It is always humbling to visit The Need Project, especially at Christmas — and once again, we were warmly welcomed by Gordon, Ellie and the team. It’s inspiring to catch up and hear how much the project continues to grow in heart and impact. In just 12 days, they delivered 565 food parcels for local families and individuals — a lifeline for so many. But what’s clear every time we visit is...
Stotfold Community
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...
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.
Article in Living Life Magazine, published Nov '23. "First Step Estate Agents have grown from strength to strength from when they started nearly 14 years ago. Since then David & Jules Taylor, First Step have donated over £65,000 to local causes as they both have a very strong ‘Giving Back’ ethos. These donations have included hampers and gifts for raffle prizes as well as generous cheques for fundraising events. The team frequently loan their gazebos for local events such as the Arlesey Fete, Fairfield Park Lower School, Fete, Howard Garden Bowls."
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...
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 proudly support the U15 Ambers from Stotfold FC. We were very pleased to hear the team won their semi to get through to the Final of the Chiltern League U15 plate.And then this past Sunday 14th May they also won 2-0 against Barton Rovers FC!Congratulations to the...
#CommunitySpirit 🥰 🌟 We are pleased to donate to The Need Project once again this Christmas. Earlier today Deb and Nick from the office went to see Gordon at The Need Project HQ, Stotfold, where they presented a £500 cheque. Gordon also showed them around to get an insight into what goes into providing food parcels for those in need. The Need Project are a non-profit charity based in...