We would like to say a big thank you to the Barnwood Trust and NHS Gloucestershire ICB for awarding The Family Haven with grants of £25,000 towards our core costs.
This funding will enable us to continue to deliver the full range and breadth of our services with the aim of achieving our mission to support vulnerable families with pre-school children in Gloucestershire, particularly the hard-to-reach and those living in unsuitable accommodation.
Our aim is for the children who attend our day centre to achieve their potential in the early years so they have the best possible start in life. We do this by ensuring wellbeing, proper nutrition and quality early learning in a safe, nurturing environment. We believe very much in the doctrine of better parents, better children and so our focus is holistic – we support families so they can move towards a brighter future.
One of the most important things The Family Haven does is bring people together. The families we help, are almost always those people who have slipped through the cracks in society. Unable to access existing services for a variety of reasons, they find themselves isolated and generally they have no means of support. At The Family Haven we break down those barriers. We provide a safe space for people to make friends and those friends become a community of people who with our help, support one another. People who attend our centre become empowered to move towards a better future. Some of our many success stories includes parents who have gained the confidence to go on to study and take roles such as social workers, nurses, nursery nurses, yoga teachers and more.
We would like to thank both organisations for supporting our vital work which will help us to continue serving our community across the full range of our services in 2023.
To find out more about ways you can support our work, please visit the how can you help page.