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CHARITY GOLF DAY!!
Places are filling up fast for our fourth annual Charity Golf Day at Hennerton Golf Club in Crazies Hill (Near Wargrave) on Friday 6th June. We are proud to partner with Wade once again, who provide day care for the elderly in Wokingham, and very grateful to our headline sponsor David Cliff Estate Agents for
Operations Manager Wanted
We are looking to recruit for a new Operations Manager to lead our small but effective and very friendly team here at Home-Start Wokingham. This is a really exciting opportunity for the right person to oversee the day-to-day running and management of 3 staff and 30 volunteers and report to our Board of Trustees. The
BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
We are super excited to let you know that we have been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge. That means that every donation made to our campaign via BigGive.org during the week of 3rd-10th December will be doubled. That’s right – DOUBLED!! So whatever you can give, no matter the size, every
FOUR FABULOUS TRUSTEES
We are thrilled to welcome four fabulous new Trustees, each bringing a whole set of diverse business skills and parenting experiences to our Board: Jessica Searle Charity Fundraising Kevin McGill IT and Sales Paul Armitage Management and Charity Boards Anne Laleman Project Management and Banking
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW!
Are you looking to do something meaningful and rewarding for a few hours a week? We are seeing an increase in referrals of families with neuro-diverse children and parents suffering from both mental and physical health problems, so we urgently need to recruit more volunteers to provide the support they need. We are looking for
Charity Golf Day
The Home-Start Wokingham & WADE Annual Charity Golf Day is on Friday 7th June so it’s time to dust off those golf clubs and start practicing your swing! This is the third year that we have partnered with WADE, day care for the elderly in Wokingham, in organising this fundraising event at Hennerton Golf Club
Wokingham Walk
To help raise funds so that we can help more disadvantaged and vulnerable families this year, a team of Home-Start Wokingham Walkers is going to do The Wokingham Walk on the morning of Sunday 28th April. We'd love you to join us! This is a fantastically fun, family event brilliantly organised by The Wokingham Lions.
Wellington College Leads the Way
We want to say a really special thank you to the pupils who form Wellington College Leaders for choosing Home-Start Wokingham as one of their charities this year. As part of the "Service" ethos upheld by the College since it opened its door to the orphan sons of army officers in 1853, this fantastic group
WALK WITH US!!
The Wokingham Walk is a charity walk organised by the Lions which is taking place on Sunday 8th May 2022. You can choose to walk 5, 10 or 15 miles starting at 9am from Elmsfield in Wokingham. We are excited to be taking part in this fantastic, family friendly event and would love you to
Joining forces with WADE
Last year's inaugral golf day was such a success that we've decided to make it an annual event, this time in partnership with WADE, Care for the Elderly in Wokingham. The golf day will be held on Friday 10th June at Hennerton Golf Club in Wargrave. It should be a fun day, with bacon butties
WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM?
Home-Start Wokingham District is seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic person to join our team as a part-time Scheme Co-ordinator to work with our volunteers to support families. The ideal candidate will someone who has experience of bringing up children and also has knowledge of the family support /children’s sectors. As a key member of the
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Do you want to join our amazing team of volunteers - supporting vulnerable parents with young children in Wokingham Borough who are struggling to cope, for a couple of hours a week, in order to: offer them emotional and/or practical help with the challenges of parenting; get them through a particularly tough time; and help