Archives -

We really are enjoying being able to hold face to face events again. Our Easter Half term event for our Essex office was a great success. Our Young People came together for a fun filled afternoon where they decorated an Easter Bonnet before joining in an Easter Bonnet parade showing off their wonderful creations. Everybody …

March has been the month of PACE Training for Young People at Heart. PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) is a model of caring and parenting developed by Dan Hughes. It helps support and form secure attachments with children and young people who may have experienced difficulties in early life. By adopting the PACE model, the …

With Covid restrictions lifted there was no stopping us putting our Christmas jumpers on for Pantomime Season. Having missed our annual trip to the theatres last year we were so excited to be able to take all our staff, foster families, young people, and their support network to shout, cheer and sing along to the …

Over the last year we have awarded 3 more staff their 3-year Young People at Heart Bronze Award to recognise their commitment and loyalty to the organisation.  Gary and Davina are very grateful to the team for their continued hard work and the amazing support they provide our foster carers and young people!

October Half Term was jam packed of Halloween Parties up and down the country. Starting in Essex there was our Essex Halloween Drop n Shop where we enjoyed lots of spooky fun!  We decorated pumpkins, did some painting, took part in a Halloween quiz, decorated biscuits, played musical statues and even turned each other into mummies …

On the 4th September we celebrated our Young People at Heart 6th birthday! What a day that was! We were so thrilled to have everyone together and to be able to celebrate with everyone in real life, for lots of our new carers and staff that have joined us over the lockdown period it was a …

We were so excited to be able to meet face to face again we put on 6 different picnics in the summer holidays! It was lovely to meet up and see all of our young people and foster families playing and having fun in real life! The young people enjoyed the play equipment at the …

June began with our virtual half term event (which fingers crossed will be our last big event having to be held via Zoom). We were joined by Fantastic Phil and his friends for a magic show along with Steve, one of our Foster Carers, for a drumming workshop.  It was great to see so many …

We are sure everyone is feeling a bit fed up with being in lockdown and another month of working from home, home-schooling and not being able to see friends and family is a daunting prospect. However, one thing we must all be doing to keep our physical and mental health in check is EXERCISE! To help …