Home-Start West Berkshire

01635 760 310

Home-Start West Berks offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children.

Across the UK more than 16,000 Home-Start volunteers visit families at home each week, supporting parents in situations as diverse as isolation, bereavement, multiple births, illness, disability or who are just finding parenting a struggle. They provide non-judgemental practical and emotional support and help build the family's confidence and ability to cope. Home-Start runs more services and has more volunteers supporting more families than any other family support charity in the UK.

Why the community needs us

We want to help local parents build better lives for their children as our core believe is that children need happy and secure childhoods to help them achieve their full potential. This benefits the local community as these children grow into confident socially well adjusted adults who can actively contribute to the society in which they live.

Our impact on the community

A selection or our desired outcomes are as follows; 1,Improve the social and emotional development of children age 0-5 to help them to flourish into confident socially well-adjusted people.2,Improve children's mental wellbeing in early years to help protect against poor mental health in later life.3,Improve positive attachments between parents and their children; actively encourage parents to be responsive and attentive to the needs of their child.

Volunteers needed

Due to the continued demand for our service in West Berkshire we are always looking for new volunteers to support us. We run two Preparation Courses per year, normally October and April for 6 weeks. This training can be accredited if desired, resulting in 3 credits on the Open College Network. Our volunteers need to be parents themselves and able to offer 3/4 hours per week to support a local family. All need to provide 2 references and be CRB checked. Expenses are covered by the organisation.

What your gift could provide

£25

pays to transport a family to our lunch group

£50

pays for a child's Christmas outing and present

£100

pays a volunteer's expenses for a year

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Charity Information

Home-Start West Berkshire

Telephone: 01635 760 310

Address: Broadway House, 4-8 The Broadway, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1BA

Established in: 1997

Registered charity no.: 1111171