Bailey Cook Financial Planning Charity

First Steps (Bath)

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Bailey Cook Financial Planning Charity

An appeal by First Steps (Bath)

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About the appeal

Bailey Cook Financial Planning is supporting First Steps Bath in 2022/23 to help local children to have the best start in their early years.

First Steps supports young children (0-5 years) and their families in hidden pockets of deprivation in Bath and those who have special needs and disabilities throughout Bath and North East Somerset. Quality, inclusive childcare and services for families enable children to enjoy education and learning in a warm and welcoming environment and support parents back into education, training and employment. Many of the families supported by First Steps are facing additional challenges through the impact of the Covid and cost of living crises.

The fundraising will support key projects to improve the life chances of young children, particularly those with special educational needs and who are at risk of being disadvantaged by poverty and family circumstances. Each project will enhance opportunities and support during their early years, the most critical time for learning and development:

Providing free meals
Ensuring that children whose families are managing on low incomes have a hot nutritious meal every day, this puts them in the best position to benefit from the opportunities to learn and develop in their nursery.

Trips, Activities and Resources
Children from low-income households are less likely to have opportunities to experience different environments or take part in stimulating activities, such as trips to see a pantomime or visit Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, which spark opportunities for imagination, language and creative ideas for the children. Donations of picture books from our 'wish list' help children to read more inspiring and diverse stories in the nurseries and at home.

Early identification and support for children with Special Educational Needs
Early Years practitioners working across all First Steps services are quick to identify any delays in development and learning and put plans into place to address this. This additional funding will provide extra time for an experienced Special Educational Needs practitioner and a Family Support Practitioner to work with families to support home learning opportunities and ensure that children’s plans are effective.

57%

£1,414

of £2,500

307

days left

backers

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What your gift could provide

£17

Five days of free meals for young children from families on low incomes

£30

Five new picture books to read with children in First Steps community nurseries

£50

Early years therapeutic activity for children with special educational needs

Latest donations

Bailey Cook

It has been a pleasure to support and work with this wonderful charity over the last year. We look forward to raising awareness for the great work First Steps do throughout 2023.

29/12/2022

£1,000

Judy Bowles

I made a donation to First Steps (Bath)

08/12/2022

£20

Lynda Williams

A very worthwhile cause

26/11/2022

£30

Stats

Online donations

£1,414.00

Gift Aid

£79.25

Raised offline

£0.00

Total raised: £1,493.25

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