Home-Start Kennet Summer Newsletter 2018

Celebrating 30 Years of Supporting Families in Our Community!

Hello from the HSK Team

Hooray! Summer has arrived at last – we hope

you’re enjoying the lovely weather.

Lots has happened since our

last newsletter! We’ve said

hello to 3 new team

members – Mick Haynes,

Charles Nettlefold Trustees

and Jo Kent, Fundraiser.

We’ve also welcomed two new

volunteers, Jane and Nikki .

The team has been busy too - attending events,

exploring funding opportunities as well as

supporting our families and volunteers.

We’ve successfully completed our pilot MIMO

project – ‘Thank You’ to Claire Ansell and Caz

Flippance and the volunteers for their hard work on

this. Fingers crossed, we can secure funding to

kick off another programme this autumn.

As ever, we’d like to say ‘Thank you’ to our

Volunteers, without whom so many of our families

would be struggling to cope alone. The work you

do in your own time to support families is simply

incredible. Thank you too to our trustees and

supporters – we really appreciate

your contribution to HSK,

however big or small.

After the success of our Family

Day at the Cotswold Wildlife Park

last year, we’re delighted to say,

we’re doing it again! Please try

and join us on August 15th

2018.

We’re inviting our HSK

families, volunteers and

staff – it’s a wonderful

opportunity to enjoy some

time together and have fun

with the children. Penny

the Penguin may come

along! Lester the Lion will

make a reappearance too!

Wishing you all a very

enjoyable summer, The

HSK team.

HSK meets the High Sheriff of Wiltshire

Nicky Alberry visited HSK last month – meeting

Tania Rackham, Scheme

Manager. During her tenure

as High Sheriff, Nicky is

particularly interested in

supporting organisations

who help victims of

Domestic Abuse. Nicky was

interested to hear how HSK

supports families and has given us some useful

contacts to connect with. We’re delighted to have

been invited to the High Sheriff’s Summer

Reception in July; held at the STEAM Museum,

Swindon, it promises to be a great evening!

New Volunteer Training – September.

We’d love to recruit more volunteers to help us

support more families.

Please help us spread the word and

encourage others to join our

outstanding team of Home-Start

volunteers! Our next training course

starts in September in Tidworth.

E: homestartkennet.a@btconnect.com

HSK attends Cheque Presentations

We’ve been fortunate enough to attend two

cheque presentations recently. In May, Jo Owen –

Jones, Trustee, received £1,000 from the Mayor

of Marlborough Mervyn Hall – and thanked him

for supporting HSK over the last year as one of

his chosen charities.

Devizes Town Hall was the venue for the Devizes

Lions Presentation evening in June where Jo Kent,

Fundraiser, thanked the Lions for their kind

donation of £250.

Don’t forget to check out our

Home-Start Kennet Facebook page and

4 Military Intelligence Battalion Supports

HSK and Julia’s House

Over £300 was raised during the Fitness

Challenge held at Marlborough Town Hall in

April. Members

of HSK joined the

soldiers from the

4 M i l i t a r y

I n t e l l i g e n c e

Battalion as they

completed their

greyhound fitness

sessions in the

Town Hall! The sporty Battalion were in action

again in May as they took on Marlborough Town

FC in a charity football match. Caz Flippance and

Jo Kent went along to cheer them on!

Thank you to the Battalion for their energetic

fundraising! !

Introducing new Trustees Mick Haynes and

Charles Nettlefold.

Mick Haynes

I joined Home – Start Kennet in

April, having retired in

February after 46 years in

uniform.

From Pts soldier to Lt Col in

the army, I enjoyed a hugely rewarding career which

saw me serve in Cyprus, Germany, Norway, Canada,

Kuwait as well as the UK; periodically deploying on

operations to Northern Ireland, Iraq and Bosnia on

operations. My roles in the army were hugely varied

and I gained extensive experience in training, HR,

logistics and infrastructure.

Married to Elaine for 40 years with two grown up

sons, I completely understand the unique challenges

that Army family life brings. As ‘Army’ HSK Trustee,

I’m keen to use this experience and my knowledge of

how the Army works, to support the excellent service

that HSK delivers to Army families.

I’m a Churchwarden team member at St John’s Pewsey, a trustee of the PWO Regimental Museum in York and enjoy my rugby. I’m Head Coach at Pewsey Vale RFC and if there’s a rugby international on TV, you’ll not see me far away from it! Charles Nettlefold.

Living in Pewsey and wanting to support a local

charity, I was introduced to Home - Start by Reach

Volunteering.

Home-Start appealed because it offered the powerful

combination of a dedicated team working together to

help families in need of support. Given the

environment where social funds have become more

difficult to access and where the market is

increasingly competitive for charity funding, I’m

hoping my career in banking will be an asset in

finding financial support for Home-Start.

Outside of Home-Start, I’ve written two books of

historical biography and am currently writing a third

on financial history of the UK. I relax by trying to

make the garden beautiful .

Mimo Pilot Success

We’ve enjoyed fantastic feedback from military

mums who took part in the MIMO project. Mimo

(Moving in, Moving On) was launched in October

2017 with the twin aim of supporting families new

to the area as well as those moving on. Delivered

in a group setting, with a play worker on hand to

support the children, courses were held in

Tidworth, Perham Down, Bulford and Larkhill.

Claire Ansell, who led the project,

explained that that the focus of the

8 week course was on empowering

families to seek solutions and self -

identify next steps to achieve their

future goals. The sessions included

a Speaker Day – where

organisations were invited along to

provide information about local

services.

