I can’t believe how generous you have all been with Harvest food donations this year, never have we had so much food, which is great as this will enable us to be more generous to our families as they combat the winter battle of eat or heat! We are all feeling the pinch I know but the challenges keep coming and we keep rising up to them.Like every charity that is reliant on an employed professional staff, we will be hit by the increase in the NI changes when they come in and we think that means we will need to raise an extra £30,000 a year just to continue as we are.

On the positive side we constantly see improvements in the lives of our families; we keep experiencing the generosity of our supporters, so we stay positive, confident that our work will continue for as long as our families need us. Our Board meet later this month and we will be looking at what we want to achieve over the next five years. It won't be as ambitious as the growth we have experienced over the last five years, but it will focus on what we need to keep doing and how we can strengthen our teams to make sure that the families get the best that we can deliver on your behalf.

So once again please accept our heartfelt thanks for all that you do,

With thanks as always for your support.
Martin and the FSW Team