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: Family Fun Days

  • SAVE THE DATE – KESWICK GAMES 2025

    🌟 SAVE THE DATE – SUNDAY 17TH AUGUST 2025

    🐝 BEE UNIQUE are delighted to support the ‘KESWICK GAMES’ Family Fun Day organised by Keswick Town Council by bringing along an inflatable play area and activities for added fun.

    📍Fitz Park, Keswick

    ➰️ A fun day starting from 11am – 4pm where you can all take part in traditional games.➰️

    🧒FREE sporting events for the children

    🍗 BBQ at the Keswick Cricket Club

    🌟Each team are able to compete in 6 events :-🌟

    🥚 Egg and Spoon
    🦵 3 Legged relay
    🏃‍♀️ 600 metre relay
    ⚙️ Obstacle Course
    💦 Wet Wellie Relay
    🪢 Tug of War

    🪙 For a chance to take part as a team in the Keswick Games and a chance to win a team prize of £100. Sign up with your friends and families (team of 6) to take part in the Keswick Games by emailing your entries to events@keswicktowncouncil.gov.uk 🪙

    🌟 No booking required to enjoy the day, just turn up and enjoy an annual event for ALL! 🌟

    🔶️ For further information, please contact Keswick Town Council via email or messenger.

    ❤️ EVERYONE IS WELCOME – COME ALONG AND ENJOY THE NEW COMMUNITY EVENT Keswick Town Council Events

  • APPRECIATION POST – BROUGHTON CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL

    APPRECIATION POST – BROUGHTON CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL

    🐝 🌈 BEE UNIQUE had the pleasure of supporting the Broughton Children’s Carnival in the village of Broughton, near Cockermouth!

    👸 The procession goes through Great and Little Broughton ending on the Welfare Field!

    🥰 With hundreds taking to the streets of the village to cheer on participants around the route bringing the community together and creating a fun-filled energetic parade!

    💗 Keeping families entertained with:

    🌈 BEE UNIQUE inflatables, glitter tattoos and glitzy faces jewels!

    🎡 Fletcher’s Funfair!

    🖌 Face painting!

    🪄 Magic show!

    🍦Food, ice cream and market stalls! 🌭

    💛 BEE UNIQUE would like to say a huge thank the entire carnival committee for inviting us to support a fantastic day and to our amazing BEE UNIQUE volunteers who always work tirelessly from start to finish! 💜

    ✨️ Nancy Wordsworth Ashforth
    ✨️ Jonathan Ashforth
    ✨️ Joseph Ashforth
    ✨️ Gavin Joseph Redden
    ✨️ Jennifer Grisedale
    ✨️ Catherine Gilley
    ✨️ Cate Jackson
    ✨️ Charlotte Wainwright Jackson
    ✨️ Elisa Trainor

  • ACTIVITIES – SUMMER TERM 2025

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE have organised 241 activities between Friday 19th July – Tuesday 2nd September 2025 so far!!! with more activities yet to upload!

    ♥️ Activities are heavily subsidised by BEE UNIQUE with remaining payments via PayPal, if you have any issues / queries or would like to pay by an alternative method, please directly message the page or email beeuniquecharity@gmail.com 📧

    🌈🐝 We run BEE UNIQUE completely voluntarily around our own professions and around our SEND children with no expenses ever taken to support as many SEN Families as possible. We have incredible volunteer representatives who also donate their free time to support us with providing services in your area. Every single penny raised goes straight into the charity with no expenses ever taken.

    🌞 We hope you all have a wonderful SUMMER TERM and hope you all enjoy the SEND activities BEE UNIQUE have organised – you do not not need an official diagnosis and siblings are welcome too!

    💕 Thank you to all for supporting BEE UNIQUE 💕

  • THIS SATURDAY – BROUGHTON CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL

    🐝 🌈 Come along, bring your friends and families and enjoy the Broughton Children’s Carnival in the village of Broughton, near Cockermouth!

    📅 DATE: Saturday, July 19th, 2025

    📍 LOCATION: Broughton Welfare Field, CA13 0ND

    💗 This year’s carnival figures are:

    ❤️ Carnival Queen: Maggie Rourke
    🩷 Emma Fisher (Gypsy Queen)
    🧡 Esme Little (Retiring Queen)
    💛 Morgan Moore (Fairy Queen)
    💙 Amelia Fisher (Herald)
    💚 Eden Gray (Rose Queen)
    💜 William Farmer (Carnival Prince)

    💜 All entrants who wish to be in the carnival are asked to be on the top of the school field by 1.30pm.

    🩷 The procession starts at 2pm and goes through the village to the Welfare Field. The crowning ceremony will take place at 4pm on the Welfare Field. (Weather permitting!)

    ⛔️Road closures will be in effect from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM to accommodate the parade route.

