Well done to 9 of our West Berkshire Young Carers who recently successfully achieved their Bronze Award for Drama and Creative Arts. The award programme was run by the Watermill Theatre in Newbury over the course of 10 weeks and involved a variety of tasks. Students were given a piece of written dialogue from which […]
Well here we are in August and the summer is flying past. It’s not to late to show you some of the activities that our Young Carers have been up to over the summer months though and all this has been made possible thanks to our amazing supporters throughout the West Berkshire community. When we see the children having […]
We like to keep all our supporters up to date with the latest activities and events that our Young Carers have been involved in. So here are a couple of photos from a recent trip to Thorpe Park. I had asked Rhys for more photos of the children together but he told me that once […]
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to Whitelands Primary School in Thatcham, West Berkshire for raising an amazing £900 for Friends of Young Carers (West Berkshire). The sponsored walk took place in June and you can read all about it in the newspaper article which came out shortly after. It is so […]
Last Saturday we took all our ‘Sidney’ owls on an outing to Elstree Preparatory School Fete. It was a gorgeous sunny day and we were looking forward to meeting the boys and staff members. Little did we expect that just over an hour later we would have parted company with all 78 owls and made […]
Thank you Ladies Tangent (Newbury) for your kind dontation of £250 to Friends of Young Carers (West Berkshire). The money will help to fund a course of activities of the Young Carers choice during the long summer break, or pay for an all expenses trip to a theme park or seaside away day. This donation […]
We really enjoyed our 1st Easter Bake Sale last year and it didn’t take much encouragement for the Trustees to get their sleeves rolled up and make some more delicious tempting treats for this year’s sale. I must admit, having not read the small print on just how long it takes to ‘prove’ a hot cross bun, […]
The trustees enjoyed handing over 60 Easter Eggs to Young Carers this week when they attended one of the Group Sessions at the Castlegate Centre in Donnington, Newbury. We have been busy preparing for our 2nd Annual Easter Bake sale. See separate post.
Our fundraising continues with a sumptuous Curry Night at Indigo Bay Restaurant in Newbury on Monday 2nd March. Limited spaces so email info@foyc-webs.org.uk if you are interested. The evening also included wines supplied by Miles Better Wines. Should be a good one!!
Hello everyone, Yay…we raised a great big quiztastic total of £945.22 Thank you to all who supported our 2nd Annual Quiz night on 31st Jan. With 84 contestants, a hot chilli supper, delicious desserts, great raffle prizes, heads and tails (owl themed), half-time prizes, great wines for the winning team AND a great selection of […]
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