About

Support & Friendship For Families

Home-Start provides a unique service for families - recruiting and training volunteers to support parents with young children at home.

We help to increase the confidence and independence of families by:

Visiting families in their own homes to offer support, friendship and practical assistance

Reassuring parents that their childcare problems are not unusual or unique

Encouraging parents' strengths and emotional well-being for the ultimate benefit of their children

Trying to get the fun back into family life

Our volunteers, who have parenting experience themselves, can offer:

Precious time for listening and talking

Help with the children

A break for parents

Practical help and reassurance

A chance to meet other parents in similar situations

Support to use local services and resources

Parents ask for Home-Start's help for all sorts of reasons:

They may feel isolated in their community, have no family nearby and be struggling to make friends

Products & Services

• children's charities
• voluntary services
• Support For Young Families
• Support & Train Volunteers