It is with great sadness to advise the Families United Network has reached a point of crisis, and is in grave danger of closing, with services ending for its members 21st December 2018. Our charity has been providing services for twenty years to families in Bedfordshire and our services are used by hundreds of families.

The Trustees and senior staff of FUN have been working tirelessly for over a year to prevent this situation, however, sadly a perfect storm of events and circumstances have led us to where we are now. Our costs have significantly increased following the sale of Britannia Estates. The new landlord, Petchey Holdings have doubled the costs of the building which has been a devastating blow to our otherwise financially healthy charity. Our funding forecasts for the next two years have dropped with the withdrawal of local government support and other key grants. These two issues, along with our requirement to sign a new long-term lease at a much higher cost, means that it would be irresponsible and unethical for the Board to commit FUN to the building longer term, without having a confirmed income source to support these costs.
We are a membership led organisation and therefore are asking you for help should you wish FUN to continue providing services for the disabled community and your family. We cannot move forward without support and this starts with your desire to see FUN continue.

We are aiming to raise £160,000 to support our building costs (including rent) for 2 years whilst we look for new premises to relocate to.

Please donate as much as you can - every little helps!