Many 2 year olds are eligible for 15 hours a week of free childcare at the HOPE Centre with funding from Herefordshire County Council. To find out if your child is eligible the necessary criteria are detailed below. To qualify you must meet either Criteria One or Two. [Read more…]
Welcoming a new CEO at HOPE – Sarah Eardley
HOPE Centre for Children, Families and the Community are delighted to welcome Sarah Eardley as their new Chief Executive Officer. Sarah has worked for nearly 15 years in the Third Sector and for the last six years has specialised in women’s services at Asha Women’s Centre in Worcester. Her early career in publishing was followed by a period abroad in Spain for several years. Upon her return [Read more…]
Building Blocks – Winter 2015
The Early Years Education Newsletter
This third edition of Building Blocks has news about the Woodland School, an introduction to Rachel Cross in ‘Meet our staff’ plus news of Christmas activities at HOPE Early Years Education.
Woodland School
We’ve now had a full term in the woods with our Woodland School, with two different groups attending. The children have had many experiences. They’ve looked at habitats and hibernating, finding safe places for their clay hedgehogs. [Read more…]
Help Save Soft Play and Stay ‘n’ Play Groups
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e HOPE Centre runs groups on weekday mornings, Monday to Thursday, for 0-5 year olds – Soft Play on Monday, Stay ‘n’ Play on Tuesday, See Hear and Touch on Wednesday and Bumps ‘n’ Babies on Thursday.
Unfortunately, the Monday and Tuesday groups aren’t getting enough families out to keep them running past mid-February 2016. [Read more…]
Dementia Friends Information Session
Dementia Friends is an initiative run by the Alzheimer’s Society. It’s funded by the government and aims to improve people’s understanding of dementia and its effects. The Alzheimer’s Society is working with lots of volunteers and other organisations to achieve this goal.
Dementia Friends Information Sessions are run by volunteer Dementia Friends Champions, who are trained and supported by Alzheimer’s Society. [Read more…]
