SUPPORTERS MAGAZINE ISSUE 1: JULY 2023
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We need people who are: Could you offer support and friendship to a Suffolk family? Urgently need more Scan the QR code for more information www.homestartinsuffolk.org | 01473 621104 Join our incredible community of more than 280 volunteers and make a difference to a family in your local area. Our volunteers support Suffolk families through weekly home visits, telephone and video calls or supporting one of our regular group sessions. Full training is provided. Do something amazing in 2023... Be a volunteer
caring,
respectful
trustworthy.
A message from Tara...
Home-Start is such a special charity.
I don’t think there are many charities that could boast the level of volunteer support that we provide, which can be as high as 70,000+ hours a year. The valuable support we provide makes a measured difference to local families, many of whom need support as a result of an unfortunate twist of fate.
Most people we support tell us they wouldn’t expect to have been in the position they have found themselves in and knowing that someone is committing their precious time, skills and experience to help them, without material compensation, can be enough to help them recognise their own worth and enough to help project them onto a road of empowerment and recovery.
So I would like to say thank you to everyone who has supported Home-Start this year, by attending or volunteering at a fundraising event and helping us to fund the valuable service we provide here in Suffolk. We have put together the first issue of our new supporters magazine to share with you some of our recent activity.
With best wishes
Tara Spence, CEO
In this issue...
Page 4 The Moonlight Ball
Page 22 Character Creations competition
Page 24
Page 26
What's coming up
Volunteering
The Moonlight Ball
On Friday 19th May we hosted our 6th annual Moonlight Ball. We welcomed over 260 guests to this year's event held at The Hangar, Milsoms, Kesgrave Hall
CLICK HERE to Watch a short video from the evenings compares Tara Spence & Rob Thacker to find out how much we raised.
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported this year's event from the sponsors to the guests that attended. Here is just a little collection of pictures from this year's fabulous event.
CLICK HERE to view the complete photo gallery from the evening.
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Thank you
Events such as this are only possible with the kindness and support of so many local businesses and individuals, who all contributed in a number of different ways. We would therefore like to say thank you to all of the the following:
Platinum Sponsor: Cory Brothers Ltd.
Gold Sponsors: Billie Box Shipping Containers and Church Manor Estates PLC.
Silver Sponsors: Beckett Financial Services and Larking Gowen LLP.
Bronze Sponsors: AB Ports, Ginger Pickle, Maple Farm-Kelsale, Milsoms Kesgrave Hall and Sona Insurance.
Entertainment Sponsor: Peter and Kez Wilson.
Gift Bag Sponsor: Cory Brothers Ltd.
Giving Tree Sponsor: Suffolk Plant Centre.
Heads & Tails Prize Donor: George Pell – The Suffolk.
Table Sponsors: Archway Carpets, Bates Wells & Braithwaite, Colour Bank, Distag QCS, Families Suffolk Magazine, Grange Farm Shop, Gressingham Food, Luke Chambers Academy, Marshall Hatchick LLP, Mel & Adam Webster, Sam & James Mercer, Sizewell C, Sofas & Stuff, Theronda Hoffman and Tyson Cooper.
With special thanks to: ABP, A Plus Events, Beckett Financial Services, Beyond One Bar, Billie Box Shipping Containers, Cory Brothers Ltd, Harvey & Co, Larking Gowen LLP, Paddy & Scotts, Springvale Foods and Stokes Sauces for their gift bag donations.
Thank you to: Jess at PickACake for providing the beautiful Moonlight Ball Cupcakes and to Sweet Memories in Hadleigh, and Charlie & Oliver Clarkson-Fieldsend for the delicious sweets, and to Make my Party for providing the Sweet Cart for the evening.
Comperes: Rob Thacker and Tara Spence, accompanied by David Sheepshanks CBE DL
Photographer: Big Fish Photography.
Promotional Film: Anthony Mann and WMA Productions.
Creative Assistance: Andrew Spence.
