhen.com/beeunique