Information and contacts for journalists, programme makers and other members of the media

Press Office contacts:

Home-Start in a nutshell:

• Supports parents with children under five years old.
  
  
• Is unique in the UK in providing its service in the families' homes.
  
  
• Recruits and trains volunteers, who are usually parents themselves, to support other parents.
  
  
• Is set up so each local scheme is an independent charity rooted in its local community.
  
  
• Concentrates on supporting parents, in order to give children the best possible start in life.
  
  
• Supported 34,704 families and 71,602 children in 2006/7.
  
• Has 15,611 home visiting volunteers.
  
  
• Has 2,430 trustees.
  
  
• More detail on what we do
  
  
• Our mission and beliefs
  

We can help:

• Provide facts and spokespeople on our work with families.
  
  
• Research facts and spokespeople on related issues such as isolation, physical and mental well being of parents, linking with other family support services.
  
  
• Give information about current fundraising and publicity campaigns: eg Home-Start's Big Tea Party, volunteer and trustee recruitment campaigns.
  
  
• Provide photographs of our work - see our photolibrary for jounalists and editors.
  
  
• Celebrities and their agents who would like to support Home-Start. Stories from celebrities already involved.
  
  
• With other related subjects you would like us to consider.
  
  
  

Links:

• real family stories
  
  
• real volunteer stories
  
  
• history of Home-Start
  
  
• our people
  
  
• find Home-Start's local schemes (offices)

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