Raffle Prize Donors: 1975 Wine Bar, Beyond One Bar, Bildeston Crown, Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, Christopher Montrose Coffee, Emma’s Florist, Fiona Mortimer-Wood, Fynn Valley, Grange Farm Shop, Heidi Sanders, Jonathan Lambert, Lavenham Butchers, Kenton Hall, Lindsay Rose, Maid2Clean (Sue), Margaret Davis, Munchies - Aldeburgh, Milsoms, Mauldons Brewery, Natasha is Wide Eyed, O & C Butcher, Paddy & Scotts, Peddars of Sudbury, Rick Sheepshanks and Stokes Sauces, R & R, Russell & Newnes, Snape Maltings and Britten Pears, Stephen Walters & Sons, The Burgess Group, Tranquil Waters (Wormingford), Twenty One (The Greyhound), Ufford Park Resort, Victoria Fox, Woodbridge Books, and Yoga with Manon.
Giving Tree Prize Donors: Adnams, AG Lifestyle, Bathsheba, Bodylines Beauty Salon, Busy bees Cosmetics, Chaffinch, Christopher Montrose Coffee, David’s of Sudbury, Grundisburgh Dog, IMS Wealth Management, Ipswich Sports Club, Jimmy’s Farm, Lady Clare Greenwell, Lavenham Pharmacy, Majestic Wine, MCP Plc, Moose Clothing & Lifestle, Natural Health Centre (Lavenham), Nethergate Brewery, No.10, Notcutts, Painters Café, Palfrey and Hall, Polyspiral Web Design, Rees Pryer Architects, Ruth Leigh, Stokes Sauces, Tilly & Grace, Tatums Teahouse, The Boutique Lavenham, The Secret Garden, Vanil, Waitrose, Woodyard Pizza, Yoga with Manon.
Special thanks to our wonderful fundraising committee for their amazing support:
David Sheepshanks CBE DL– Honorary Chair
Helen Clarkson-Fieldsend – Chair
Jane Billing, Serena Boyce, Helen Chambers, Dominic Collins, Sarah Cussins, Phil Elder, Yvonne Holdcroft, Corinne Jarvis-Fear, Carole King, Louise Richardson, Sophie Sheepshanks and Steph Smith.
Save the Date: Friday 17th May 2024
Following the success of this year's event we have already booked The Hangar at Milsoms, Kesgrave Hall to do it all again next year.
Reserve your tickets
This year was a sell out event with over 260 guests attending. If you want to make sure you don't miss out on next year, you can reserve your tickets for 2024 now. Please email: events@home-startinsuffolk.co.uk
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you would like to find our more about being a sponsor at our 2024 Moonligh Ball, please email: events@homestartinsuffolk.co.uk
Watch again...
During the Moonlight Ball we shared a series of short films which highlight the impact of our support. You can watch them all again here:
15 years on - the real long term difference Home-Start makes
With special thanks to Anthony Mann for the production of these short films. For more information about WMA Productions please visit:
www.wmavideo.co.uk
Gemma’s Home-Start Journeyfrom supported parent to volunteer.
Home-Start supporting our Forces Families
Volunteering - Featuring Tony and Cllr Bobby Bennett
Over the last three months children from Suffolk primary schools have been taking part in our annual Character Creations Competition.
We received over 1000 entries and thanks to the support of a team of Home-Start in Suffolk volunteers we shorlisted 250 entries and eventutually got it down to just 2 winners.
As part of the competition schools will be hosting dress down days to raise funds for Home-Start in Suffolk and we look forward to sharing with you in the next issue how much has been raised.
KS1 Winner
KS2 Winner
Charity Patron and author Anthony Horrowitz, with KS2 winner Olivia
Suffolk author Rob Parker with KS1 winner Verity
Future Events...
We are inviting teams from the local business community to take part in a range of fun sporting events, with an exciting afternoon of team and individual challenges, competing against other local business to become Suffolk sports day champions.
