Volunteer with Home-Start Erewash

At a glance

Causes

Children / families
Counselling / advice
Local / community
Mental health
Social care

Other details

Organisation type:

Charity

Geographical remit:

Regional

Objectives

Home-Start Erewash to be seen as the provider of choice in offering support to parents experiencing difficulties, especially mental health issues, in areas of Derbyshire where need is acute but supply is unavailable.

We aim to treat all with trust, dignity and respect

•We aim to be compassionate and non-judgmental

•We endeavour to take individual, collective and organisational responsibility for all our activities

•We value internal and external collaborative working and partnerships

•We aim to use all resources wisely

Activities

Last year Home-Start supported 60,000 children in 30,000 families, in communities across the UK.

Home-Start is committed to providing real evidence of the difference our volunteers' support makes for families, which is why we measure the issues faced by families, and the changes to their situation while they are working with a volunteer.

Our support means:

95% of families felt their children’s emotional and physical health and well-being had improved
95% of parents felt more involved in their children’s development
94% of parents felt less isolated
94% of parents said their emotional health had improved
95% of parents felt more able to cope with the day-to-day running of the house

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