A volunteer support programme for families
Home-Start is a volunteer programme for families, with young children, where at least one child is under school age. We offer support and guidance to families requesting assistance. Home-Start volunteers provide assistance by visiting family homes once a week for 2-4 hours, over a period of approx. 6 months.
Home-Start relies on mutual volunteering and can offer:
- A person with whom to share joy and sorrow.
- A break from the daily routine.
- Support and relief.
- Parenting guidance.
- Strengthening of the family network.
- Home visits for 2-4 hours every week.
- A free program based on mutual volunteering.
Which families receive support?
- Families with at least one child under school age.
- Families who themselves seek help and support due to everyday challenges.
- Families lacking a support network.
- Families with chronically-ill children or children with disabilities.
Life with young children is great, but it’s hectic. Sometimes just a small difference helps make everyday life more manageable.
Who are Home-Start volunteers?
- Anyone wishing to become a Home-Start volunteer must complete a preparatory course.
- Home-Start volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds and ages.
- Home-Start volunteers have the time and desire to be together with families with young children on a regular basis.
- A coordinator pairs a Home-Start volunteer with a family according to preferences and needs.
- The Home-Start volunteer is bound by a duty of confidentiality and provides a police certificate of good conduct.
There should be many more of you – I think many divorces would have been avoided if there were!