By supporting Home-Start you are helping struggling parents give their children a better start in life.

Home-Start has been working with companies for many years, developing good relationships across a wide range of industries.

Companies and Home-Start - a Win Win Win Partnership!

Win - families get the help they need when they need it from parent volunteers in a friendly, non-threatening way

Win - corporate support helps Home-Start reach out to more children and parents that are struggling to cope

Win - companies become associated with the largest home-visiting family support charity in the UK that could be touching the lives of their employees

To discuss corporate partnerships email Sue Peake-Redhead, corporate fundraising officer, or phone her on 0870 220 6711

Existing Corporate Partnerships

Boots Healthy Communities Programme, piloted with Home-Start in 2007, is now rolling out nationally, partnering Boots offices and branches with their local Home-Start scheme, to offer a range of volunteering opportunities.The programme has already seen Boots staff sign up to Ground Force style room makeovers, hosting events and mentoring. " We have worked with Boots HR team to map all of the Healthy Communities volunteering opportunities against our business competencies. For example, if a person has been working in a store for a while and is ready to move on to become a team leader or a store manager, they might need a practical way of developing their leadership skills- a Home-Start team challenge would give them exactly this experience while benefitting the local community at the same time."

Nicki Stockdale, Boot's Community Investment Team. Read more

Gifts in kind and pro bono work also have a large part to play in charitable support. In 2007 Mears Group Plc, a leading social housing maintenance company, responded to a plea from Home-Start for help in setting up a new scheme in Wandsworth. Premises had been offered free of charge within a local school, but the room was in desperate need of 'TLC'. The room had a very high ceiling only accessible from scaffolding , so it was not a job that could be undertaken by a team of volunteers.

"I have been involved with Home-Start for two years now and really believe that it's a wonderful charity. Home-Start not only helps the families it works with but benefits the community at large. When Home-Start came to Mears for help it was a perfect match as Mears is dedicated to supporting local communities. The refurbishment undertaken by Mears will help many people within the community for a long time." Dawn Lambert, Head of HR at Mears. Read more

The Mothercare Foundation has supported our work with families since 2002 at both scheme and national level; funding our core work, and also staff training.
"Mothercare recognises the highs and lows that parenthood brings...that there are times when everyone could benefit from a shoulder to lean on, a friendly face and an extra pair of hands. That's why we've chosen to support Home-Start, helping them to help every mother and father to be the best parent they can be, and give their children the best possible start in life." Simone Spencer-Ahmed, on behalf of The Mothercare Foundation Trustees

Sainsbury's and Home-Start have been working together since 2003. Projects have ranged from supporting the free contact phone line where people can donate, volunteer or ask for help, to sponsoring the launch of Home-Start's Big Tea Party in 2005 that generated over £250,000. Our current partnership project looking at healthy, active lifestyles for the under 5's is being piloted in the Midlands and Northern Ireland.

The Scarborough Building Society and Home-Start have been enjoying a relationship since 2006 when the building society launched its Family Saver account (with donations going to Home-Start). Read more

"The ethos of Home-Start fits very well with our own values and we are proud to be associated with a charity that offers so much to local communities." John Carrier, Chief Executive, Scarborough Building Society

The Vodafone UK Foundation has been working with Home-Start since 2000 and has supported volunteer development, events around the International Year of the Family and the Home-Start Scheme Support Fund. Vodafone has funded the creation of a web-based Fundraising Toolkit for Home-Start Schemes.

For more details of how your company can get involved, email Sue Peake-Redhead, or phone her on 0870 220 6711

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