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HOME-START BRISTOL
SUMMER NEWSLETTER
2014
Monday 14th July
Windmill Hill
Farm
Sunday 13th July
Duchess of Totterdown
Café, Wells Road
Monday 14th July St Werburgh’s Farm
The Home-Start Family Breakfast!
Let someone else prepare your breakfast for a change and come
and join us for the morning of the 13th or 14th July. You can feed
the animals, meet live creepy crawlies, go foraging and learn about
seed planting. There will be story telling and colouring….and much
much more family fun at our 3 great venues across Bristol.
We will also be at the Southmead Festival at the Greenway Centre on Saturday 12 July.
16 live music acts will be performing including a Britain’s Got Talent Finalist! There will be
dance workshops/displays, arts and crafts, fun fair rides, a petting zoo, bouncy castle, BBQ
and a variety of food stalls. The fun kicks off at 10.00am with a car boot sale, the first
music act is at 10.30am with the last due to finish at 5.15pm.
Free nursery places
Did you know that children
are entitled to 570 hours a
year of free nursery
education? The entitlement
is for all children aged
three and four. Some two
year olds are also entitled
to the free nursery
education, depending on
parental income. For more
information contact
We are very excited about a short DVD being made by
students from UWE which we will be showing at our
AGM on July 16. Thank you to everyone who agreed to
be filmed. We hope this will encourage more volunteers
to join the scheme and attract further funding. And of
course a BIG thank you to:
Thank you to everyone who completed questionnaires as part of
our Quality Assurance review with Home-Start UK.
We did exceptionally well scoring 96%!
M-SHED VISIT
On the 9th April several families and volunteers enjoyed a
day out at the M-Shed in Bristol.
‘We had a lovely family
trip. I was able to really
enjoy myself knowing
there were people
around to give a hand.’
‘It was great sitting and
chatting to people over
coffee, everyone was so
friendly.’
‘I never knew this place existed. We will
come again.’
‘I loved the bus and going on the boat was
great.’
‘ I didn`t realise museums could be such fun
for young children.’
Join us at Windmill Hill City Farm 27 August
10am– 2pm. In addition to all the attractions at the farm, we
have a room booked where children can be creative and
make something to take home. Contact the office to book
your place as a free picnic lunch will be provided.
The Energy Advice Project
offers advice and support to
people with energy related
issues. They can also help
individuals with financial
difficulties to access grants
for gas and electricity
arrears, white goods, new
boilers, carpets, beds,
heating oil, funeral payments
and more….
Call 01179543544 or visit
the website
www.talkingmoney.org.uk
Megan (Producer),
Sara (Sound), Gustavo
(Director and Editing)
and Reza (Camera)
who made the DVD
in their own time.
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Do you live in or near Horfield?
At a time when the future of the whole
Bristol Library Service is to be debated and
consulted on, Horfield Library would like
to create a ‘Friends Group.’
This group will be involved in promoting
the library in the local community,
organising and running events,
fundraising and bidding for grants for
community projects. Similar groups for
other libraries in the city already exist.
Tel: Dan on 0117 9038538 or email him at
Early Words Together
Are you interested in finding out more about how you can
help your child enjoy books and reading? You can apply to
take part in a new 6 week communication, language and
literacy programme for children aged 2-5 years.
You will:
Get to choose 3 free children’s books to take home
Take part in free fun learning activities with your child
for an hour a week with a trained volunteer
Be given a family booklet full of great ideas for fun home learning
Be given a scrapbook for your child to keep
For more information contact your local Children’s Centre or ask your HS volunteer to
find out more on your behalf.
Check out the website!
We love to hear your views on how we can develop and
improve our scheme . A quick and easy way to do this is by
completing our online questionnaire on the homepage of
our website.
Our Annual Review will soon be available. It has some
lovely stories and quotes from families and volunteers so
please have a look. You can access it via our website or
request a paper version from the office.
Our website is regularly updated with information and our
newsletters are available to download.
The website is www.homestartbristol.org.uk
Please can you help us
promote the scheme
and attract new
volunteers by
displaying the poster
enclosed somewhere
in your community, for
example, in your local
library, children’s
centre, community
hall, school, nursery,
even your place of
work. Thank you!
Looking for a toddler
group in the BS10 area?
Then why not try
Southmead IMPS at the
Greenway Centre on
Thursdays 9.45–
11.15am (term time).
Enjoy the toys, puzzles,
tea/coffee/cake, crafts
and singing! Just £1 per
family! Call Claire on
0117 2398106
Calling all volunteers!
Are you interested in helping us out at some events, organising a fund raising
event on our behalf or joining the Board as a volunteer rep? If so please have a
chat with your co-ordinator or Bev. I know Celia and Janet who do so much for us
already would be happy to talk to you about what they do….
The Editor’s Desk, Home-Start
Bristol , Unit 11, The Greenway
Business Centre, Doncaster
Road, Southmead, Bristol,
BS10 5PY.
0117 9501170
Are you interested in some FREE training? 4YP have a range of training including:
Supporting Parents, Carers & Professionals to talk to Children
Hidden Harm (substance misuse)
Understanding mental health and wellbeing (school age children and young people)
For more information visit their website www.4ypbristol.co.uk/for-professionals/training/
We need your help to raise funds!
Nominate us to your company/employer as their charity of the year
Get the children involved – ask the school to have a non-uniform day,
have a cake sale
Organise a sponsored event - cycle, walk, bungee jump, slim!
Donate your old car! Visit Giveacar.co.uk/020 0011 1664
And visit the website to see how to:
Support us by using EASYFUNDRAISING when shopping online
Donate via VIRGIN GIVING
Need advice on family law?
Watkins Solicitors are offering FREE outreach drop in sessions for clients seeking advice on
family law, the particular emphasis is on victims of domestic violence.
Wednesdays @ Brentry and Henbury Children’s Centre, Brentry Lane between 1.30-3.30pm.
