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Our Playbus has been coming to Millfields Park in Hackney for 8 yrs. In summer we welcomed over 70 children per session. Our funding ends in May. Please help us so we can be there in Spring 2013!
Millfields Park is in Clapton, Hackney and a well loved green space surrounded by dense housing. There are several housing estates where families live, often without outside space in over crowded conditions. When doing outreach we have met families, new to the area, who don't know where their local green space is.
Our outreach makes sure that all families know what local support and facilities are available. Our Playbus sessions are a fantastic place for families to meet and share experiences and advice.
Please help us keep these sessions going through Spring 2013. With your help to keep going we will have more time to secure funding so we can get more families out in the park, prevent isolation and have fun!
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Why it's a great idea:
Raising this money is about keeping a well loved and well used, unique local resource running. We know that with the funding for Playbus sessions in Millfields Park we will be able to reach literally hundreds of families in Hackney, some who know and love these sessions already and others who we are yet to meet.
With your help to keep these sessions running this will buy us more time to look for future funding opportunities to hopefully secure Playbus sessions in Millfields Park into the future. We are hoping that some of our families will run some sponsored events to help raise the money but we could do with all the support we can get.
Please get involved and get Hackney's children out in the park!
Steps to get it done:
Here is what some of our families say about Hackney Playbus in Millfields Park;
"It's amazing for all local people who live on estates. Lots of people need this."
"My daughter loves playing on and off the bus. Being in the park with the outdoor space is excellent! Please keep it up."
"I like the playbus. It's so fun for the kids and the parents. We can communicate with other parents and ask about activities."
"The people who work for Hackney Playbus are very good at their jobs; very supportive, balanced interactions with kids and carers."
Hackney Playbus has been providing play sessions to children and support to families in Hackney and the surrounding boroughs for free for 40 years. Your support to help make sure we can keep up this work really means a lot.
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How will the money be spent?Total £1,720
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Total £1,720
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VolunteerHackney Playbus was set up in 1972 with the aim of taking exciting play opportunities onto housing estates in Hackney where so many children were growing up. We've now been taking our service to parks and estates in and around Hackney for over 40 years! We run play sessions for babies and children 0-10 years old in our fully converted double decker bus called Bugsie. Our bus is full of fun stuff including a sandpit, painting, arts and crafts, a play drivers seat, a mini kitchen, a reading corner and where ever we can we set up lots of outdoor play too.
Hackney Playbus was set up and initially funded by the Hackney Council enabling the project to buy and convert our first double decker bus and employ staff. In 1998 we became an independant registered charity, and the project went on to attract substantial Sure Start funding to take our service out into the community in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, reaching around 5,000 children a year. We now work closely with children’s Centres where Hackney Playbus found a new role providing outreach working in partnership with Centres. 2012 found us working with 7 different Centres making sure no one in the community is left without support, by taking our services practically to their door step!
In these difficult financial times we are changing the way we think about funding to make sure that we can keep bringing our bus to the people and the areas who need it. Our sessions are massively popular, attracting as many as 79 children and their carers per session in the summer months. Our sessions also act as a base for us to carry out door to door outreach in the surrounding areas to make sure that everyone knows about their local children's centre and other support services.
We would love your support.
Our staff team:
Claire Kelly - Director
Jane Lavelle - Early Years Lead
Ian Hastings - Bus Manager
Sarah Wilson - Play Lead and Communications Officer
Amjid Hussain - Playbus Driver
Plus our fantastic sessional team of Playworkers and Early Years Practitioners.
Project Owner: Hackney Playbus The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
Contractor: None required The team responsible for building or installing the project.
