Home-Start offers a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers who are usually parents themselves to visit families at home who have at least one child under 5 to help them through their challenging times by offering informal, friendly practical and emotional support.

Parents may be struggling with the demands of parenting for any number of reasons such as post natal depression, poor emotional or physical health, social isolation, separation, disability or multiple births.

To help give children the best possible start in life, Home-Start supports parents as they grow in confidence, strengthen their relationships with their children and widen their links with the local community.

We also provide group sessions to support play, parenting, early learning and mental well-being.