Home-Start Banbury & Chipping Norton - News

Christmas Party
On the 11th December we held our family Christmas party at the Marlborough Road Methodist Church. We were entertained by magician Sam X and afer a plentiful lunch Father Christmas arrived with a sack full of presents.


Summer Outing
In August we had the family summer outing to Hatton Country World. It was a beautiful hot sunny day and a great time was had by all.


Quality Assurance Review
The Quality Assurance system, developed in conjunction with Charities Evaluation Services, was introduced during 2005.

Home-Start schemes and Home-Start UK regularly conduct self assessments against 16 standards to measure their own progress. Every three years there is a full Review to validate their findings externally. The focus of the Review is determined using information such as self assessments, reports on action plans and evidence gathered in advance and at a document review preceding the full Review. Scheme Reviews are led by Home-Start UK staff and include interviews with families, volunteers, staff and trustees.

In May 2008 Home-Start Banbury & Chipping Norton underwent the first full three-year review looking at all areas of the scheme’s work: what we do, how we do it, how we organise it and how we record it. We were delighted that our reviewers found that the scheme was performing well, meeting 227 out of the 232 essential indicators – ‘a significant achievement’.
If you would like to read the full review, please click here.

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Home-Start Banbury & Chipping Norton recieve Queen's Award
Home-Start Banbury & Chipping Norton was chosen to receive the prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. On June 25th 2007. The Vice Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Malcolm Cochrane, presented the group with the award.

Four long serving Volunteers Pat New, Jocelyn Taylor, Deborah Alexander and Pam Archdale attended the Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday July 17th 2007.

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