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RFSG
News and Events 2015
Music In Romsey
On Saturday 31st January 2015 Joan attended a presentation evening at Romsey Abbey Church Rooms to celebrate Music In Romsey and received a cheque for a fantastic £273.91 raised from the retiring collection during the lunchtime recitals throughout 2014. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone involved in Music In Romsey
Woodley Pantomime
The children, their families and volunteers from Romsey Family Support Group attended the NOMADS Pantomime Aladdin at Woodley Village Hall during February half-term week. A throughly enjoyable evening was had by all.
Romsey, Chandlers Ford & District Round Table
On Friday 27th February 2015 Stuart and Andrew from Romsey, Chandlers Ford & District Round Table visited us at the Appletree Centre to present us with a cheque for £250.00 to go towards paying to take the families who attend the Group to the Beach during the long summer holidays. We thank everyone involved with Romsey, Chandlers Ford & District Round Table for this wonderful donation.
Mother's Day 2015
Sovereign Housing Donation
On Monday 9th March 2015, we had a very welcome visitor - Shelley Honeyman from Sovereign Housing with a fantastic cheque amounting to £3,000 for Romsey Family Support Group to be able to continue the work Sheena does with the mums who attend the Group. Pictured above is Shelley receiving a thank you card and flowers from Joan from everyone at RFSG. Thank you so much to everyone at Sovereign Housing.
Joan Stallwood – Joan has run Romsey Family Support for more than 25 years. The group, which has been supported by Sovereign’s Regional Panel for Hampshire, provides a strong support network to parents and their children, organising activities and trips and offering advice on healthy eating and cooking.
View the Youtube video
Andover Food bank - Easter 2015
On Monday 30th March 2015, Easter Eggs galore arrived at the Appletree Centre. These eggs were kindly donated by Andover Foodbank so we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved. Every child in each family we support received a chocolate egg to enjoy and the smiles on the childrens faces says it all!
The Lions Club of Romsey - Day out at Paultons Park
On Sunday 26th April 2015, 62 Romsey Family Support Group members descended on Paultons Park. The tickets for this fantastic day out were donated by the Romsey & District Lions Club who work tirelessly throughout the year to fundraise for such events in the local community. We would like to thank them all very much on behalf of the families who attend the Group.
Romsey Methodist Church - Tea, Coffee and homemade cakes in the garden
On Sunday 21st June, a very peaceful afternoon was enjoyed in the garden, home of Don & Cathryn at Woodley Dene by (L,R) Elizabeth, Carol and Joan. This event was part of numerous events throughout the past year in aid of the Romsey Methodist Church Renewal Project of which Romsey Family Support Group is one of three charities to receive proceeds.
Young Mums Matter
On Monday 22nd
June 2015 some of the mums that attend the
Group were presented with certificates
after sucessfully completing a Young Mums
Matter course outside of the Group.
Congratulations to all the mums who
received a certificate.
Romsey Mayors Picnic 2015
On Sunday 5th July, Romsey Family Support Group had a stall at the Romsey Mayor's Picnic in the Romsey Memorial Park. The stall consisted of an adult and a child tombola. A lot of hard work went into the ticketing of prizes beforehand. On the day we were inundated with people wanting to buy tickets. Thank you so much to our great bunch of volunteers who helped on the day and a huge thank you to parents Colette, Harley and Carly who gave up their Sunday to help us. We had our best and busiest year to date. Thank you to the Rotary Club of Romsey Test, whom without them organising this event, it would not of been possible to raise much needed funds for our Group. Also a huge thank you to Co-op - Romsey Central branch who provided us with £30.00 in co-op vouchers to purchase tombola prizes from their store.
RFSG visit to Farmer Palmers and Beach Trip 2015
On
Thursday 30th 2015 a change of plan due to the
unpredictable weather saw families and volunteers
from Romsey Family Support Group enjoy a fun
filled day out at Farmer Palmers near Poole. Joan
rang up the night before and managed to get a
special deal. The children had the chance to
bottle/hand feed goats and lambs, meet and hold a
Guinea Pig, watch a Cow Milking demonstration and
enjoy some Pig racing. There was also a chance to
experience a bumpy tractor ride in the trailer. If
that wasn't enough they could use up bundles of
energy in the indoor and outdoor play areas
including climbing and sliding on straw bales,
bouncing on the bouncy castles, pedalling around
on the mini tractors and having a spash in the
waterplay area. A few parents took the opportunity
to have a stroll through the beautiful woodland
walk and the children loved exploring the maize
maze
Luckily the next day Friday 31st July 2015 the weather was looking slightly more settled and warmer, a lot more like beach weather, so we set off by mini-bus and cars as planned to Mudeford Quay enjoying a short ferry crossing to Hengistbury Head. Paul the ferryman always looks after our Group so well.
Once at the beach (for some of whom it was their first visit) there was plenty of time to explore, build sandcastles, have a splash in the sea and have a ride on the Noddy train. Dr Peter Burrows and Georgina Burrows kindly gave us use of their beach hut to make hot drinks & shelter from the sun or just relax and enjoy the peace and tranquility.
