On August 6th Reading Family Aid took a coachload of families to Beale Wildlife Park which is an outdoor wildlife park within 40 acres set against the River Thames in Berkshire. A home to an exciting mix of animals from all over the world and other attractions including play areas, a paddling pool and a train ride.

A family referred by the Weller Centre said: "The children had the best time at Beale park, really appreciate the tickets. It helped us out a lot, as days out with children is so expensive. Was an amazing learning experience and great fun."

And a family from Homestart said "It was such a lovely day - thank you. The children loved seeing all the animals." and the Homestart organiser said "From my point of view - it was a very positive time for some of our families connecting with each other. One mum was able to really spend some valuable, focussed time with her child - enjoying doing something together ."

And some were just having fun!

Committee members along to help on the day, from left to right, Jill, Vivienne (who organised the Outing) and Sheila

Some enjoyed the pool ...

And some the indoor areas ...

And some enjoyed the outside play areas ...

One of the organisations with families attending said: "Fifi's Vision C.I.C would like to give a big thank you to Reading Family Aid. I have no words that will describe my gratitude. Because of Reading Family Aid, I was able to invite many families within Fifi's Vision to an amazing day out at Camp Mohawk and they provided a coach which meant many more families were able to access the day out which otherwise they wouldn't have been able to. For some families this was their first time visiting Camp Mohawk and they were blown away. With peer support we all enjoyed the very much needed respite knowing it was a safe and secure  environment. Thank you Reading Family Aid and thank you Camp Mohawk from all of us at Fifi's Vision CIC.

Everyone had a great day having fun as a family or making new friends and some just enjoyed a quiet ramble in the woods on their own!

On Saturday August 3rd, Reading Family Aid had a two pitches at Earley Green Fair.  It was a warm and sunny day and thankfully the promised showers stayed away. 

The event was very well attended and our stall was busy from before the fair was officially opened to well after it officially finished! 

We raised £772 in all. so a fantastic day all round.

We are pleased to report that the staff of BH&P achieved their target of walking 1,000 miles in a couple of weeks, and in so doing raised over £1,000 for Reading Family Aid.

The walking culminated in a walk from Marlow to Henley along the river on a gloriously warm and sunny day at the end of July. Several RFA team members joined them on the day.

Huge thanks to Becky, Claus, Hasan and the rest of the team for an amazing donation to RFA's work.

If you would still like to donate towards the cause the GoFundMe page is still open here.