    On the Welfare Field there will be;

    🌈 BEE UNIQUE inflatables, glitter tattoos and glitzy faces jewels! (Small charge)

    🎡 Fletcher’s Funfair! (Small charge)🎡

    🖌 Free face painting! 🎨

    🪄 Free magic show! 🎩

    🍦 Food, ice cream and market stalls! (Small charge) 🌭

    🥰 All welcome!! Fun for all the family

  • 🐝 🌈 JULY 2025 – Appreciation post

    🐝 🌈 JULY 2025 – Appreciation post

    🐝 🌈 BEE UNIQUE and EAT STREET CUMBRIA enjoyed an amazing weekend of flavour-packed, bouncy family fun by the sea! 🐝 🌈

    🩷 With BEE UNIQUE’s inflatable park, glitzy faces, football tournament and a colour run! And EAT STREET CUMBRIA’s incredible food vendors serving up mouthwatering street eats, a handful of artisan stalls, live music and drinks!

    💙 This event at St Bees was all about good food, great music, inflatable fun and local community spirit!

    🥰 Without everyone’s invaluable help and support, the event wouldn’t have been the success that it was, so thank you so much everyone!

    💜 BEE UNIQUE Co-Founders Nadia & Dave Parsons & Natalie & Martin McCarron would like to extend our appreciation and say a massive thank you to our wonderful volunteers who donate their free time to support and help us set up, run the day and pack everything away. Alot of effort and work goes into these events with volunteering our free time; a full shift of 12 hours a day. What a fab team we have! Thank you so much for making a difference and helping us raise funds for the charity.

    ✨️ Nancy Wordsworth Ashforth
    ✨️ Jonathan Ashforth
    ✨️ Joseph Ashforth
    ✨️ Angela Fitzsimmons
    ✨️ Tina Pettitt-Gate
    ✨️ Linda Ashforth
    ✨️ Amelia Ashforth
    ✨️ Gavin Joseph Redden
    ✨️ Jennifer Grisedale
    ✨️ Catherine Gilley
    ✨️ Cate Jackson
    ✨️ Charlotte Wainwright Jackson
    ✨️ Rebecca James
    ✨️ Matt James
    ✨️ Simon Walsh

    And to ALL for coming along and supporting a wonderful community event.

    BIG THANK YOU to AMMENTUM & KELTBRAY for supporting BEE UNIQUE FC & THE FAMILY COLOUR RUN ACTIVITY.

  • TWO-DAY EVENT – SAVE THE DATE

    📍 SAVE THE DATE – TWO-DAY EVENT 📍

    🐝 🌈 BEE UNIQUE heads to ST BEES!🐝 🌈

    📍 LOCATION: St Bees Beachfront Freen!
    📅 DATES: 12th & 13th July
    🕚 TIME: 11:00 – 20:00 both days

    🧡 Join BEE UNIQUE and EAT STREET CUMBRIA by the sea for a laid-back, flavour-packed, bouncy family fun weekend in St Bees! 💛

    🩷 With 9 incredible food vendors serving up mouthwatering street eats, a handful of artisan stalls, and our inflatable park perfect for the little ones! ❤️

    💙 This one’s all about good food, great music, inflatable fun and local community spirit – come and make some memories! 💚

    💫Here’s what’s in store:💫

    🍴 Street Food Galore
    Nine incredible vendors serving up global flavours — from wood-fired pizzas to sizzling treats.

    🎶 Live Music
    A full weekend soundtrack from brilliant local musicians.

    🍻 Drinks On Tap
    Draught beer and refreshing drinks from the bar with Ennerdale Brewery Ltd, perfect for that coastal chill.

    🎉 Kids fun park BEE UNIQUE
    Massive fun park with bouncy castles, kids activities, plus our popular Colour Run and ⚽ Football Tournament.

    ⚽️ Football Tournament: Saturday 12th July
    💥Location: Adams Recreation Ground

    ⚽️ Under 8s ⚽️
    ⏰️ TIME: 11am-12pm
    ⚽️ Under 12s ⚽️
    ⏰️ TIME: 12pm-2pm
    ⚽️Under 16s⚽️
    ⏰️ TIME: 2pm-4pm

    🏆 Football Presentation ⚽️
    ⏰️ TIME: 4pm

    🌈 Colour Run: Saturday 12th July

    ❤️Register at the BEE UNIQUE hub at the beach front from 11am! (where we sell the wrist bands!)🩷

    🧡 The 1 mile (3 laps) colour run starts at 4.30pm!💛

    🎟 Single Entry – £5
    🎟 Family of 3 – £13.50
    🎟 Family of 4 – £16
    🎟 Family of 5 – £20

    👕T-shirts and Glasses included! 👓

    💗Open to all ages and abilities.
    No pre booking required. Just turn up on the day!💗

    🎨 Location: The colour run will take place at the Adams Recreation Ground, St Bees! 🏃‍♀️

    🚌 🎨 The Everyone Here Bus
    A pop-up creative space offering artistic activities for all ages — come and get inspired!

