People across the country have put their kettles on and got their friends together to help raise money to support families with young children who are struggling to cope.

Home-Start's 2008 Big Tea Party was held in May, and people all over the country took advantage of the good weather, two bank holidays and schools' half term.

We heard about tea for two, for 20 or for 200 - around kitchen tables, in gardens, at work, all over the place!

People chose to raise money for their local Home-Start, which recruits and trains volunteers to support families in their local communities, and has to raise its own funds to survive.

Other people raised money for Home-Start UK, which provides professional support for all 340 Home-Start schemes - setting up new ones and supporting existing Home-Starts with legal advice, training, human resources, communications and all those other important things for running a high quality family support service.

We'll be announcing the totals raised later this year.

REGISTRATION:

Sorry. Registration for the 2008 Big Tea Party is now closed. If you would like to hear about future Big Tea Parties and other events that Home-Start is holding, please email us.

AUCTION:

Home-Start's 2008 Big Tea Party online auction raised more than £1,500. If you would like to hear more about ways you can help, see our Supporting Us pages, or email us for further information.

DONATE:

If you missed the chance to raise money for us during the Big Tea Party but would still like to support our work, please see how to donate online.

Find out more about our 2008 partner: netmums.

Read more about our work in Take a Break magazine (on sale 27th March 2008) and on the Primary Times website from 17th March 2008.

See what fun we had in previous Big Tea Parties

I can't have a Big Tea Party this year - how else can I help?

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