The best gift you can you can buy this Christmas is a future for a child.
The pandemic has exacerbated the challenges families were already facing. Isolation, anxiety, mental health struggles & an increase in domestic abuse have had a detrimental effect on children. Babies & young children have missed out developmentally through lack of interaction & socialisation during lockdown; a need has also become apparent for parenting support for Dads. In general, parent’s confidence in providing a positive environment for their children has significantly declined.
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Last year, you helped us raise £21,443 through our Big Give Christmas campaign. Following the success of this campaign, we have our pledgers and champion offering a helping hand to launch another massive double packed fundraiser. Every donation we receive between 30th November7th December will be DOUBLED! This fund will help us provide more support to families Hertfordshire who are fragile and vulnerable. It will help parents recover from the effects of the pandemic and rebuild their lives so that they can help their children thrive. “My volunteer helped me by just being here. I have no family or friends and so simple tasks I found hard. It was also lonely, as I did not have the confidence to get out. My mother passed away when my baby was 6 months old so it felt even harder. Just knowing that once a week I would see someoneI could have a brew and finish it! Clean, leave the house, take a rest, get advice- the simple things most take for granted.”
