Families United

Check out the FUN we had in 2023!

Group photo of families attending an event sitting underneath a cover outside around a campfire

Check out the FUN we had in 2023!!   Discover the FUN we had in 2023, as we provided inclusive activities, events, and support for Warrington’s disabled children and their families. Thank you to all who joined us and to our supporters, we are looking forward with great anticipation for all we have to offer […]

Partnership and the launch of a new sensory equipment website.

In August 2021, as we emerged from lockdown, Families United began visiting The Puddle Project. We explored a newly opened site with the friendliest of welcomes. You can check out one of our early visits here. Two years later, The Puddle Team continues to surpass our expectations. When families proposed ideas to make The Puddle […]

Families United Summer 2020 – Our first Blog Post

Hello folks, We hope that you’re enjoying our very smart new website. We’d like to thank the team at Blue Whale Media for designing and hosting our new website. We absolutely love that a local business has been able to support our small charity. Check out their website using the following link to see what […]

Families United Events Blog: Lockdown 2021

Author: Lisa, FUN Trustee & Parent. Lockdown at the beginning of the year was a stressful and worrying time for us all and it meant that we were unable to run our usual trips and activities. However, that didn’t stop us in our endeavours to provide the valuable support that our member families have come […]

WHAT FUN WE HAD IN 2019!!

January 20th – Family Bowling Afternoon @ Tenpin, Warrington February 10th – Science Fiction Classics @ Liverpool Philharmonic March 10th – FUN Farming @ Acorn Farm April 6th – Residential Activity Trip @ Barnstondale Activity Centre April 14th – Lambing @ Tatton Park May 30th – Wizard Academy @ East Lancs Railway, Bury June 23rd […]

What FUN we had in 2021!!

Magic Matt Zoom Sessions every 2 weeks February – Mud & Bloom Postal Subscription / Valentine Crafts @ Home March – Mud & Bloom Postal Subscription / Science @ Home STEM Kit / Mothers Day Flower Arrangement Kit April – Mud & Bloom Postal Subscription / Home Sensory Movie / Design a Kite Zoom Session / […]

Lovely Lucem Cinema trip thanks to Stowe Family Law LLP

Thanks to the generosity of Stowe Family Law LLP we were able to offer a trip to our members at our favourite cinema, Lucem in St Helens, during the February half term holidays. Lucem is a community interest company which is volunteer led and not run for profit. The cinema is very well maintained and […]

Well that’s a wrap on 2022!!

2022 the year normality  made a return After a difficult couple of years we finally made it ‘back to normal land” or “new normal” as the news kept telling us. It was welcomed with open arms by our FUN Families with huge appreciation for how much each member of our families need and want the […]

Warrington charity Families United celebrates 20th birthday

Thank you to our new trustee Linzi and @warringtonguardian for a wonderful review of our small charity. Please take 5 minutes to have a read and keep your eyes peeled for the FUN 2023 programme of activities and celebration of FUN’s 20th birthday https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/…/23263911.sankey…/

FUN celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

We celebrated the Queens Platinum Jubilee in May 2022 with thanks to funding secured from Cheshire Community Foundation. We celebrated not just the Queen but our incredible families with the support of small businesses within the Warrington community. There was faceprinting, sensory toys, theatre performance, a great raffle and a commemorative gift for each child. […]