Enter your team of up to 10 people (min 6 people).
£50 per person
(entry fee includes a branded team T shirt, BBQ and refreshments)
N FOR N FOR FAMIILIES FAMIILIES SUNDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2023 www.homestartinsuffolk.org REGISTER YOUR INTEREST NOW
Thacker & Tara Spence would like to invite you to join Home-Start in Suffolk Trustees for afternoon drinks. Campaign Learn how we can work together to improve outcomes for children and young people across Suffolk and discover how your business can benefit from increasing it's local social value by ££££'s.
reserve your tickets please scan the QR code SUPPORTED BY at Paddy & Scotts Café, Ambition House, Neptune Quay, Ipswich IP4 1QJ
6th July 2023 5.30pm till 7.30pm
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A message from Helen
Volunteer Recruitment & Training Manager
Home-Start offers a unique service. We recruit and train volunteers, who understand that family life can be challenging at times, to phone or visit families at home and offer them informal, friendly and confidential support. The families we phone or visit have at least one child under 12. We also support families in a range of groups throughout Suffolk.
To help give children the best possible start in life, Home-Start supports parents as they grow in confidence, strengthen their relationship with their children and widen their links with the local community.
Volunteers may help families with isolation and loneliness, mental health or post- natal depression, money issues and budgeting, disability and illness, routines and behaviour or any other support needed. We cannot offer this without our team of volunteers. We are lucky to have support from volunteers from a range of backgrounds and experience.
Volunteering can offer amazing opportunities, including:
• Free training courses
• Experience in offering support, which is a real asset on CVs!
• Travel expenses
• Being part of our volunteer community
• Making a difference to families in Suffolk
Can you help? There are a number of different ways you may be able to help us make a difference to families in Suffolk: 1.Put up posters or postcards in your local area to help us publicise our volunteering opportunities. 3.Volunteer with us providing phone, home or group support for 1-3 hours a week. Volunteers K nd, friendly, non- udgemental caring, compassionate, respectful and trustworthy We need people who are: Could you offer support and friendship to a Suffolk family? Urgently need more Scan the QR code for more information www.homestartinsuffolk.org | 01473 621104 Join our incredible community of more than 280 volunteers and make a difference to a family in your local area Our volunteers support Suffolk families through weekly home visits, telephone and video calls or supporting one of our regular group sessions Full training is provided Do something amazing in 2023... Be a volunteer Volunteers Urgently need more Scan the QR code for more information We need people who are: kind friendly non- udgemental caring compassionate and have an understanding of the challenges of fam ly life Join our incredible community of volunteers and make a difference to a family in your ocal area Our volunteers offer emotional and practical support to Suffolk families through weekly home-visits telephone and video cal s or he ping at a regular group session www homestartinsuffolk org volunteer@homestartinsuffolk org | 01473 621104 To request recruitment posters and postcards please email: volunteer@homestartinsuffolk.org 2.Tell friends, families or acquaintances about us and encourage them to volunteer. “ Please get in touch with us at: volunteer@homestartinsuffolk.org | 01473 621104 or visit our website: www.homestartinsuffolk.org
What our volunteers say...
I have been a volunteer for Home-Start in Suffolk for a few years now and I love what I do. Many of us have experienced challenges in our home lives and know how hard, overwhelming, and isolating this can feel.
Home-Start is a selfless charity that really cares about the families it supports alongside its staff and volunteers.
The families I have been privileged to work with have been wonderful and facing a range of challenges, but I have loved every moment, building that relationship, forging that friendship and being that person they can talk to and bounce ideas off.
Really, as a volunteer I come to give parents and families time, something I am fortunate enough to have to offer and I am incredibly proud to be part of Home-Start.
It’s the little things that really make a difference.
Michelle
Home-Start are a lovely, friendly, caring, and supportive team of people. I love being a volunteer because it allows me to make a real difference to people’s lives.
Cassandra
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