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	<title>Home-Start Westminster website</title>
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	<description>If you care for families and children, you have to care about them</description>
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		<title>HSW is “matched” with Cornelia Funke!</title>
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Internationally renowned children’s author Cornelia Funke has joined Home-Start Westminster as our patron. As you will see from Cornelia’s biography, a better match would be hard to imagine!
Biography
Following university, Cornelia worked for three years as a social worker in an educational project, working with children from difficult backgrounds. Following this she worked as a designer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1147</link>
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		<title>Papers for 18.01.12 BOT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Managers report 18.01.12
Agenda 18.01.12
BOTminutes16.11.2011
Personal safety Policy DRAFT Jan 2012
CRB policy DRAFT Jan 2012
Safe Storage jan 2012 DRAFT policy
Health and Safety Draft Policy Jan 2012
Funding Committee Meeting 28-11-11 with notes from EH
Budget 18.01.12
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		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1116</link>
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		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1101</link>
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		<title>Reflections from 2011 to 2012</title>
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As we come to the end of another year and
I reflect on our work, I am so moved by the
experiences we are so privileged to share
with many many people. First and foremost
the families, who allow us into their homes.
They share their lives, memories, longings and
aspirations so generously. The volunteers, who
bring their wonderful qualities in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1087</link>
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		<description><![CDATA["As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression.
In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains
seemingly unchanged and it is in such twilight that we all
 must be most aware of change in the air - however slight -
lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
-William O. Douglas, judge (1898-1980)
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		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1073</link>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s author Cornelia Funke visits HSW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our new trustee Penny Wigram surprised us all with an introduction to and a visit from the renowned children&#8217;s author Cornelia Funke &#8211; creator of the internationally best-selling Ink Heart series. Cornelia&#8217;s publishers had sent us a collection of her books to distribute to our families, which Cornelia not only signed but also individually illustrated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1064</link>
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		<title>Celebrating the festive season with our families &amp; volunteers!</title>
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On 7th December we held our Family Christmas Party together with Newpin family centre. It was a fantastic party, with delicious food, santa and entertainer Mike Belgrave with his two guitars, balloon animals and amazing energy!
Then on 8th December we held our Volunteer End of Year party. A huge thank you to our longstanding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1055</link>
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		<title>New volunteer prep course &#8211; May 2012!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next Volunteer Preparation Course will begin in May 2012. If you  would like to become a volunteer, please call 020 7724 1345 or email admin@hswestminster.co.uk for an  application pack!
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		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1052</link>
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		<title>ING charity walk</title>
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A massive thank you to the 16 charity walkers from ING who completed a 5k walk around the city for HSW on 26th October. Each walker had a target of £50 sponsorship to raise and this will be generously matched by ING. The final total is being counted up, but it looks like the team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1016</link>
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		<title>Papers for the AGM &amp; November BOT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HSW Budget 11-12
Funding Committee Meeting 17-10-11
Expenses Policy DRAFT Nov 2011
Sick Absence Policy Nov 2011 DRAFT
Supervision for Volunteers Policy DRAFT Nov 2011
Volunteer Resting Policy DRAFT Nov 2011
FINAL Development Plan 2011 -12 June 23rd
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		<link>http://www.homestartwestminster.org.uk/articles/1011</link>
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