A year unlike any other
A year ago this weekend I was returning from a hectic week in Belarus visiting children and their families who we were expecting to bring to the UK this summer with the Friends of [...]
Spring Table Top Sale
Love a bargain? Why not come and join us at our Spring Table Top sale at Blaby Social Centre on Saturday 14th March. We will be selling a range of brand new goods at great [...]
Fighting for Sonia
At the beginning of November Sue and Jonathan from the charity visited Belarus meeting new children to bring onto the programme for our next visit in August 2020. While out there they met a truly [...]
Change a child’s life in 2020
Chernobyl TV series shines a light on the world’s worst nuclear disaster The popularity and critical acclaim of recent television series Chernobyl has shone a light on the world’s worst nuclear disaster when Reactor 4 [...]
FOCC host family featured in national newspaper
This week, we were delighted to see a great article on the Daily Mail website featuring Emma Mahony - a host from the FOCC Mid-Sussex group and Arseny from a village near Cherikov in Belarus. [...]
Remembering Chernobyl
April 26th, 2021 marks the 35th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident, when reactor four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded releasing 190 tonnes of radioactive uranium and graphite into the atmosphere. A [...]