At 3.30pm it was time to leave Hengistbury Head and make the return crossing to Mudeford Quay with some very tired children, all of whom soon perked up when they heard the offer of an icecream for everyone.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped make these two wonderful days possible especially the Romsey, Chandlers Ford & District Round Table who kindly donated £250.00 towards these days out.
Farmer Palmer Photos - Thursday 30th July 2015
Beach Trip Photos - Friday 31st July 2015
Celebrating Community
On the weekend of Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September 2015 RFSG had an information stand at the Romsey Abbey as part of the Celebrating Community weekend. The stand had to be manned for four hours per day. Thank you epecially to Joan and John for giving up their weekend to promote the Group.
Walk the Test Way 2015
Two parents, one
volunteer and the mother of one of our volunteers
took part in this year's Walk the Test Way held on
Sunday 10th October. The
event was organised by The Rotary Club of Romsey Test. Luckily the
weather stayed dry and an enjoyable if not tiring
day was had by all. A massive thank you to
Barbara, Jim, Colette, Carly and Sister Catherine
who took part, raising much needed funds for RFSG
also thank you to anyone else outside the Group
who walked for our charity. Also thank you to The Rotary Club
of Romsey Test for organising this fantastic
annual event that has been running since 2004.
Without their help and support it would not be
possible to take part in such a lovely event that
brings the whole community together.
A donation from Sister Catherine
Here is Sister Catherine pictured with the wonderful raffle prize that she won and then kindly donated to Romsey Family Support Group. Thank you so much.
Romsey Charities Christmas Fair 2015
Joan and Judith running the stall
Romsey Methodist Church - Christmas Tree Festival 2015
Parents busy making decorations for the Christmas tree during the Group session
Wave 105 - Mission Christmas 2015
On Friday 4th December 2015 Joan, Carol, Martin, Marie and Bev went to pick up three car loads of brand new toys as part of Wave 105's Mission Christmas Appeal. Here are just a selection of the toys. Every child who the Group supports had one big toy and two smaller toys to open on Christmas Day. Thank you so much to everyone involved with Wave 105 and all of their listeners who donated toys to this fantastic appeal.
Christmas 2015
Romsey Family Support Group celebrated Christmas in style with a party for the children who attend the Group and their parents. A special visitor arrived towards the end of the morning to hand out presents.
Please click here for more photos.
Music In Romsey
On Saturday 31st January 2015 Joan attended a presentation evening at Romsey Abbey Church Rooms to celebrate Music In Romsey and received a cheque for a fantastic £273.91 raised from the retiring collection during the lunchtime recitals throughout 2014. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone involved in Music In Romsey
Woodley Pantomime
The children, their families and volunteers from Romsey Family Support Group attended the NOMADS Pantomime Aladdin at Woodley Village Hall during February half-term week. A throughly enjoyable evening was had by all.
Romsey, Chandlers Ford & District Round Table
On Friday 27th February 2015 Stuart and Andrew from Romsey, Chandlers Ford & District Round Table visited us at the Appletree Centre to present us with a cheque for £250.00 to go towards paying to take the families who attend the Group to the Beach during the long summer holidays. We thank everyone involved with Romsey, Chandlers Ford & District Round Table for this wonderful donation.
Mother's Day 2015
This year
Mother's Day falls on Sunday 15th March
so on Monday 9th March the children gave
their mums little pot plants and
laminated hand prints. Here is a picture
of the children and their mums receiving
their gifts.
Sovereign Housing Donation
On Monday 9th March 2015, we had a very welcome visitor - Shelley Honeyman from Sovereign Housing with a fantastic cheque amounting to £3,000 for Romsey Family Support Group to be able to continue the work Sheena does with the mums who attend the Group. Pictured above is Shelley receiving a thank you card and flowers from Joan from everyone at RFSG. Thank you so much to everyone at Sovereign Housing.
Joan Stallwood – Joan has run Romsey Family Support for more than 25 years. The group, which has been supported by Sovereign’s Regional Panel for Hampshire, provides a strong support network to parents and their children, organising activities and trips and offering advice on healthy eating and cooking.
View the Youtube video
Andover Food bank - Easter 2015
On Monday 30th March 2015, Easter Eggs galore arrived at the Appletree Centre. These eggs were kindly donated by Andover Foodbank so we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved. Every child in each family we support received a chocolate egg to enjoy and the smiles on the childrens faces says it all!
The Lions Club of Romsey - Day out at Paultons Park
On Sunday 26th April 2015, 62 Romsey Family Support Group members descended on Paultons Park. The tickets for this fantastic day out were donated by the Romsey & District Lions Club who work tirelessly throughout the year to fundraise for such events in the local community. We would like to thank them all very much on behalf of the families who attend the Group.
