Bushy Leaze Family Support Team provide a lifeline to families with children under the age of 5 in Alton, Hampshire and its surrounding area who are in crisis situations or in need of assistance to improve their child's quality of life and life chances. We build a community for local families; providing vital support through a combination of outreach work, targeted groups and expert one-to-one support.

Since the closure of Hampshire's Sure Start Centres in 2016 we have operated our family support services independently, supported by our own charity whose aim is to build and develop income enabling our vital services to continue. We are now the only remaining centre in East Hampshire thanks to the support and passion of our local community. We need to raise an additional £20,000 for 2020 to ensure we can keep providing our vital support to Alton and East Hampshire's families. Your donation, no matter what the size, will have a real impact for local families:

£2.50 could support a family to attend one of our targeted groups

£8 could help a family with a child with special needs to attend a Bushy Tales support group

£40 could provide targeted one-to-one support for a family

£1,000 could pay for a breastfeeding support councilor to attend a group for a year

£3,500 will help us run our vital First Time Parents group for a year

£15,000 could pay for a part-time Family Support Worker

£100,000 will keep the centre open for a year