Home-Start Wokingham District

0118 9888025

Support and friendship for families

Home-Start Wokingham District offers support to young families going through the toughest of times.

We are a small, local charity, offering a family support service to disadvantaged and vulnerable families in the Wokingham Borough, with at least one child under the age of five.

We provide friendship, emotional support and practical help to families facing challenges, such as illness, disability, multiple births, post natal depression, addiction, anxiety and isolation.

Why the community needs us
Our volunteers give families the regular guidance and encouragement they need to give their children a better start in life.

Our impact on the community
With our help families feel supported, less stressed and more able to parent their children. Volunteers help provide opportunities for children to learn through play and enable parents to feel more confident and self-assured. Parents are enabled and empowered to take control of their own lives which means less social worker and health visitor intervention.

Volunteers needed

Volunteers, who are parents themselves, needed to support young families with at least one child under five who are experiencing difficulties. Volunteer visit families in their own homes for two - three hours each week to provide emotional support and practical help with children. Volunteers are required to do a 40 hour preparation course which runs over ten weeks.

What your gift could provide

£10

a present, entertainment and refreshments for a child to attend a party

£30

a ticket and coach travel for a children to attend an outing

£100

two weekly visits of around 2 - 3 hours each week and volunteer supervision

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Charity Information

Home-Start Wokingham District

Telephone: 0118 9888025

Address: Shinfield Grange, Cutbush Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AF

Established in: 1996

Registered charity no.: 1109629