Bumps, Babes, and Beyond Winter 2018/19 | Page 4

Storage success

After some unfortunate issues with a storage provider letting us down, Safestore in Staines have come to the rescue and helped find us some much needed space to store all our equipment. Thanks for supporting your local NCT charity guys!

Can you help?

Some of our longest running & most popular groups are urgently seeking some help. If you volunteer at any of our groups, you can bring your baby/child with you. And if you have older children or are simply interested in gifting a bit of your time, this is something which makes a big difference.

See page xxx for some of the easy and fun ways you could support us.

Autumn Party

Everyone had a lot of fun at our sold-out Autumn party in October. We saw some fantastic costumes and the kids had a great time dancing away at the disco, making spiders and pumpkin plates and enjoying lots of healthy snacks and delicious cakes baked by our volunteers. Hartbeeps came along and did a special session of songs and games for under 2’s which was absolutely amazing.

Family Photography event

We held our second family photo shoot in November. The event was a great success - just check out our cover photo!

Families were able to book a slot at a significant discount, for a 15min shoot which included 3 digital prints. We’ll do another session next year so join our Facebook group to keep up to date with what’s on and when.

And lots more happening this year….

Bridging the Generations

On December 13th we will be having our second session of a new intergenerational playgroup, at an extra care home in Stanwell. It will bring together young and old, to mutually benefit from spending time together. See page 9 for some more detail and how to sign up if you’d like to come along.

Xmas parties and Santa visit!

These will run on December 14th and 17th at our Bumps & Babes and NCTeenies groups. Come along for games, crafts, singing, dancing, healthy snacks and little treats, and of course a special gift from Father Christmas. These parties always sell out way in advance, so make sure you book your place!

For the rest of 2018 we wish you very happy holidays and a great start to 2019.

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