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Procter and Gamble in Reading adopted Reading Family Aid as one of their charities of the year and, as well as the company donating £3,000 they are encouraging the staff to engage with us.  In the Summer the the staff organised a party for themselves and their families to which everyone had to pay to attend. There was food, drink and fun activities. RFA and representatives of the other charities attended and joined in.  Carolyn and Ruth from RFA receiving the cheque from Ciara Clarke, one of the staff members responsible for liaising with the charities. The money raised by the staff was presented to us this week as a giant cheque at an event held in the canteen to publicise to the staff the work of RFA and, in particular, the Toys and Teens Appeal.
Huge thanks to all the staff at P&G for raising a total of £881. They will follow this up with holding a gift collection for our Toys and Teens Appeal, focussing on children aged 10 and up. St Barnabas Church in Emmer Green recently celebrated one hundred years since the foundation stone was laid for its present church building. There was a varied programme of Centenary Celebration events, and some of our Reading Family Aid committee were pleased to join in the celebrations by attending the Community Fair on Saturday 14 September. We enjoyed meeting people and chatting to them about Reading Family Aid. Many thanks to St Barnabas Church for including us in this event, and to everyone who came and said hello to us!  Sallie, Sue and Jill from the Reading Family Aid committee enjoying the sunshine  On Sunday September 1st, Homestart Reading celebrated its 40th anniversary by having a party in Prospect Park. Reading Family Aid would like to send may Congratulations to Homestart for doing such a fantastic job for so many years.  Wendy (left), our Chair, and Jo (right), our Governance expert, joined Kelly from Homestart in their celebrations.
 On two separate days in August Reading Family Aid took a coachload of families to Bournemouth. On both occasions the sun shone and the families had a great time playing on the beach, in the waves and eating ice-cream.  One family with three children from one of the Children's Centres sent us a note to say thankyou. They had a lovely time having never been in the sea before. Another said they'd enjoyed fish and chips!  Another Mum from Wycliffe Methodist Church said "I had an incredible time, my children enjoyed it and each time we walk out of the door to go to the park or supermarket, they think we are taking a trip to Bournemouth. "! This family too had never been to the seaside before. Reading Refugee Support Group said "I would like to thank you for your hard job for those who are really in need as well as the previous journey to Bournemouth was great. We received emails from our clients saying thank you and being really satisfied .  Vivienne, right, our Outings Organiser who organised both Bournemouth trips with Anna, our Vice-Chair, who went along to help out. They managed to find a few minutes to relax on the beach!
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