News and Events

There is no doubt that the care and attention paid when preparing and decorating the rooms, our ‘Meeter and Greeter’ Miriam offering a warm welcome, setting up an information point, providing quality food and drinks and ensuring each attendee is made to feel special is appreciated.  
I spent 3 hours surrounded by local heroes, community activators, and people who are benefiting from the work you and your team are doing.
It’s time for July’s update and we are thrilled to share the success of our latest Rye community event, which brought together 38 enthusiastic attendees.
Just to share that we now have a dedicated FAiR Volunteering Page and sigh-up form for volunteering.
Various organisations will join us to share information about their Health and Wellbeing services plus future dates:
Torrential rain (flaming June?) did not stop guests attending Tilling, Tea and Cake on Saturday June 15th.
We’re rounding off Volunteers Week 24 with a blog about volunteering with Friends Altogether in Rother.
It’s Volunteers Week 24 and we’d like to join in with a huge THANK you to our volunteers.
It's good news time! We're very pleased to share that Friends Altogether in Rother has been accepted by the East Sussex County Council to take part in their Community Wellbeing fundraising project!
26 guests joined 'Tilling, Tea and Cake' for another fun, enjoyable and informative Saturday Social. (A total of 208 people have attended our Saturday Social in the 7 months since we launched last Nov 2023)
Over our last 6 events, 183 people have joined us. Come along and enjoy our company whilst receiving advice on daily Health & Wellbeing challenges.
Time for something that will hopefully brighten your day – an update on our progress in setting up the FAiR befriending service, from our new-in-post Community Volunteer Training Coordinator, Kathy Crowther
Its the unexpected donations that surprise us. Sometimes, conversations we had months ago stay with potential donors and this was our experience earlier this week. 
36 people attended Tilling, Tea and Cake on Saturday. The monthly event is becoming known as a safe social space that offers the opportunity for our guests to listen to Health & Wellbeing advice and support provided by a wide variety of organisations based across eastern Rother.
We thoroughly enjoy the services we are developing at FAiR. Receiving Testimonials are humbling but gratefully received:
Last Saturday we enjoyed a ‘FAiR Do’ to give a ‘One Big Thank You’ to trustees, volunteers and key supporters
Over our last 5 events, 147 people have joined us. Come along and enjoy our company whilst receiving advice on daily Health & Wellbeing challenges.
Funding and Donations are the life blood of a charity  to ensure the organisation can finance short and long term requirements. This takes dedication from staff making multiple funding applications, volunteers and trustees - the unsung heroes of any charity, readily giving their time for free.