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Home-Start North Dorset receives funding from The National Lottery – copy
We are pleased to be awarded a grant from The National Lottery Community Fund. Home-Start North Dorset will receive funding for six months from June 2020. This means we can continue our vital work supporting struggling families through the Covid-19 Pandemic across North Dorset.
Home-Start UK Chief Executive Peter Grigg responds to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement
Home-Start UK is committed to equality, inclusion and creating better lives for all families. We stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement protesting the horrific murder of George Floyd in the USA and stand with the Black community and other BAME communities against all forms of racism and discrimination.
Our Home-Start movement of staff and volunteers operates within diverse communities across the UK and we encourage all our members to play our role in condemning and confronting racism. In the UK, COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on longstanding racial inequalities. It is deeply concerning that Black and Asian ethnic groups are up to twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those from white British backgrounds.
At Home-Start UK, we commit to tackling discrimination and under-representation in our sector; to researching and raising awareness of the disproportionate challenges faced by BAME communities particularly in the face of COVID, and to seek to adopt anti-racist policies and approaches in our work. We know this is just a small part of tackling wider, structural inequalities but are committed to playing our part.
Covid-19 Family Survival Pack
We hope everyone is surviving this difficult time. Our wonderful staff team have put together this useful survival pack. Its full of ideas on routines, schedules, activities, as well as contact for further support. We hope you find it useful. If you have any ideas you would like to share with other families, please get in touch with us at [email protected]
Home-Start North Dorset Groups
Following the government guidance issued last night around social distancing, our Mess and More group will not be running today or over the next few weeks. Our Mothers in Mind group that run on a Monday will also not run. We will keep everyone informed of when these groups are likely to reopen. Thank you for your understanding and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.
Take care and be safe
Home-Start North Dorset
Winter Newsletter
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New dates for our next volunteer training course!
We will begin training for our next Volunteer Preparation Course on Thursday 16th January. The course will run for 6 weeks every Thursday except half term from 9.30 – 2.30. Call now to find out more.
Home-Start North Dorset is having a Christmas party!!!!
Please see below for the details. If you would like to attend please contact the office on 01258 473038 or on the details below to book your place.
Our Secret Postcard event at The Guggleton Gallery, Stalbridge
Home-Start North Dorset hosted a successful ‘Secret Postcards’ Exhibition last Friday and Saturday with the enthusiastic support of Isabel de Pelet, Deanne Tremlett and the team at the Guggleton Farm Arts Gallery in Stalbridge raising over £2,600 for the charity. Approximately 70 friends and supporters attended the event and bought most of the 120 cards (displayed anonymously) which had been created and donated by local and national artists, including a few celebrities such as Dame Judi Dench, Sir Antony Gormley, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Ivana Trump. Local celebrities, aka ‘The Pearlies’ Dave and Paula Hemsley, also attended to add a bit of sparkle.
The remaining cards are featured below (with the names of the artists underneath) for £40 each. Please review and select a card, and then follow the link below to donate £40 on the ‘Donate’ button at the bottom of the ‘Friends of HSND’ page. Please then email Chelsey Gowen at [email protected] to organise postage of your card.
To donate in exchange for a postcard please check here.
Anita Beaumont
Andrew Boatswain
Andrew Boatswain
Amanda Bowes
Alison Bradley
Rose Carter
Angela Corben
Sue Cox
Joan Darbyshire
Joan Darbyshire
Rachel Davis
Isabel de Palet
Emma de Polnay
Emma de Polnay
Georgie Pender Denison
Georgie Pender Denison
Jess Egan
Sally Evans
Carolyn Finch
Jo Gardner
Jo Gardner
Goran Hahn
Goran Hahn
Ewdinda Hannam
Squish Harris
Jeremy Hulme
Sean Kretz
Anna Kwiatkowki
Esme Kwiatkowki
Polly Kwiatkowki
Vanessa Maisey
Sally Mclaren
Sally Mclaren
Jenifer Morisetti
Jill Newton
Tom Nutbeam
Tom Nutbeam
Jane Onslow
Judith Opsium
Mark Pearce
Anna Pelley
Bee Grant Peterkin
Zita Saffrette
Zita Saffrette
M R Scott
M R Scott
Pat Taylor Sherwood
Pat Taylor Sherwood
Anita Trapitt
Deanne Tremlett
Sophie Walker
Sophie Walker
Alex Williams
Alex Williams
John Wilsher
Alan Woodward
Ellie Woodward
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