News
Dinner Dance Success!!
This Saturday (4th Feb) saw our 5th annual Charity Dinner Dance, once again held at Brett Vale Golf Club.
It was a very enjoyable evening, with a three course meal catered by the Black Jacket Chef, and music by local band, Bits and Pieces. There were a number of fund raising activities during the evening, including a Heads & Tails game, gift tree, silent auction, bucket prize, and of course the main draw, for which tickets have been sold since December.
At this moment in time, it looks like we have raised just under £5,000, which is amazing. So very many thanks to everyone who supported the event, whether you sold raffle tickets, donated draw prizes, brought your friends along, or just came and enjoyed yourselves, THANK YOU.
Help from Big Society Funding
Mark Ereira-Guyer of Big Society Funding CIC will be advising and supporting us over the coming months on our future funding strategy.
As a new social enterprise, Big Society Funding CIC www.bigsocietyfunding.org is a fusion of the energies, experience and sustained track records of two well-established voluntary and community sector (VCS) consultancy businesses.
Mark has a successful and long established track record of working with voluntary and community sector leaders . He has considerable local government experience in such diverse localities as Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Islington and now Suffolk where he is currently a county Councillor for the Green Party.
Tea and Toast
We continue to attend Tea and Toast run by Cherry Blossom Children’s Centre at Shotley Primary School, in order to provide a Home-Start presence, which has proved extremely beneficial.
Shotley Family Group
Shotley Family Group will be opening twice a month from 8th November until the end of March 2012. After Christmas we will be in a position to determine if there is a need for the group to continue. We have been fortunate that Kidzone will let us use their premises free of charge and the Children’s Centre have allowed our group to use their toys etc. Many thanks to them.
Support to Army Families
We continue to visit The Hive (army house) in Hadleigh and have recently started visiting the Mother and Toddlers group on the base at Wattisham, which we will continue to do on a monthly basis alternating between a Monday and Thursd
Thankyou to Ridgeons
Many thanks to Ridgeons for sponsoring £300 towards our volunteer expenses, courtesy of a donation from their community fund.
Justgiving Page
Home Start Babergh has now become a member of Justgiving, so you can give a donation directly in the site by clicking on the 'donate online' logo in the top right hand corner of the page or you can set up your own Justgiving page in favour of Home Start Babergh at the same link.
Hadleigh Families Group
The Hadliegh families group has now moved to the Baptist Church Hall, George Street in Hadleigh, at the same day and time. Many thanks to the Salvation Army for hosting us until now.
