How to get help from Home-Start

All parents struggle at one time or another. For some, the challenges can be greater. You are not alone.

Support from Home-Start

Being a parent has never been easy. It can be lonely, frustrating, heart breaking and overwhelming.

Life-changing events can happen to anyone. That is why Home-Start Flintshire is ready to support families through their toughest times.

Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to work alongside you to help you to overcome the challenges you are facing. We work with you to build on your strengths and give you the support that you tell us that you need.

How to get help

Home-Start support is completely free, you do not have to pay for any of our support and it is entirely voluntary.

It might be suggested to you by a health visitor, a doctor or another professional but it is entirely up to you if you want to work with Home-Start.

We are very experienced in matching families with volunteers who we think will understand your situation and be able to work with you. If either you or the volunteer is not happy you can end the relationship and try another match.

All of our support is confidential. You don’t have to tell anyone that you are being supported by Home-Start, and we will never tell anyone else unless you say that we can.

Please contact us to discuss support for yourself or if you are a referrer you can download our referral form here

HSF Enquiry Form 2024

Testimonials

It has enabled me to be a better Mum because of the support I have had.

Parent

Just knowing that, on a certain day, I would have a second pair of hands was wonderful and a great help to all of us.

Parent

My volunteer was like the hand that supports a toddler’s first steps… Home-Start reminded me that, without me taking care of myself, I wouldn’t be able to care for others.

Parent

Our volunteer has given our children confidence and freedom to be themselves.

Parent

She (the volunteer) was a regular part of the children’s lives, so I knew that they trusted her… It was the regularity that made it such a support – something to look forward to when things were difficult.

Parent

Become a Home-Start Volunteer Today

Home-Start’s team of trained volunteers make sure a child’s early years count. By volunteering just a few hours each week you can transform the lives of young children and their parents in your community.

 

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