59 - Childcare to help out family - October 2021
Donation number 59 of £500 goes to a Sheffield family to help fund some childcare whilst Mum is recovering from serious illness and Dad is out of the country visiting his very unwell Mother. With no family or close friends here, and three children to care for including a toddler and new baby, Family Voice (a fantastic local community organisation) have been doing all they can to support this family, helping (among other things) to fund full-time child care for the toddler. Family Voice also reached out to us to see if we could help to keep the toddler in nursery for 2 more weeks while Dad is abroad, allowing the Mum more recovery time and to care for the new baby. Family Voice say the toddler has grown to love nursery and they expect the next 2 weeks to continue in the same way so that by the time the Dad returns, the Mum will be stronger and the toddler can be at home more with the Dad around to help. Family Voice tell us that our help has averted a serious crisis, one that could h