Claire said, “People enjoyed new making new

connections and new friendships…everyone

learned something.” One parent described MIMO

as ‘like someone has switched on the light at the

end of the tunnel’ which I think really shows the

impact Mimo’s had.’ Marcia enjoys Buckingham Palace Garden Par-

ty

Our Treasurer, Marcia Johnson, enjoyed a special day

out recently – as a guest at the Queen’s Garden Party.

Check out our Autumn newsletter to find out how

she got on!

Raising our profile at The Co-op!

New team member, Penny the Penguin, has been

busy lately - promoting HSK in the Pewsey and

Market Lavington Co-Ops.

Joining Pewsey Vale Primary School and Carer’s

Support, HSK was invited to the launch of the

newly refurbished Pewsey Co-Op on the 15th

and

16th

June. Volunteer Bex and Jo Owen – Jones

came along to support the event – with Bex

bringing her delicious homemade cake!

Meanwhile, Penny

stood proud in

Market Lavington on

the 9th

June inviting

shoppers to take

leaflets, balloons and

(more!) cake. Thank

you to the Co-Op and

Bex and Jo for their

support.

Don’t Forget! Become a Co-op Member and

choose HSK.

HSK is currently a chosen charity for Pewsey local

Co-op and Co-op Members can choose HSK as

their selected cause every time they shop by regis-

tering at:

www.coop.co.uk/membership

Total Raised so far £ 482.28

So whether you are shopping for picnics, world

cup parties or strawberries for Wimbledon, use

you Co-op card and help HSK!

Let’s shop and raise money!

Dunelm Fundraising Weekend

Whilst the nation celebrated the Royal Wedding

in May, Home – Start Kennet joined in the

fundraising fun at Dunelm, Swindon.

Home – Start UK is Dunelm’s chosen charity and

stores nationwide took part in fundraising

activities with their local Home – Start branch.

Jo Kent, Tania Rackham, Jo Owen – Jones and

Angie Sanders enjoyed talking to shoppers

about Home–Start Kennet whilst cheering on

Dunelm Team Leader, Lynn, on her 100 mile

static bike ride challenge!

Thanks to Angie and Jo Owen Jones for

supporting the event. If you’d like to help at the

next Dunelm event in August, please let Jo Kent

know.

Calne—Building Community Connections

Jo Kent joined other local charities and

organisations recently at the first Calne

Community Connections Event. Held at Calne Town

Hall, the event was a great opportunity to network

and share information and ideas about fundraising

and volunteer recruitment. HSK is in Calne again

on the 30th

June at the Volunteer Recruitment Fayre

in Calne library.

Support Home-Start Kennet through Shopping

with Amazon!

Amazon will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price

of eligible purchases (excluding VAT, returns and

shipping fees), to the charitable organisation of

your choice.

So start your shopping at smile.amazon.co.uk and

please choose HSK as your nominated charity!

Save the Date! Cotswold Trip 2018.

Following the success of last year’s family day out,

we’ve organised another for the 15th

August. We’re

inviting our HSK families and volunteers. Look out

for more details – coming soon!

Fundraising Volunteers

If you’d like to support HSK with fundraising or

simply raising our profile, we have lots of oppor-

tunities coming up! Check out our Volunteer &

Events Calendar. If you’d like to get involved,

please call Jo Kent or

email fundraiserhsk@gmail.com.

Volunteer and Events Calendar

June

June 30th

. Manton Fest. HSK stall.

Ramsbury Street Festival. HSK stall.

July

Thursday 5th July, 10.00 – 12.30. Volunteer Peer

Group. Q&A - Supporting Breastfeeding and

Weaning, following guidance from Health visitors

and including a cooking Demo!

July 12th.

Miracle Theatre Summer Production. In

aid of HSK. Ogbourne Maizey, Marlborough.

July 14th

& 15th

. Market Lavington Vintage Meet.

HSK stand.

August

August 15th

. Cotswold Family Day Out.

August 17th

, 18th

,19th

. Dunelm, Swindon.

Fundraiser and HSK Stand

August 26th

, 27th

. Devizes International Street

Festival. HSK Stall.

September

September 18th 10 – 12.30. Peer Group.

Speaker on bereavement from Julia’s House

Wednesday 12th December, 10-12.30. Peer

Group Christmas Party!

We are thrilled to have been selected as the

chosen charity for this year’s performance by the

Miracle Theatre company, which will be held at

Maizey Lodge, Ogbourne Maizey near

Marlborough, on Thursday 12th July

Ian and Marion Gordon-Finlayson will be

opening their garden for the Miracle Theatre

Company’s summer production. Gates open

from 6.00pm for picnics. Bring your own chairs.

Bar facilities / Coffee & Sweetie Bar / Ice

Creams

Tickets can purchased online by phone 01672

512125 or via email on maizey50@gmail.com

Volunteer Coffee and Catch Up

It was lovely see you and your friends at our June

Volunteer catch up session. We enjoyed hearing

about how friendships are made and especially

enjoyed meeting some (much!) younger friends -

who enjoyed playing with the toys and Penny the

Penguin.

Thank you to Volunteers Leah and Amy

We’ve been fortunate enough to have had the

services of two creative volunteers recently. Leah

Eagleton, who is studying Graphic Design at

college, produced a Welcome Flyer from new

Fundraiser, Jo Kent, whilst Graphic Designer, Amy

Robinson, produced a new Home-Start leaflet to

support our fundraising events. Both leaflets look

so fresh and appealing. Thank you Leah and Amy!

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