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Volunteers Supporting Families

Our volunteers, who know about being a parent, support other parents by visiting them in their own homes for a couple of hours a week.


Sue's story

Sue adores children so when her only son and his fiancee decided that they didn't want children, she found another way to become a grandparent.

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Gail's story


Having worked for ten years as a playgroup supervisor, Gail decided that she wanted to share her skills and life experience on helping a family that needed her help.

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Tony's story

An advert asking for volunteers was all that it took for Tony to sign up for Home-Start's preparation course.

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Lesley's story


Lesley was a mum who was receiving help and support from Home-Start, but once her own life was back on track she decided to give something back to Home-Start and became a volunteer herself.

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