Home-Start Wyre Forest

Home-Start,Wyre Forest

Home -Start Plus

COULD YOU HELP?

ARE YOU A PARENT OR

GRANDPARENT?

Home-Start Wyre Forest is a local charity where families who are living in the Wyre Forest area and experiencing difficulties can access free, confidential support.

Home start support families with children 0-5 years, however we have obtained funding from the “Big Lottery Reaching Communities” to start “Home Start Plus” which will enable us to support families with children 5-18 years

Volunteers, who have all been parents themselves and have undergone a training programme with Home-Start, offer 2-3 hours weekly home-visiting support to families.
They provide emotional and practical help and friendship, which can be a lifeline to parents facing additional pressures to family life.

Home –Start currently have 80 volunteers from all areas of life and various ages who bring individual skills and who are DBS checked, receive on-going training and support and expenses are paid.

Many parents are bringing up their children today without a close network of family, friends and neighbours who traditionally would have provided a great deal of support.

With additional pressures such as illness, depression, relationship difficulties or financial worries daily life can become incredibly difficult for some parents.

Home-Start is the UK’s leading Family Support Organisation and has over 340 schemes around the UK. The Wyre Forest Scheme celebrates its 20th birthday this year.

For more information on volunteering or family support, please contact:-