Home-Start Oxford is a charity that provides free, confidential support for families with at least one child under the age of 5 in Oxford, and the centre and west of the county.

We help ordinary people who are going through extraordinary times.

Why support our cause?

Being a parent has never been easy. Regardless of social standing, gender or culture, it can be lonely, frustrating, heart-breaking and over-whelming. Everyone needs help sometimes, and with our team of experienced volunteers and staff we provide non-judgmental, compassionate support for parents when they need us most.

There is no such thing as a typical Home-Start family and the support we offer is as individual as the families themselves. We help families through challenges that include mental health issues, illness, disability, autism, multiple births, relationship stress, refugeehood, social and rural isolation, domestic abuse, addiction, debt, trauma and poverty.

We help through free one-to-one support as well as running a number of free weekly groups for children and their parents or carers.

We keep children at the heart of everything that we do because childhood can't wait.

Our 2026 runners

We've got just under 20 runners representing Home-Start Oxford this year. Their aim is to raise £300 per person but we'd love to see them achieve greater heights so please consider donating today!

A big thanks to our runners this year: Yuvani, Simon, William, Cerys, Aron, Eva, Karen, Wayne, Sarah, Estelle, Victoria, Emily, Ed, Steven, Natalie, Graham, Jelena & Rosie for representing HSO!

Each runner has their own backstory, their own relationship to family and children, and their own running journey. Click on their profiles to learn more.