Dear Friends,
With the summer coming to an end, it has been another few weeks full of activity here. Our annual Warnham Park visit, as well as another trip to Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation, took place in glorious sunshine, and the many trips to beaches, parks and nature reserves have kept all of our families occupied. Behind the scenes, we have been using this slightly quieter time of year to welcome our new Trustees and Chair, and start to make important plans for next year.
We know that activity will really ramp up in September when children return to school, and we expect to be adding even more families to our existing waiting lists. It is a sad reflection of the times that so many families are finding that we are their only source of potential support, and desperate for us to work with them.
We know that many of you will be in the middle of planning Harvest activities. Please do let us know if you are organising any events which we can help you to promote, and if you are collecting Harvest donations for us it would be very helpful to know in advance so that we can plan our van schedule. We still have very low stock of some of our foodbank staples, but we hope that this will improve over the coming weeks and we will be able to resume our full foodbank delivery schedule – recently we have had to cut some of our deliveries due to not having enough food.
With many thanks for your continued support and prayers.
Nikki Kerr, FSW Director of Fundraising and Marketing