News from the Intensive Family Support Teams
IFST Watford and Three Rivers news
Summer fete
Watford and Three Rivers IFST held their annual summer fete on Thursday 17 August; this year’s chosen charity was the Peace Hospice raising a total of £656.43. There was a fantastic turnout on the day with families and the local community attending. We would like to thank the Police, Fire Service, Services for Young People, Ascend, Three Rivers Council and Home-Start amongst others for their support on the day.
Summer holiday activities
We continue to work with the Three Rivers Play Rangers who ran the ‘Hive’ activity programme for our children and families at Leavesden Country Park on Wednesdays during the summer holidays which the children thoroughly enjoyed.
The Team ran additional activity sessions during the holidays for children and their families, including an ‘Under the Sea’ craft morning and lunch, Wacky Races, and a Splash Day, which were all well attended and lots of fun was had by children, parents and staff!
Partners
Watford and Three Rivers continue to liaise with local partners for food donations, this has been popular with families and the local community, particularly with supporting them with the current financial situation.
IFST St Albans & Dacorum news
On the 18th of August, the St Albans & Dacorum Intensive Family Support Team (IFST) hosted a Summer Fete, appealing both to disadvantaged families and the local community, and combining with local businesses and services, we provided the families with a fun-filled, activity- driven event. Lasting from 11 until 3:00pm, the event involved a variety of activities including messy play with sand, glitter tattoos, sand jars, pebble painting, tombola, cake stand, a BBQ, guess the name of the bear/ guess the number of sweets in the jar and a Bric-A-Brac shop made for an action-filled and enjoyable experience. Coupled with this were stalls from our wonderful partners who took the time out their busy days to be there for the families, each bringing their own flair in process. We had the famous smoothie bike from Beezeebodies, activities and information from IAmCherished, Services for Young People and MIND, police gear and information from the local Police services and a real-life fire engine from the fire service to top it all off. In addition, we had some amazing donations from Jarman Park’s Tescos for the tombola as well as a mountain of food (burgers, pizzas, and vegetarian burgers) for the BBQ from TJs Late Shop to make the day that much more special. Despite the questionable weather, St Albans & Dacorum IFST Team made the most of what they had to work with, with families engaging well with all the activities and visibly having fun. Everyone was full of smiles and combined with a good turnout, it made the day even more enjoyable and resulted with the time going like a blur.
IFST East Herts and Broxbourne news
In August the East Herts & Broxbourne IFST hosted Football events at Grundy Park, and some really fun paddle boarding and raft building at the Lea Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross. Below are a few photos from a great day.
