July 2022 update

 LITTLE FISH

The Little Fish picnic on Tuesday 19 July 2022 will now be held in Claines Church (instead of on The Patch at the Parish Hall). The session will run from 10 to 11.30 a.m. as usual. Please see the message below from Reverend Jo for details:

"In view of the prediction for dangerously hot temperatures on Tuesday we have decided that Little Fish will be held in church this month.It's a lovely cool place to be and will be totally safe. We are having a Teddy Bears Picnic. So bring a Teddy and a picnic. Cold drinks will be available throughout. We have a gift for all the Little Fish as well as the Leavers."

HELPERS NEEDED

In other news, thank you for another lovely year of Little Friends. We've enjoyed welcoming you and your little ones to our sessions and we appreciate all your support in keeping our group running smoothly. However, we are now appealing for more help. We are fortunate to have a small team of dedicated volunteers but we simply need more people. There have been times in the past year when we were on the verge of cancelling sessions simply because we did not have enough hands available. Helping takes only a bit of your time and there is no long-term commitment. 

What we need is for more people to join our WhatsApp group and say if they can turn up 20-30 minutes early once in a while to help set up. There is no pressure and no formal rota, and you need only participate in the chat and come help out whenever you are able. For example, we would be delighted if you could turn up 20-30 minutes early a few times a year. It's really as simple as that.

If you are willing to be added to the WhatsApp group please contact Ruth on 07779424373. If we aren't able to add reinforcements to our helpers group then we may need to reduce the number of sessions that we run, but we hope it won't come to this.

In any case, thank you for helping to make our group a success, and we hope you all have a lovely summer.

Jennifer
on behalf of the Little Friends team x