We aim to support parents across Renfrewshire & Inverclyde to give their children the best start in life. Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. We are there for parents when they need us the most - because childhood can't wait. Families struggling with post-natal depression, isolation, physical health problems, bereavement, poor mental health, poverty, poor housing conditions and many other issues receive the support of a volunteer who will spend around two hours a week in a family's home supporting them in whatever way they need. The only criteria to be able to receive support is that the family has one or more children under five.
Why the community needs usThrough increasing the confidence and self-esteem of parents/carers families will be better equipped to deal with the issues that come up in the course of life. They will become more active in their local communities - making friendships, building their own networks of support and accessing local community resources for their own benefit and for that of their children.
Our impact on the community
