Community

Supporting Our Local Community We're always delighted to support local schools, charities and community organisations wherever we can. Recently, we were pleased to loan our First Step gazebos to Fairfield Park Lower School for one of their events. We hope they helped make the day a great success! If you're organising a local event and could make use of one of our gazebos, we'd be happy...

We were delighted to support the recent Stotfold Bowls Club Gala with a £200 donation, as well as creating and purchasing new scoreboards and providing gazebos for the big day. 🏆 Congratulations to the Gala winners – the fantastic team from Baldock Bowls Club – pictured in front of our banner.⛺ Special shout-out to, Mike Beedle (Vice Chair).🎯 And of course, two of Stotfold’s finest caught...

An update from James Saunders - SFC This season we have played up an age group so that we properly tested the boys. It started off amazingly, placed in division 2 we were winning games comfortably. This lead to us winning the winter league division 2. In February we started playing in division 1. This turned out to be a lot more tricky! The top couple of teams in the division were very good and we were on...

We have pledged to donate £1,000 this year to support this vital cause. Updates from Gordon Project Leader Demand for food has increased by a staggering 40% compared to last year, with January due to be their busiest month. Food parcels are delivered to Stotfold, Arlesey and locally across our county. Local families stuck within the Cost of Living Crisis - including many couples with...

Fairfield Apple Day....David in action demonstrating how to press apples into fresh, delicious juice. A must-see!” … Good Morning from Jules and David who are helping to set up at the Apple Day at Fairfield. It is off to a perfect start! Very lucky with the weather and amazing blue skies overhead, it’s the ideal setting for a day of celebration. The bar is almost ready to serve refreshing...

Jules and Jane from the office met Gordon, Caroline, and Keith earlier this week, and spoke to many of the volunteers to find out how much hard work goes into making up the Christmas food parcels. The lead-up to Christmas is The Need Project’s busiest time of year. Christmas is traditionally the time of giving but The Need Project truly goes above and beyond this sentiment.

John Mcburney and Lorna visited us in the office to pick up a cheque for the upcoming Christmas Fayre in Stotfold - taking place on the 18th November. At Christmas time First Step annually sponsor The Stotfold Christmas Fayre. This event helps support important local causes usually related to the younger community, such as “Just Out” for kids. First Step are sponsoring the event, produced a...

Another Great finish by our No.1 Karting Success James Morley… finishing by a full 5.95 seconds ahead of the pack.. In racing terms he nearly had time to get out of his kart and have a full mug of tea before the second kart came home.. Featured: Photos of James in pole position on the circuit. No short cut to success, James Dad is also his pit crew, at this race due to a unplanned hernia...

We proudly support Stotfold Junior FC. We welcomed them into the office recently to present them with a 1k cheque. Pictured: Andy Bainbridge who runs Stotfold Juniors  and Rachel Cooper. (The Juniors treasurer). David with the Stotfold FC Juniors teams. A big shout out to Andy Bainbridge who is in charge of Stotfold FC who does an amazing job! Recently Stotfold Junior Football Club won the...

We welcomed the PTA-Fairfield ladies in to collect raffle prizes for their Summer Fete - A Luxury Hamper sourced by Red3D Limited from First Step & Dining voucher for 4 at Grapevine Turkish Restaurant in Letchworth https://my.mtr.cool/iayolslgcyWe hope the lucky winner enjoy the prizes. First Step look forward to workig with Fairfield PTA on many events to...