Home-Start
Flintshire, North Wales
Flintshire, North Wales
Home-Start's informal and friendly support for families with young children provides a lifeline to thousands of parents and children in over 337 communities across the UK and with forces families in Germany and Cyprus.
Our support is free, confidential and non-judgemental. In fact, many families refer themselves to Home-Start - which speaks for itself. We help to increase the confidence and independence of families by:
Our support is free, confidential and non-judgemental. In fact, many families refer themselves to Home-Start - which speaks for itself. We help to increase the confidence and independence of families by:
· Visiting families in their own homes to offer support, friendship and practical assistance.
· Reassuring parents that their childcare problems are not unusual or unique.
· Encouraging parents' strengths and emotional well-being for the ultimate benefit of their children.
· Trying to get the fun back into family life
Our volunteers, who have parenting experience themselves, can offer:
· Precious time for listening and talking.
· Help with the children.
· A break for parents.
· Practical help and reassurance.
· A chance to meet other parents in the same boat.
· Support to use local services and resources.
Parents ask for Home-Start's help for all sorts of reasons:
· They may feel isolated in their community, have no family nearby and be struggling to make friends.
· They may be finding it hard to cope because of their own or a child's physical or mental illness.
· They may have been hit hard by the death of a loved one.
· They may be really struggling the with emotional and physical demands of having twins or triplets - perhaps born into an already large family.
Our sister organisation, Home-Start International, was founded in 1998 to provide similar informal, friendly, family support across the world.
What We Do