Author Archives: Alison

West Berkshire Partnership Grant

We are delighted to announce that following an application for local funding we have been awarded a grant from West Berkshire Partnership for £3,000. This generous amount will enable Rhys and his team to provide fun activities and support for Young Carers in 2014. This award will also allow Friends of Young Carers (West Berkshire) […]

FOYC WEBS nominated for the White Hart Charity Quiz

Friends of Young Carers (West Berkshire) are the nominated charity for the New Year’s Day Quiz evening at the White Hart Inn, Hamstead Marshall. You can find out more about the event at the link below. http://www.whitehartinnhamsteadmarshall.co.uk/pages/whi_events_quiz.html

FOYC WEBS Kennet Radio Interview

FOYC WEBS Kennet Radio Interview Ali Monjack from local station Kennet Radio interviewed Rhys Lewis, coordinator for Young Carers West Berkshire and Alison McIntyre, chair of Friends of Young Carers, West Berkshire at the Castlegate centre, Donnington, where she was also introduced to Sidney! Click the link above to hear the interviews in full.

LOGO LABELS

Thanks to a great local company easy2name, we now have our brand new Logo Labels which we will be sewing into the wing of each and every one of our owls.

Introducing… SIDNEY THE OWL

This little owl was first knitted by FOYC-Webs Trustee Elaine, whose husband Jerry, on thinking that she might get bored during her retirement, gave her a Let’s Knit magazine!! We have now adopted SIDNEY as our Charity Mascot and, in a short space of time, he has become very popular and quite a celebrity! More […]

LANXESS UK – Our first Corporate Sponsor

Friends of Young Carers (West Berkshire) are delighted  to introduce our first local Corporate Sponsor – LANXESS UK. LANXESS are a global chemical and polymers company with the HQ of their UK Division based on Hambridge Lane in  Newbury. Managing Director, Kim O’Connor today presented a cheque to Trustees Lynne Duncan (Treasurer) and Alison McIntyre […]