Families:
Home-Start helps a wide variety of families who are looking for support for many reasons including isolation, loneliness, postnatal illness, relationship problems, disability and coping with multiple birth or several children.
Families are visited by a Home-Start volunteer while they feel they need help.
Families choose whether or not to accept Home-Start support.
A volunteer will only visit on the invitation of the family.
Volunteers:
Volunteers are carefully selected for their friendliness, practical approach and have the ability to support families’ in their own home for a few hours a week
All volunteers have attended a training course.
Volunteers are there to listen, offer friendship and practical help.
They offer families an opportunity to build up their confidence, develop new skills and enjoy family life. |
Schemes:
Home-Start schemes operate in Bad Fallingbostel, Bielefeld, Celle, Detmold, Gütersloh, Hameln, Herford, Hohne, Münster, Paderborn, Rheindahlen, Sennelager, SHAPE and Wildenrath. Each scheme is run by an organiser and support by a secretary.
Families can self refer or be referred by the Health Visitor, GP, Unit Welfare Officer, Army Welfare Service, Social Worker, Padre, HIVE, SCE, Relate and others. Referrals cannot be accepted without prior consent of the family.
Useful Links:
 Location contact List
Help for your Family
Guide to Volunteering
Helping Parents build up better lives for children
Posters:
Everyone needs a bit of help sometimes
Here for families and children
Volunteering for Home-start
Calling all volunteering Parents
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