WiltshireChildrensCentres – Page 2

We helped Amy – now she helps other parents!

Spurgeons West Wiltshire Children’s Services helped Amy* successfully conquer a complex range of family and parenting issues. It inspired Amy to become a Spurgeons volunteer, and she has plans to take things further… “I’ve always loved working,” Amy says, “but…

Several Spurgeons services shortlisted for 2021 Children and Young People Now Awards

Children and Young People Now magazine is dedicated to professionals working with children, young people and families. It’s annual CYP Now Awards recognise the very best practice amongst those professionals – and we’re delighted that several of our projects were…

Helping a Forces family to find their feet

Angela had so many challenges to contend with after arriving in a strange country with two small children. Jessica Swaffield, Children’s Family Support Worker at Wiltshire Children’s Centres, shares how Spurgeons supported this family so they could flourish. Having been…

Retrospective: An extraordinary year

As Covid restrictions progressively lift and a greater normality returns, Spurgeons Head of Practice Lorraine White reflects on how we have managed to continue providing support to children and young people during the pandemic, and the new needs that are…

Spurgeons supports #TheBigAsk, the largest ever consultation with children undertaken in England.

Spurgeons Children’s Charity is delighted to support #TheBigAsk with Dame Rachel De Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England.

Enabling communities to support struggling families

The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many disadvantaged families into greater poverty; other families have been left vulnerable through redundancy, business closures and furlough. Spurgeons Together for Families project and Children’s and Family Centres have enabled community groups to safely provide…

Wiltshire Children’s Centres wishlist appeal provides toys to local children in need over Christmas

Over the Christmas period, Children’s Centres in Wiltshire worked quickly to look for new ways to ensure that local families were supported throughout the festive period. Throughout the year many local families had lost employment and were struggling financially due…

Wiltshire families get crafty, thanks to Scrapstore

When our Wiltshire Children’s Centres began sharing activity ideas with families online due to the Covid-19 lockdown, they spotted that the more vulnerable and financially stretched families weren’t joining in. This was likely because they did not have access to…

Magical children’s theatre tour packs out in West Wiltshire!

Rehearsals are underway for a ‘sold-out’ theatre show coming to West Wiltshire, next month. Spurgeons Children’s Charity and its West Wiltshire Children’s Centre team are working with Travelling Light Theatre Company to present three performances of a sensory playground and…

Wiltshire communities donate ‘Baby Bundle’ items for local mums

Spurgeons marked the third Christmas season for its Together for Families programme in Wiltshire by delivering its 176th ‘Baby Bundle’, to a young mother-to-be from Trowbridge. A Baby Bundle for an unborn baby includes items such as nappies, cotton wool,…

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We helped Amy – now she helps other parents!

Several Spurgeons services shortlisted for 2021 Children and Young People Now Awards

Helping a Forces family to find their feet

Retrospective: An extraordinary year

Spurgeons supports #TheBigAsk, the largest ever consultation with children undertaken in England.

Enabling communities to support struggling families

Wiltshire Children’s Centres wishlist appeal provides toys to local children in need over Christmas

Wiltshire families get crafty, thanks to Scrapstore

Magical children’s theatre tour packs out in West Wiltshire!

Wiltshire communities donate ‘Baby Bundle’ items for local mums

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