There are many opportunities for volunteering within Home-Start, both working directly with families or supporting those who do.

Volunteering for Home-Start

At the heart of our charity are our home-visiting volunteers. We have 16,889 men and women who volunteer to visit parents at home, giving emotional and practical help. These volunteers must have parenting experience and, before they are matched with a family, go through a training programme and have an enhanced criminal records check.

We also have more than 2,000 other volunteers who help run our local Home-Starts - they will have all sorts of skills including:

• General business management
• Financial and legal expertise
• IT knowledge
• Human resources experience
• PR & media skills

A further 999 people volunteer in countless different ways running toy libraries, being a driver for a scheme or doing voluntary fundraising.

The volunteers who manage local Home-Starts are called trustees and they also receive special preparation for their role within the charity.

All areas of volunteering are very rewarding...but don't take our word for it - read the personal experiences of some of our home-visiting volunteers and of people who volunteer as trustees for local Home-Starts and for Home-Start UK

Home-Start is appealing for 500 more people to volunteer as a trustee. Join more than 2,000 Trustee volunteers who already help manage and guide Home-Starts in their local communities, across the UK. Find out more.

Can you help?

If you'd like to become a volunteer:

• Find out about our We're Asking trustee recruitment campaign
• Contact your local scheme to find out about other volunteering opportunities
• Email us and let us know what kind of volunteering you want to do, and what your postcode is or
• Contact our freephone information line on 0800 068 63 68. Open 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and 9am-12pm Saturdays.
• Read our volunteer leaflet
• Contact do-it.org.uk for specific volunteering services in your area

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