I have long been an admirer of the amazing Camila Batmanghelidjh & Kids Company, a charity which she set up in 1996 to provide "practical, emotional & educational support to vulnerable children, young people & families".
Having seen & heard her interviewed many times in print & on the radio
(see here for a very recent magazine interview)....Determined & fearless, her work has already changed lives & continues to do so, she's quite extraordinary.
Babycare specialist Kiddicare has joined forces with Kids Company for a series of makeovers for families who are currently being supported by Kids Company.
Each project will be tailor made to help one family, a family who may very well living in unsafe, barely habitable & generally pretty poor conditions.
A handpicked team will spend one day working on a specific room in order to improve the family's surroundings.
I am privileged to have been invited, along with a group of parent bloggers, to join Kiddicare & Kids Company today for their "Colour A Child's Life" London project.
Our aim will be to
"transform the chronic living conditions of a family in a disadvantaged community".
The only details that I have so far is that this family has been involved with Kids Company for some time & that the home we will be working in is for a single parent with a very young baby.
I cannot wait to get involved and look forward to being able to report back, I have no doubt it will be extremely rewarding.