09/05/2026
Firstly I just want to apologise and be brutally honest with you all, for the lack of updates on our pages, I have taken the time out to figure out which way to take the group and I have honestly been thinking of closing the group down.
For 3 years solid I have worked endlessly to offer support and guidance to local families in our area, with not only my own lived experiences but also putting them in touch with agencies who can help, we have took courses in mental health safe guarding etc so we can be that extra support that is so badly lacking in our area.
Myself and Emma have had our own issues with our own children but we still carried on offering support to whom ever needed it.
We know the struggles everyone faces on a daily basis, the fights, the arguments, daily challenges especially with schools etc.
On top of our issues we still turned up to support other families organising trips, community centre sessions for hardly anyone to turn up.
In all honesty it has disheartened us.
I have been battling with myself on what to do, not only for myself and Emma but our children as well as all families in the community.
With the rising costs of running our sessions and with people not turning up, this cost comes out of my own pocket, as the groups funding relies on the fund raising events and the small fee of our play sessions that we hold.
I try to keep the costs as low as possible so families can afford our sessions, we also offer free sessions but again no one turns up and the rising costs are having its toll.
We have tried everything we can, we have had animal sessions, birds of prey, circus and farm visits in the past, but it's the smaller sessions that keep the group moving forward.
This is where we struggle the most.
We know first hand how hard is is to get kids away from computer screens etc. But without that support from other parents in getting there children to the sessions then we can't see a future in the sessions anymore.
Without the communities support our children's sessions will be closed. As much as this breaks my heart as helping people is my passion I need to rethink how we move forward.
