Home-Start Banbury, Bicester
& Chipping Norton
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Fun at local Playdays
This summer, our staff team had a blast participating in the Elmsbrook, Banbury and Chipping Norton Playdays! The Oxfordshire Play Association - OPA hosted the Elmsbrook Play and Activity Day in Bicester, where Angela and Emma spent a sunny day helping young people...
Fun at the Farm
What a special day we had at our summer outing to Rookery Open Farm in Northamptonshire! After a bit of a rainy start the sun came out to play and our families had so much fun looking at all the animals, playing on the outdoor play equipment and making memories that...
Slow Cooker Success
This spring, we partnered with Cherwell District Council's Healthy Eating for Families on a Budget initiative to help our supported families learn to make low-cost, healthy meals. Participating families received a free family-sized slow cooker, a recipe book, and...
Thank you Radio Horton!
On a sunny Friday evening, our very own Louise and Emma were excited to attend the Radio Horton studios at the Horton Hospital, Banbury. They featured on Friday Feeling, John Couppleditch's Friday evening show and spoke about the work of Home-Start Banbury, Bicester...
The People’s Theatre Collective comes to town
It was a real treat to have the People's Theatre Collective come to our Stay & Play recently to perform their latest production 'A Home for Harmony', a heart-warming animal story that explores themes of emotional resilience and confidence-building through social...
Garfield Weston, Bicester Town Council & Banbury Town Council support our work with families
We are delighted to have been awarded grants from the Garfield Weston Foundation, Bicester Town Council and Banbury Town Council. These grants will allows us to continue our volunteer training and to support our work with families living in the Banbury, Bicester &...
Our volunteer social
To round off our volunteers week celebrations we held a bring and share lunch. We had a lovely time catching up with some of our volunteers and we especially enjoyed sharing the delicious food. You are what makes our support to local families so amazing...it just...
Celebrating our new Home-Visiting Volunteers
We are delighted to welcome 6 new Home-Visiting Volunteers to the Home-Start Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton team. It’s been a fun fuelled 8 weeks with our new volunteers. Over 16 sessions, we’ve spent a lot of time getting to know one another, exploring our...
Its volunteers’ week!
This week, we're celebrating all of our wonderful volunteers. Volunteers are the heart of Home-Start and the heart of our local community. It is your commitment, generosity, and kindness that allow us to stand alongside families. No matter the role, every volunteer...
Volunteer Preparation course
We're part way through our volunteer preparation course and our new recruits have been learning about safeguarding, building a secure foundation, communication and values & attitudes. So far our new volunteers have found the course really helpful and it has raised...
Welcome Louise
I’m delighted to be re-joining Home-Start Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton as Head of Organisational Development & Fundraising. I first became aware of Home-Start in 1994 when my mum first became a volunteer. In 2017, when my youngest started school, I...
Easter Eggs for all…
TGL Tibbetts Group have kindly donated 100 Easter Eggs for our supported families. Our volunteers have been collecting them from our office and delivering them to families this week. We hope you all enjoy your eggs and wish you a happy easter.
New Volunteer Preparation Course starting in the Spring
We're excited to be running a new volunteer preparation course starting in April 24. If you know anyone that might be interested in becoming part of our amazing team of volunteers please let them know about this course and contact the office for more information....
Welcome to the team Ansa!
We are delighted to welcome Ansa Kausar as our new Stay & Play Facilitator in Banbury. Ansa said... "I'm a mum of 3 and live in Banbury, joining Home-Start as a Stay and Play Facilitator is a really rewarding role. I know the importance of the service we provide....
We’re launching our Big Give Christmas Challenge…
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Big Give Christmas Challenge. From 28th Nov – 5th Dec any donation made to us through our Big Give fundraising page will be doubled, while match funding lasts. We’re aiming to raise £5,000 to support our work with families....
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