News posts since 2008
We had a wonderful Easter finale for our groups with two reunion parties at Hemel Hempstead and Watford. Rosie Axon came to both parties and led music therapy taster sessions, which was something different for all to try. Watford’s party had six years of children represented and was huge – […]
Today Mayor Dorothy Thornhill visited Playskill at the Le Marie Centre, nearly six years on from her first visit to the initial Watford pilot group. Playskill Watford branch is currently funded by the Big Lottery. Jamie Conway from the Big Lottery also attended the group and together they heard from […]
Here are some recent photos of our various groups in action. We are also delighted to have received a cheque from Greenlane Childrens’ Centre for the Playskill group in Hemel Hempstead which will help with the shortfall of funding we have for this group. Thanks so much!
Playskill is registered as one of the charities at Waitrose St Albans for January so now is the time to go and do some shopping there and put a disk into the Playskill box to help with our fundraising. Thank you! The address: 1 Ermine Close, St Albans AL3 4JZ.
A big thank you to all the families, staff and trustees who helped with bag packing for Playskill at Sainsburys Apsley Mills before Christmas. Nicole Wholman and the team from the Hilton also did a wonderful job. A grand total of £660 was raised – this is brilliant – thanks […]
We had the most wonderful Playskill Christmas party earlier this week. It was our biggest party yet with nearly 100 guests (over 70 children with special physical needs and their families) for an action-packed party with a great deal of fun! Sainsbury’s Apsley helped to feed everyone with a wonderful donation […]
Cedric Levitt organised a wonderful night out for Playskill mums and dads to see Hello Dolly at The Palace Theatre Watford on Wednesday 9th November. It was a wonderful night out and a hugely welcome break for all. We are so grateful for this opportunity – thank you, Cedric!
We had a wonderful five-year celebration party at Blackwell’s in Chipperfield on Saturday 8th October. Tickets were sold out and there was a great atmosphere with fabulous live music from Belinda Patrick, Jeremy Webb and Will Gardner. The food was fantastically prepared by Claire Matyus-Flynn and Anna Yule – volunteers from […]
The Lanes Children Centre organised a lovely event on Saturday 24th September for families of children with additional needs called ” Down in the Woods”. We had a lot of fun with a number of our children in the woods at Chipperfield making craft and cooking marshmallows over the fire!
Playskill enjoyed another wonderful day out to Willows Farm. Thanks to all those involved!