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This page is for news about Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield - and for forthcoming events that you may like to attend.
Events coming up
'A Lad In A Manger'
Pantomime
in aid of Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield
At Little Berkhamstead:
Friday 9th December
7.30pm
Saturday 10th December 2pm
Sunday 11th December 2pm
Tickets:
£5 per adult £2 per child
It promises to be great fun. We hope
to see you there!
Next Volunteer Preparation Course: Begins Jan '12
Your skills and experience as a parent are important to us. .. so come and join our next Volunteer Preparation Course.
Saturday, 28 January 2012 weekly to Saturday 31 March 2012
To apply,
phone Kerry on 01707 708606.
Volunteer for Home-Start and make a difference to a family in Welwyn Hatfield
Events just gone
Cheryl and Katharine ran Royal Parks Half Marathon
for Home-Start
Described as the most beautiful half marathon in the world. it took place through London's Royal Parks on 9 October.
Two of our volunteers, Cheryl and Katharine
Chapman, ran to raise funds for Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield.
Stop Press: The amount raised so
far is a staggering £1,038.75 (including Gift Aid). Thank you and well done - that's a terrific boost
for Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield.
Home-Start Charity Art Show raises £1,200
Home-Start
Welwyn Hatfield held a charity art exhibition in the Howard Centre over August Bank Holiday weekend.
It
was a great location. Many hundreds of people visited the Centre over the weekend. Many stopped to look at
the exhibition, and a number took the opportunity to buy one or more of the paintings that were on display.
The paintings were contributed by various local artists, some semi-prefessional, some keen amateurs and a
few who were novices. We thank all those who gave up their precious time to contribute their works.
It
was all a great success, raising a total of £1,200 for Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield.
Street Collection in WGC raises £284
If you were
out and about in Welwyn Garden City on Saturday, 6 August, you may have noticed various volunteers from Home-Start Welwyn
Hatfield collecting money on behalf of the charity. They included Hope the Hippo in front of the Howard Centre.
It was all good fun and we raised £284.
Win a Car for a Fiver at The World Comes to Wheathampstead
It may have been a very wet day, but the Home-Start team braved the elements at The World Comes to Wheathampstead
on 12 June.
We held a roll-the-dice competition in which - for just £5 - people could win a brand
new Citroen C1 VT1. This snazzy, sporty little number was provided by Slip End Garage Ltd.
All the proceeds came to Home-Start, and despite the weather we raised £550 and had a lot of fun along the way.
(Slip End Garage Ltd is in Markyate Road, Slip End, Luton LU1 4BU. 01582 456888)
Lee runs Brighton half marathon for Home-Start
One of
our supporters - Lee Zwager - took part in the Brighton half marathon on 20 February 2011. He encouraged as many people
as possible to sponsor him, and all the proceeds came to Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield. In total he raised
£550 for us.
Lee was great and ran the half marathon in just 1 hour 59 minutes.
Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield's Quiz Evening
All the proceeds
from the Mayor's Quiz Evening on 22nd November went to Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield. It was a great evening at the
Town Inn in Hatfield, and around £135 was raised for our charity.
Our thanks go to the Mayor, Cllr Howard
Morgan.
Attimore Hall Quiz raises £155
We should be getting
good at quizzes! We had a great evening at the Attimore Hall pub in Welwyn Garden City, raising a total of just under
£155.
Sara ran half marathon for Home-StartSara Boothby, one
of our Trustees, took part in the "Run to the Beat" half marathon on 26th September. Sara encouraged as many
people as possible to sponsor her, and all the proceeds - amounting to £319 - went to Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield.
Well done, Sara, for completing the course and for raising money for Home-Start.
Ros's birthday bash raises nearly £600 for Home-StartRos Dixon, a friend of Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield, has held her 60th birthday party. Nothing very unusual
about that, perhaps, except that instead of presents she asked for donations to Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield. And as a
result, she raised just short of a cool £600.
We owe a big thank-you to Ros...
Family Fun Event at Attimore HallIt was fun for all
on August Bank Holiday Monday at Attimore Hall Pub in Welwyn Garden City, and all the funds
raised were donated to Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield
The Family Event was a great romp,
with a Climbing Wall and lots of other fun activities.
Kaleidoscope Festival 2010
Home-Start
Welwyn Hatfield had a stall at the lively Kaleidoscope Festival 2010, at Stanborough Park on 17 July. We were
delighted to talk to lots of people who wanted to know more about Home-Start and what we do. It was an unforgettable afternoon
- and on top of that we made a profit of around £200.
Lifestyle Pilates raise £750 for Home-Start
Lifestyle
Pilates Studio raised more than £700 for Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield when it celebrated its 12th birthday recently.
And on hand to get the celebrations underway was Eastenders star Jake Wood, who plays Max Branning in
the soap.
Lifestyle Pilates is based in Birchwood Leisure Centre, Longmead, Hatfield, and holds pilates classes
for both beginners and experts.
Waitrose present Community Matters cheque
Waitrose
Welwyn Garden City, as part of its Community Matters scheme, raised £260 for Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield.
Loraine Gwyther (left in the picture) presented the cheque to Sarah Bowyer, Chair of the Trustees (centre) and
Kerry Robinson, Senior Co-ordinator (right).
Kerry said, "This money is a great boost to our new scheme and
will help us to support families with home-visiting volunteers in the Welwyn Hatfield area. Many thanks to all the Waitrose
customers who nominated our charity."
Celebrating St George's Day in Hatfield
What
a great day! What a great atmosphere! And an opportunity to meet so many nice people. Home-Start's stall was in the middle of the celebrations at Hatfield Town Centre. We raised around £200,
had a fantastic time, and spoke to a number of people who are interested in becoming Home-Start volunteers. Our thanks go to Lynn Sparks for organising the event.
Grant Shapps joins us at Howard Centre launch
Grant
Shapps MP, who at the time was the Patron of our charity, joined us to a photo-shoot at the Howard Centre
to launch Home-Start Welwyn Hatfield. Also present was our mascot Hope, the Home-Start hippo.
Hope the Home-Start Hippo makes debut at Christmas WrappingWe
held our first fund-rasing event on Sunday, 20 December 2009 when we provided a Christmas present wrapping service
at the Howard Centre.
And it was also the first public appearance of Hope the Home-Start hippo
– who looked very noticeable walking around the Howard Centre.
We had a good day and made nearly £250 – thanks loads to everyone who helped.
We even had several relatives and friends joining in with the wrapping and publicity…
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