At Home-Start, we believe that the best possible start in life for a child begins at home with their family. Strong families raise happy children. Happy children grow up to be better parents. You can help us to support more families by raising much needed funds.

Take a look at www.homestart.ethictrade.com

We think the stuff they sell is lovely and couldn’t wait to start buying it ourselves. We hope it is ‘your bag’ too.

Ethictrade is a fair trade business founded to raise money for charities. They work in partnership with UK importers to ensure all products offered fit closely within their ethical policy. This ensures that all the producers of goods have received fair payment for their craftsmanship and labour, and there is no child exploitation, human trafficking or other exploitative practice.

Home-Start UK will receive 20% of all pre-VAT sales. We are not charged for this service, and Ethictrade do not artificially ‘hike’ the prices of the products sold – the 20% comes out of Ethictrade’s margin – and the prices stay competitive for you.

The range includes gorgeous clothing from India, handcarved picture frames, beautiful Peruvian jewellery and placemats - that look like slate but are actually made from recycled vending machine cups. All are now on sale to help us raise vital funds. More than 700 products are available to our supporters.

Home-Start depends heavily on donations to fund our work with parents and children.

If you would prefer to donate to a local Home-Start please contact them using our Find Us service. They will be able to tell you the best way to give directly to them.

Why do local Home-Start’s need separate donations?

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