    🧶 Craft Market
    A small selection of talented local makers offering handmade goods.

    🍰 Beach Road Bakehouse Bakehouse cafe with cakes, café means and plenty of icecream!

    🏨 Seacote Hotel, St Bees, Deals
    The local hotel has exclusive offers all weekend for those wanting to stay a little longer. 💰

    🚗 Getting Here
    •⁠ ⁠Plenty of parking in the beachfront car parks and football pitch
    •⁠ ⁠🚫 Please don’t park on Beach Road road – keep it clear for emergency services
    •⁠ ⁠🚆 Regular train services make public transport an easy option

  • 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🐝🌈

  • 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

  • FITZ PARK FAMILY FUN DAY

    FITZ PARK FAMILY FUN DAY

    🗓 SATURDAY 28TH JUNE 2025

    🌟 Fitz Park, Keswick, CA12 4NP

    ⏰️ 1pm – 9pm

    🐝🌈 BEE UNIQUE were delighted to once again support Keswick Town Council Family Fun Day Event 🎉 “PARTY IN THE PARK” 🎉 A family fun day filled with live entertainment, food vendors, children activities plus more!! All in the beautiful location at Keswick Fitz Park 🌈🐝

    🏰 Despite the rainy weather conditions; it was a fabulous day! BEE UNIQUE were delighted to bring to Keswick Town Council Events a large inflatable & play area with sensory items, facepainting & glitter tattoos with a small fee charged for UNLIMITED USE to come and go for the day! 🏰

    ❤️ BEE UNIQUE were absolutely delighted to have raised £1,049 – directly to BEE UNIQUE charity pot to enable us to organise subsidised activities during the summer term – BEE UNIQUE, a heart-led charity is run completely voluntarily around our own professions and around our own beautiful SEN children, with no expenses ever taken to make a difference to the the SEND community! ❤️

    ❤️ The day consisted of incredible Live Performances by; 🎶

    🌟 1pm – Pete Jarvis
    🌟 2pm – St Herbert’s School
    🌟 2.25pm – Keswick School String Band
    🌟 3:05pm – Eve Nichol
    🌟 3:55pm – Imogen
    🌟 4:45pm – Graham Bell
    🌟 5:50pm – Local Vocals
    🌟 6:55pm – Voulez Vouz ABBA TRIBUTE
    🌟 8:00pm – Mark Swider DJ

    ♥️ BEE UNIQUE Founders; Nadia & Dave Parsons, Natalie & Martin McCarron would like to extend our appreciation and THANK our incredible Volunteers who work tirelessly to help us set up, run the day and pack everything away – your efforts and support is immensely appreciated! We couldn’t do all of this without you. Thank you so much all for making a difference! ♥️

    🌟 Nancy, Jonathan, Joseph & Amelia Ashforth 🌟
    🌟 Angela & Bella Fitzsimons
    🌟 Gavin Redden
    🌟 Jennifer Grisedale
    🌟 Charlotte Jackson Wainwright & Ashleigh McCoy
    🌟 Catherine Gilley
    🌟 Elisa Trainor

    ❤️ Thank you so much to Keswick Town Council for inviting BEE UNIQUE again and to all the families for coming along and supporting the day!❤️

    🌟 BEE UNIQUE look forward to seeing you all the upcoming Keswick Games Event on 17th August 2025 – Details to be uploaded in due course 🌟

  • May Half Term – Lilo & Stitch Cinema Visit

    May Half Term – Lilo & Stitch Cinema Visit

    MAY HALF TERM FAMILY FUN – A FULLY BOOKED SESSION TODAY

    BEE UNIQUE were delighted to return to the RITZ CINEMA in WORKINGTON for BEE UNIQUE families to attend a ‘PRIVATE HIRE CINEMA SCREENING SESSION’ to watch a family film ‘LILO & STITCH’

    🎥 These cinema sessions are set in a comfortable, relaxing and non judgemental environment where children can move around freely. 🎥

    “The movie was a live-action fun pick me up film reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, “Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.”

    🧡 Thank you so much to the RITZ Cinema for continually to support BEE UNIQUE to book private cinema screenings and giving BEE UNIQUE families a relaxing experience. 🧡

    ❤️ Thank you to BEE UNIQUE REP Elisa for marking families in on arrival. The session was sold out within half an hour! ❤️

    BEE UNIQUE SEND Parent Gemma Rooke said “This was our first time attending a BEE UNIQUE organised cinema session. These sessions fill up so quickly and we were delighted to book places. It was an amazing experience for us all, my children were in their element being able to move around freely. Everyone is in the same boat, there is no judgement whatsoever. Thank you so much to BEE UNIQUE for organising all these exclusive activities for us all to enjoy together as a family.”

    BEE UNIQUE will be organising more exclusive cinema sessions, so please do keep an eye out.