Dear Friends,

The recent weeks have seen successful appointment to 3 posts here at FSW. We are delighted to have recruited a new practitioner for Hastings; a new volunteer and engagement co-ordinator for East Sussex; and a digital fundraising and communications officer. We will be sharing more details about these appointments in due course, but are delighted to have been able to strengthen the team.

With secondary school places having recently been allocated, many of our families are disappointed at not securing their preferred choice. This is particularly the case for children with SEN (which is a significant percentage of the young people we support), and there is a lot of worry about the future. Practitioners are supporting where they can in investigating whether or not an appeal is appropriate, and if not, giving emotional support around coming to terms with the disappointment and putting strategies in place for a successful transition.

We are now really full into our events schedule, with the first Open Gardens of the year taking place at a new venue for us – The Old Rectory at Warbleton. All of our Open Garden dates are listed on our website so do take the chance to visit one near you if you can. We are also still busily planning our Cuckmere Valley sponsored walk on May 15th, so if you haven’t yet registered then please contact Jason in the fundraising team for further information jason@familysupportwork.org.uk

If you don’t yet receive our monthly e-newsletter then we do encourage you to sign up for more information about our activities and events. You can do this easily from the homepage of our website by simply clicking the ‘Subscribe’ button.

February’s work in numbers:

  • 227 individual visits and 632 calls with families supporting 263 adults and
    214 children

  • 47 supported meetings with other agencies

  • 48 group sessions held supporting 566 parents and 229 children

  • 88 food deliveries made

Nikki Kerr
FSW Director of Fundraising and Marketing
www.familysupportwork.org
nikki@familysupportwork.org.uk
Office tel: 01273 832 963