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Playskill’s 2021 AGM embraced the digital revolution again, holding the meeting via Zoom for the second year. More than 75 screens and 100 people attended including local MP Dean Russell and Watford’s Mayor, Peter Taylor, alongside business and individual supporters; parents – past and present; volunteers and staff. Hosted by the […]
The Playskill AGM took place on Wednesday 11 November on a dark and windy night. Luckily this was our first ever virtual AGM so we were all warm and ready at our computer screens crossing our fingers that the windy weather didn’t knock out the internet. We were delighted to […]
“Hayley and I met back in 2017 when we were both having our Playskill introductions, and we instantly connected. Back then our boys, Jackson and Leo were unable to even sit up independently, but their progress together has been incredible. Watching them at Playskill now as they interact and Leo […]
“In 2017 our lives changed forever when our son was born. However, it wasn’t a normal start for us as first time parents. It became apparent quite quickly that our son had several complex health needs, which significantly separated him from his peers. Leo has a cleft palate, he is […]
“Good evening all – please bear with me as this is more than a little out of my comfort zone and I’m a nervous wreck! Apologies for reading from a sheet but learning a speech by heart just wasn’t going to happen! I wanted to make sure that nothing was […]
I’m June. Mum of Louis. Who has been going to Hemel PM group for 1.5 years. Prior to that he went to Watford. I’m going to tell you a bit about Louis and the enormous benefits Playskill has given him. Louis is 5 years old. He lives at home with […]
I am Lorna, mum to Seren (very nearly 3) and Finlay (9). Seren has been attending playskill since January 2017 when she was 13 months old. She is one of the first children to attend the new Dome group on a Tuesday afternoon. I am speaking from my own experience, […]
I’d like to start by giving you the feedback I got from other Mums in our Watford Monday morning group: Ron’s Mum, Amy, wrote: Ron joined Playskill just after he turned one. We joined feeling unsupported, isolated and afraid of the future. After travelling to tonnes of appointments each week […]
We met our daughter Luna on a hospital ward when she was 7 months old after being asked by Islington Local Authority if we would foster her. Luna was born at 24 weeks weighing less than a bag of sugar – she spent most of her first 7 months in […]
My apologies for starting this presentation with a PowerPoint but that part of Hermione’s story is sometimes too difficult to share. Hermione was in hospital for a mere 4 weeks and we were sent home with the following advice… to establish feeding and watch for further seizures and then to […]