News and events

Thank you to personal trainer Naomi Butterworth and power yoga instructor Livy Hazlitt whose ballet barre and yoga classes have raised an astonishing £624 for Friends of the Family. The classes [...]

It’s Volunteers Week; a time to celebrate the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering. We would like to say a huge thank you to our volunteer play workers, [...]

Join us on Saturday 16th May at 9am for a Zoom ballet barre class with personal trainer Naomi Butterworth. Naomi is choosing a different charity each weekend to benefit from her [...]

It is with much sadness that we have to report the recent death of our Patron, Bishop John Dennis, who passed away on 13th April, at the age of 88. Bishop John joined our Board of Trustees as [...]

We are working hard to maintain our services to families across the Winchester district during this difficult time. Our staff are working from home but please do get in touch via email [...]

We would like to give a very warm welcome to our newest trustee, Chris Bale MBE, who has joined our board of trustees this month. Chris has a wealth of experience in the charity sector and has [...]

Our Support for Dads service has received a £2,500 grant from Winchester Rotary which will enable our Counsellor, Charlie Wright, to continue his work counselling and mentoring prisoners at HMP [...]

On Friday 3rd January, 42 children parents and volunteers were treated to a wonderful pantomime of Dick Whittington at The Theatre Royal Winchester. The tickets had been generously provided by a [...]

Both children and adults from our 5s to 13s Befriending service were invited to participate in Christmas craft activities this week. Both sessions were facilitated by ex 5s to13s befriending [...]

Our AGM, on 4th November, marked the retirement of Viv Wheeler as Chair of Trustees, after eight years of dedicated service. We are thrilled that Viv will remain a trustee of Friends of the [...]