There are many ways to volunteer for Home-Start. Find out more about supporting local families in a way that suits you.

Home visting volunteers

Help provide Home-Start's unique home visiting service to families. Visiting them in their own homes for a couple of hours a week to provide practical and emotional support. Full training is given and criminal records checks are carried out before you can begin.

Group volunteers

Not all Home-Start's volunteers support families at home. Some help run family drop in groups or specialist support groups. Some are drivers who help families get to and from their local Home-Start. Others run toy libraries or help in other ways. Contact your local Home-Start to find out if there are any ways you can lend a hand.

Volunteer fundraisers

Many local Home-Start's welcome people who want to fundraise so they can continue their service to local families. Volunteer fundraisers get involved in everything from the posh frocks of a fundraising ball, to fashion shows, teddy bears' picnics and the hard work of fun runs and marathons. Contact your local Home-Start if you want to help locally.

If you would like to help raise funds for Home-Start UK, the charity that supports local Home-Starts across the UK and expands the Home-Start service into new areas, see supporting us, or contact Home-Start UK's fundraising team by email or for a chat telephone: 0116 258 7925.

Help manage a scheme - as a trustee

Many thousands of people use their professional and organisational skills to help manage local Home-Starts across the country. You could join them and make a difference in your local community.

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