Dear all Mums the Worders,
We have been having to make some big decisions about the future of Mums the Word, and you have probably been aware that there have been some difficulties with hall bookings, activities and numbers of attendees in the last few weeks, which has meant Mum's the Word is getting difficult for us to sustain on a fortnightly basis, from both a cost and personal effort angle.
(This week's group is cancelled, again for reasons beyond our control.)
We have both now been back at work for six months, and our boys are no longer able to be left lying under a play gym for 2 hours on a Friday afternoon so this makes it much more difficult to bake, plan, prepare and keep Mums the Word safe for them, as well as keep it fun for us.
We absolutely loved everything about MtW when we started last autumn, and we felt there was real enthusiasm from those of you who came. Recently that enthusiasm has waned on both sides and the effort we put in does not seem to yield the same kind of response. We are fully aware that this is due to our reduction in energy for flyering, advertising and keeping you all up to date in time for our events.
So, sadly, we have decided to stop the group as we feel we cannot give it what it needs anymore. We would absolutely love any of you who wanted to take the baton to keep it going, and we could give you all the equipment and information you may need to continue.
Please let us know if you are interested - it may be something that could be passed from mum to mum over the years, and be kept alive in Stokey for a long time.
We are sorry to be writing this email - we have loved meeting you all, eating cake and exchanging ideas with you.
We will keep the website and the Facebook page open over the summer in case anyone wants to get in touch about starting the group again after the summer when winter afternoons start creeping in again and tea and cake is more needed!
See you all around,
Best,
Alice and Alice x
