The Mayor for St Albans City and District, Cllr Aislinn Lee, joins volunteers and staff from Sure-Start St Albans and St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge (SAHWR) on market stall
St Albans City and District Mayor, Cllr Aislinn Lee helped volunteers and supporters from Sure-Start St Albans and St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge (SAHWR) raise the profile of the charities by joining them on a market stall in St Albans on Wednesday, 5 July.
The Mayor has chosen to help raise funds for the two charities during her mayoral year and offered them the opportunity to take a market stall in St Albans to distribute information to local residents about the organisations.
The Mayor, Cllr Aislinn Lee said: “These two charities play an important role in the local community providing care and support to families. The market stall helped the charities make more people aware of the good work that they do.”
Events will be held throughout the year to help raise funds for the charities culminating in the Mayor’s Ball in the spring of 2012.
Sure-Start St Albans runs ten children’s centres across the District, providing access to local support and services for families and carers of children under five years of age. Teresa Matcham, a centre manager for one of Sure-Start’s centres said: “We are absolutely delighted to be able to raise our profile in the wider community. Our centres welcome families with young children. We are committed to providing the best possible outcomes for all children. This is achieved by working in partnership with parents in a variety of ways.”
The Mayor’s other charity, St Albans and Hertsmere Women's Refuge, provides a service to women and children fleeing domestic abuse. The refuge accommodates up to 22 families who stay for up to three months in the emergency accommodation and for up to two years in the ‘move on’ accommodation. The manager of the refuge, Liz Perry, said: “This stall has provided us with a fabulous opportunity to raise the profile of the refuge and having the Mayor’s support is invaluable.”
Contact for the Mayor’s office:
Alison Orde, the Mayor’s Civic Officer
Tel: 01727 819544 E-mail: Alison.orde@stalbans.gov.uk
Contact for the press:
Amanda Wilkinson, Communication Officer
St Albans City and District Council
Tel: 01727 819317
E-mail: amanda.wilkinson@stalbans.gov.uk
www.stalbans.gov.uk
Notes:
St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge (SAHWR).
If you need help or advice or know someone who does, please telephone the Refuge: 01923-855662 or 01727-824425 or
Outreach: 01727 827621, or visit the website for further information: www.stalbansandhertsmerewomensrefuge.org.uk
Sure-start St Albans
To find out where your nearest children’s centres are, go to: www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/stalbans
For further information:
The Alban Way Children’s Centres 01727 855134 http://www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/albanway/
Lamer Fields Children’s Centre Wheathampstead 01582 834758 http://www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/lamerfields/
Harpenden Children’s Centre 01582 714211
http://www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/harpenden/
St Albans Children’s Centre 01727 891100
http://www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/albanway/
Sopwell and Verulum Children’s Centre 01727 774090
http://www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/sopwellverulam/
Redbourn and Villages Children’s Centre 01582 688512
http://www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/redbourn/
Park Street and St Stephen’s Children’s Centre 01923 673698
http://www.hertsmere-children.co.uk/childrenscentres/parkstreet.php
London Colney Children’s Centre 01727 822196
http://www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/londoncolney/