Fun First Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 12 November 2024
Back to Helensburgh and Lomond Area Community Planning Group — 12 November 2024 and its agenda
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Partner Update from Fun First for Helensburgh and Lomond Community Planning Partnership 12/11/2024 Scottish Charity Number SC037292 www.fun first.org.uk ▪ Fun First continues to provide sessions and activities for for children 0-5 years old and their parents and carers in the Helensburgh area including Cardross, and Garelochead in a number of venues. We are a donation only service funded mainly by grants, awards and fundraising. ▪ This term we have started to run our new initiative of Outdoor Sessions funded by a generous grant from the Argyll and Bute Supporting Communities Fund. All our leaders completed a two day training course with Under the Trees Outdoor Learning last year. Our trial sessions in Hermitage Park have been very successful and we now hope to continue these throughout the year, using the Park Pavilion Community room if necessary. These sessions engage children and support parents to spend more time outdoors with their preschoolers leading to improved mental health and wellbeing for all. ▪ Our Annual Halloween party was held on the actual day this year and was particularly well attended.More than sixty witches, wizards and pumpkins attended accompanied by parents and carers. They were entertained with songs, stories, crafts and activities. We were particularly grateful to Natures Harvest for providing us with healthy fruit platters to go along with our other treats. ▪ Our fortnightly Fun First Friends sessions at Drumfork Community Centre continue to welcome new members to the community and expectant parents to our organisation ▪ Our trained leaders continue to share their expertise and enthusiasm with all and we are currently interviewing to recruit at least one more. ▪ We spend a lot of energy applying for grants and awards. We have applications lodged with the Armed Forces Covenant Fund and the Scottish Government Health and Wellbeing Fund. ▪ We were delighted to receive an award of £1,200 from local charity Helensburgh Heart to supply and update our leaders with computer tablets to improve our planning, record keeping and monitoring. This will help us to improve the planning of activities and more easily act on regular feedback at sessions. ▪ We will be fund raising and spreading the word at the Hermitage Academy Christmas Fayre on November 23rd. We are also partnering with local business Pitter, Patter, Potter to paint Christmas Baubles and run a parent
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Christmas Event. Our annual Christmas party will be on Thursday 12th December and we understand a visitor from the North Pole will be joining us. ▪ Our postponed Early Years Morning will now take place on Friday Jan 24th Sarah Davies Chair