Romsey Methodist Church - Tea, Coffee and homemade cakes in the garden
On Sunday 21st June, a very peaceful afternoon was enjoyed in the garden, home of Don & Cathryn at Woodley Dene by (L,R) Elizabeth, Carol and Joan. This event was part of numerous events throughout the past year in aid of the Romsey Methodist Church Renewal Project of which Romsey Family Support Group is one of three charities to receive proceeds.
Young Mums Matter
Romsey Mayors Picnic 2015
On Sunday 5th July, Romsey Family Support Group had a stall at the Romsey Mayor's Picnic in the Romsey Memorial Park. The stall consisted of an adult and a child tombola. A lot of hard work went into the ticketing of prizes beforehand. On the day we were inundated with people wanting to buy tickets. Thank you so much to our great bunch of volunteers who helped on the day and a huge thank you to parents Colette, Harley and Carly who gave up their Sunday to help us. We had our best and busiest year to date. Thank you to the Rotary Club of Romsey Test, whom without them organising this event, it would not of been possible to raise much needed funds for our Group. Also a huge thank you to Co-op - Romsey Central branch who provided us with £30.00 in co-op vouchers to purchase tombola prizes from their store.
RFSG visit to Farmer Palmers and Beach Trip 2015
Luckily the next day Friday 31st July 2015 the weather was looking slightly more settled and warmer, a lot more like beach weather, so we set off by mini-bus and cars as planned to Mudeford Quay enjoying a short ferry crossing to Hengistbury Head. Paul the ferryman always looks after our Group so well.
Once at the beach (for some of whom it was their first visit) there was plenty of time to explore, build sandcastles, have a splash in the sea and have a ride on the Noddy train. Dr Peter Burrows and Georgina Burrows kindly gave us use of their beach hut to make hot drinks & shelter from the sun or just relax and enjoy the peace and tranquility.
At 3.30pm it was time to leave Hengistbury Head and make the return crossing to Mudeford Quay with some very tired children, all of whom soon perked up when they heard the offer of an icecream for everyone.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped make these two wonderful days possible especially the Romsey, Chandlers Ford & District Round Table who kindly donated £250.00 towards these days out.
Farmer Palmer Photos - Thursday 30th July 2015
Beach Trip Photos - Friday 31st July 2015
Celebrating Community
On the weekend of Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September 2015 RFSG had an information stand at the Romsey Abbey as part of the Celebrating Community weekend. The stand had to be manned for four hours per day. Thank you epecially to Joan and John for giving up their weekend to promote the Group.
Walk the Test Way 2015
Two parents, one
volunteer and the mother of one of our volunteers
took part in this year's Walk the Test Way held on
Sunday 10th October. The
event was organised by The Rotary Club of Romsey Test. Luckily the
weather stayed dry and an enjoyable if not tiring
day was had by all. A massive thank you to
Barbara, Jim, Colette, Carly and Sister Catherine
who took part, raising much needed funds for RFSG
also thank you to anyone else outside the Group
who walked for our charity. Also thank you to The Rotary Club
of Romsey Test for organising this fantastic
annual event that has been running since 2004.
Without their help and support it would not be
possible to take part in such a lovely event that
brings the whole community together.
A donation from Sister Catherine
Here is Sister Catherine pictured with the wonderful raffle prize that she won and then kindly donated to Romsey Family Support Group. Thank you so much.
Romsey Charities Christmas Fair 2015
Joan and Judith running the stall
On
Saturday 7th November 2015 RFSG had a stall at the
much looked forward to Romsey Charities Christmas
Fair. This year we had an adult and a child tombola
and made a net profit of £185.00!!
Thank you to the Romsey
Central Cooperative branch for giving us vouchers to
spend in their store to purchase prizes for the adult
tombola. We had a number of helpers on the day and
would like to say thank you to Joan, John, Judith,
Sister Catherine and Margaret who helped on the stall
all day long and also to Sandra who popped in for a
couple of hours. A big thank you to Jan and Judith who
spent hours making numerous lavendar bags to use as
prizes for the tombola and Judith for making up lovely
plants as prizes.Romsey Methodist Church - Christmas Tree Festival 2015
On
the weekend of Friday 4th, Saturday 5th and
Sunday 6th December 2015 Romsey Family Support
Group decorated a Christmas tree to be displayed
at The
Christmas Tree festival. All the trees are
decorated by local groups and charities and it is
a creative way of bringing the church and the
local community together.
Parents busy making decorations for the Christmas tree during the Group session
Wave 105 - Mission Christmas 2015
On Friday 4th December 2015 Joan, Carol, Martin, Marie and Bev went to pick up three car loads of brand new toys as part of Wave 105's Mission Christmas Appeal. Here are just a selection of the toys. Every child who the Group supports had one big toy and two smaller toys to open on Christmas Day. Thank you so much to everyone involved with Wave 105 and all of their listeners who donated toys to this fantastic appeal.
Christmas 2015
Romsey Family Support Group celebrated Christmas in style with a party for the children who attend the Group and their parents. A special visitor arrived towards the end of the morning to hand out presents.
Please click here for more photos.
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