Home-Start produces a variety of publications, from annual reviews to research findings and from leaflets about volunteering for us to information for professionals wanting to refer families for support.

The following publications are available as pdf files for you to download. You willl need Adobe Reader to open them. Click here to download the latest free version of Adobe Reader.

About our work

The Home-Start model - a document to convey the distinctive nature of the Home-Start approach and the difference it can make for children, families, volunteers and communities.
The Home-Start model - guide for providers of local services - English
The Home-Start model - guide for providers of local services - Welsh

Information leaflets for people needing to know more about Home-Start's work, for families needing support, for people wanting to find out more about volunteering, and for referrers who want to know more about getting Home-Start support for their clients.
About Home-Start Leaflet - English
About Home-Start Leaflet - bilingual Welsh

Family Leaflet - English
Family Leaflet - bilingual Welsh

Volunteer Leaflet - English
Volunteer Leaflet - bilingual Welsh

Referrers leaflet

Policy papers and research reports

The Maximising Income project investigated the effect of Home-Start volunteers on families' ability to use an online 'checker' to increase their income from benefits and grants.
Maximising Income - project summary (Turn2Us, Home-Start, Child Poverty Action Group).
Maximising Income - Evaluation Report (Barrett, Helen and Young, Elizabeth).

Start Young Get Set For Life: behaviour change and life chances in the context of healthy eating – theory, policy and good practice (Home-Start, iMPOWER and Shinman, Sheila).

The Early Learning Partnership Project and the Home-Start Approach: October 2006 to March 2008. (Shinman, Sheila).

A report showing that Home-Start plays a pivotal role in preventing problems that socially excluded families face by helping parents cope, and reducing the impact of their difficulties.
Learning from Families - England and Wales full Report
Learning from Families - England and Wales Report Summary

A summary of research into Home-Start's home-visiting volunteers
Volunteer Research - Armbands in deep water

The basics of what you need to know and where to go to find out more. Written by Zoe Munby of Home-Start and published by the National Council of Voluntary Childcare Organisations.
A beginner's guide to children and families' workforce development

Home-Start UK's supporters' newsletter

Family Matters (Issue 5) May 2011
Family Matters (Issue 4) May 2010
Family Matters (Issue 3) March 2009
Family Matters (Issue 2) March 2008
Family Matters (Issue 1) May 2007

Our latest statistics showing the numbers of families and children we support, our volunteer numbers and a breakdown of why families say they need our help.

Home-Start Statistics 2010/11
Home-Start statistics 2009/10
Home-Start statistics 2008/09
Home-Start statistics 2007/08
Home-Start statistics 2006/07
Home-Start statistics 2005/06

Home-Start UK's Annual Reviews and Annual Reports and Accounts

(For annual reports for a local Home-Start, please see the Charity Commission website and search for them by name)

Annual Review 2010/11
Annual Review 2010/11 Welsh
Annual Report & Accounts 2010/2011
Annual Report & Accounts 2010/2011 Welsh summary
Annual Report & Accounts 2009/10
Annual Report & Accounts 2009/10 Welsh summary
Annual Report & Accounts 2008/09
Annual Report & Accounts 2008/09 Welsh summary
Annual Report & Accounts 2007/08
Annual Report & Accounts 2006/07
Annual Review 2005
Annual Review 2004

Want to research Home-Start?

Home-Start UK regularly receives proposals for research and evaluation from Home-Start UK staff, schemes and external institutions. We welcome these proposals and have a process by which applications should be made and a protocol setting out the procedure for Home-Start UK to assess these research and evaluation project proposals. Any informal preliminary enquiries should be addressed to Elizabeth Young, director for policy and research at Home-Start UK.

See www.home-start-int.org for international / transnational Reports.

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