12th March 2020
Another fantastic Pancake festival! This year we had a record 30 teams turn out to race in what were reasonably good weather conditions, in fact the best in the last four years! The races started off relatively relaxed, but as expected, soon became competitive as teams qualified and went through to the semi-finals. The crowds […]
9th January 2020
Bigger than the Beast From The East, Claire Austin-Hope is taking on the Arctic Survival Challenge in aid of Home-Start Herts. On the 26th January Claire will be leaving her historically established business at Austin’s Funeral Directors for three days and trek 150km South of the Arctic Circle. Starting the New Year with a big […]
18th December 2019
Oscar is a pretty amazing little boy. Last year when he was just 4 years old, he saw a homeless man sleeping on the street. Following a conversation with his mum, he was sad to find out that some adults and children didn’t have homes and happy families. Oscar’s unexpected response was that he wanted […]
20th November 2019
Our Christmas Jumper Day charity event is taking place on Friday 13th December and for a donation of £2 per person. All you have to do is wear your festive woollies and round up your team at your place of business. Then take a snap and tag Home-Start Herts. The wackiest Christmas jumpers will win […]
31st July 2019
It’s great when people get in touch and want to do something to make a difference, especially when it’s a group of youngsters (sorry if that’s not an ok title!). They were involved in the National Citizens Service (NCS) which is a personal and social development programme for young people aged 15-17 . As part […]
9th July 2019
£21,246 pro rata ~ 17 hours (£9,761) Home-Start UK is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. Home-Start offers a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers to visit families at home to offer informal, focused and confidential support. In St Albans we currently have […]
30th May 2019
We have had such a diverse range of events and fundraising activities going on during May, it has been fantastic. We started of the month gently with The Barn Theatre Welwyn, putting on a fundraising preview of the play ‘Kindertransport’. So far the event has raised £1618 via the raffle and we are awaiting news […]
12th April 2019
The Speakeasy event was a roaring success, raising £7600! Guests were transported into the 1920’s from the moment they arrived. Greeted by the establishment’s bouncer at the door checking passwords and directing them to the side entrance. And it continued with cocktails of the era, performances from the best swing singer in town and […]