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They say it takes a village to raise a child and for most people this support comes from family, friends and the wider community but sometimes help is not always just around the corner or easy to access. Home start can help to bridge this gap and give parents the support they need to give their children the best possible start in life. This is just a little about how home start aims to help families in need…

Home start believes that the best possible start in life for a child begins at home with their family. A nurturing, loving, stable family and home environment strongly determines a child’s future life chances. Children whose parents are struggling to cope can miss out on the love, routine and support that are vital for their future.

Each year they have to turn away thousands of parents and children because they don’t have the funds to help them all. When children face
severe illness, or disability, when their mother has postnatal depression, when their father loses a job and spirals into debt and mental ill health or alcohol abuse, when they are in shocking housing or their family is threatened with losing their home… their volunteers want to be there for them – to help them and their whole family until they can cope again. They want to reach each child in their vital early years so they can have the best possible start in life. Very often they are the last chance they have.

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