The weekend at Dalesdown for families from across Sussex was greatly appreciated by the families who went. The theme this year was “Festival” creating the sense of being at a music festival with activities including making instruments, hair decorating, face painting, singing round the campfire, toasting marshmallows. As one of our mums said “It was our first family holiday, and it was lovely to go somewhere together. My daughter enjoyed playing with other children, making new friends. The Access was good, the activities excellent, everyone was lovely” We are back at the Dalesdown centre in September, if you would like to support this activity as a volunteer or sponsor do get in touch.
Co-ordinator Officer for East Sussex and Harry Clark as Receptionist and Administration Assistant at Garton House. Gemma and Harry joined us on the 6th May. We were also sorry in April to say goodbye to Nikki Kerr our Director of Fundraising for the last 7 years. We wish Nikki well in the future.
We continue to see the demand for our work grow and the waiting lists that we hold are getting longer. At this time with many children being supported having educational needs we are only too aware of the anxiety that is created around exams. We are helping some of our families deal with the additional pressures this brings to their lives.
There is still time to join us on our Cuckmere Pilgrim Path sponsored walk on Thursday 15th May. If you would like more information, then please get in touch with Jason in the fundraising team by email jason@familysupportwork.org.uk or phone 01273 041401. Our open gardens continue with Warnham Park, Warnham on the 15th May.
April’s work in numbers:
151 individual visits and 577 calls with families supporting 203 adults and 149 children
43 supported meetings with other agencies
49 group sessions held supporting 579 parents and 343 children
65 food deliveries made
Martin Auton-Lloyd CF
www.familysupportwork.org
martin@familysupportwork.org.uk
Office tel: 01273 832 963