News

We couldn’t do all the amazing things we do without our team of volunteer Grief Support Workersand we are so pleased to announce that we have recently inducted our largest ever cohort of trainees, taking our volunteer team to over 40! This is such great news as, the more volunteers we have, the more children and…

We’ve just published our Winter 2024 Supporters Newsletter. It’s a jam-packed issue with lots of news, information and a round-up of our year in figures. You can read it by clicking the link here: Supporter Newsletter – Winter 2024

Balloons is supported by a trustee board of 12 volunteers who bring differentskills, expertise and knowledge to govern our work. This month we are sayinggoodbye to Steve Bright who has been our chair for the last 5 years. Steve has brought a wealth of experience and has supported Balloonsthrough the pandemic, through changes to the…

Recently, some of our service users and their families got together at the Balloons office and had a great time meeting-up and making Christmas decorations together. The lovely team at Weird Sticks CIC showed them how to make decorations using willow and the results were fantastic! The children were able to take their creations home…

Our activity days are always a highlight and we had another fabulous driving day at the Red One Driving Circuit! It was a great opportunity for some of our service users to gain driving experience and boost their confidence.  At the same time, our volunteers and staff had some great conversations with parents and carers.…

Thank you so much to everyone that supported our Balloons team skydive! We were very lucky on the day as it was ​beautiful weather and, as a result, once the ​parachutes were open, the views were ​amazing. Nicky, Nasim, and Clare felt completely safe in the ​hands of the wonderful team at Skydive Buzz and…