Posts by Helen Holgate

What a great afternoon with Downton 4 Family today. Mrs Reeves took a group of Prefects to Downton Baptist Church to deliver donations from the school. Students made up Christmas gift bags, wrote cards and assisted with re-stocking The Community Larder. We support this project annually with Downton 4 Family, it is such a vital…

Downton 4 Family had a great time today at The Close with the New Forest Ranger Hayden, who bought her van and lots of things for us to explore, play with and learn about. Thanks to all the lovely local families who came along – we were so pleased to see you. One little person…

Everyone turned into Santa’s helpers today and the goody bags for Christmas have been sorted! Thank you so much for you time and support

Downton4Family held a Just4Fun cookery day which included making soup, homemade hobnobs and ratatouille. We ate lunch together and took home dinner and biscuits for later. Our aim was to have fun and the tucking in we did and photos suggest our goal was achieved!

Huge thank you to Lauren and Ryan for supporting us by hiring Daisy, our Austin, from Charity Cars. It looked like an amazing day!!!

Congrats on your prom Angel !!!! Charity Cars who fundraise for us have just chauffeured Angel to her prom. Angel’s mum said: “I wanted to say a massive big thank you to Ray. He was absolutely fabulous and put the kids at ease. And basically is an all round lovely chap. We couldn’t have asked…

On Sunday we helped Downton Parish Council with their switching on of the Christmas Tree lights. What a huge honour to be invited to lead the magical countdown. The singing to the tree was beautiful. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas….which can be joyful, and sometimes, tough. Please remember to look out for…

On Saturday we enjoyed a Christmas Craft morning where we had fun decorating gingerbread houses and making Christmas cards. We had hot chocolate and maybe a few sweeties too! Children smiled and parents chatted. Well done to all who created the cosy time.

On Friday we sorted through a huge collection of donations to our Reverse Advent Calendar collection. Thank you so much to everyone who donated and to all those who came to help sort and make beautiful hampers to be shared with families in Downton and the surrounding villages. We loved being joined by pupils from…