Home start

Home-Start is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. There are around 180 local, independent Home-Starts working in 71% of local authority areas across the UK. Families struggling with post-natal depression, isolation, physical health problems, bereavement and many other issues receive the support of a volunteer who will spend around two hours a week in a family’s home supporting them in the ways they need. Home-Starts across the UK also support families in groups, hold day trips and Christmas parties and help access local services, as well as lots of other support.