Home-Start Crawley, Horsham & Mid Sussex
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Samuel’s Story
Samuel* was nearly 3 and suffering from severe eczema. It was having a significant impact on daily life, for him and his family. There was all the time needed for his hospital appointments. Every day things, like dressing or bath time, were made really challenging....
Community Chest
We were delighted to be awarded a grant of £1000 from the Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest recently. Our Fundraising & Marketing Manager, Jacquie Thomas, was presented with a cheque last Friday evening by John Scudder. The presentation evening was held at the...
Nuts Challenge 2016
Thank you to all those who took on the Nuts Challenge event for us this year. It was a particularly challenging course and you all did so well!
Gauntlet Games
We were delighted to be the local Charity Partner for the Gauntlet Games held in Handcross, near Crawley, on Saturday 6th August. The Games are a fun challenge event, where you can fight with Gladiators along the 5km course, as well as bounce and slide your way...
Icelandic challenge
Rosie & Nick Mercado recently completed an Icelandic challenge of completing 2 marathons in 2 days. They trekked 52 miles across Iceland, walking in harsh conditions which included volcanic ash and ice - a fantastic achievement. It was all to support us and local...
Skydive congratulations!
Huge congratulations to this year's Skydivers; Chris Mcphee, Suhel Ali, Edward Sefton, Jim Treacy and Tony Bristow. They have all completed their jumps now and raised over £3,400 for us. That's a great total and will make a real difference to our work - our thanks to...
Super Heroes Fun Run
We were thrilled to have so many little super heroes join us for the Fun Run in Horsham park on Saturday 23rd July. Over 150 children took part in the 1.5km or 500m runs, which were set up with the help of Horsham parkrun. We are grateful for everyone who came along...
Twiglets Summer Party
Our Twiglets group recently held their Summer party, ahead of the holidays. Families from Crawley and Horsham Twiglets were invited to come along and the turn out was great. Held at Holy Trinity Church in Crawley, the lovely weather meant the fun took place outdoors...
Mark reaches half-way in Marathon challenge
A huge 'well done' to MBT Fit personal trainer, Mark Barrett, on completing the Ultra Challenge London2Brighton last weekend. This was a 100km (62mile) run, starting in the early hours and taking place throughout the day and night. A truly amazing journey. And...
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