Home Start is a voluntary organisation which offers support, friendship and practical help to young families with at least one child under the age of five, for who are experiencing difficulties in parenting. Home-Start volunteers, who are normally parents themselves, visit families in their own homes.
Any family with at least one child under the age of five can be referred to their local scheme. There are over 342 local schemes accross the UK and eight in Hertfordshire. For details of their local scheme, callers should contact Home Start Central Office on 0116 233 9955 or visit the web site.
Anyone interested in volunteering can also phone the freephone number or go to the web site. You could also check the do-it.org.uk web site for local vaccancies.
Registered charity number 1108837
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