Grant to Home-Start Bristol (360G-QuartetCF-A411766)

£350

As requested by the donor

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Grant Details

Amount Applied For 0
Amount Awarded 350
Award Date 2016-06-03T00:00:00+00:00
Beneficiary Location: Country Code GB
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code E06000023
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type UA
Beneficiary Location: Name Bristol, City of
Grant Programme: Code DD-2016/2017
Grant Programme: Title Donor Directed
Impact Category Maximise ability to strengthen community cohesion and build social capacity
Last Modified 2016-06-27T00:00:00+00:00
Primary beneficiary Families
Primary issue Counselling/Advice/Mentoring
Recipient Org: Charity Number 1116207.0
Recipient Org: Company Number 05745817
Recipient Org: Description Home-Start Bristol (HSB) is an independent family-support charity, managed by local trustees and responsible for its own funding, with a record of 30 years of service in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. It is supported by Home-Start UKs research, advice and training, works within their framework of policies and carries out on-going self-evaluation in relation to the standards of their rigorous QA System. Our mission is to make a lasting and positive impact on the health and welfare of disadvantaged families with at least one child under five. We offer parents the help and friendship of trained, supervised volunteers and intervene early so that difficulties are less likely to escalate to crisis point. Families are referred for support by Health and Social Work professionals, Childrens Centres and specialist agencies, eg debt, drug, alcohol and domestic abuse services. The volunteers, who must be parents, are carefully matched with families and provide support in the home in weekly visits of 2-3 hours at a mutually convenient time. They are accepted and trusted because they understand the challenges of parenting and are non-judgemental. They offer practical and emotional help tailor-made to meet the needs identified by parents, supporting them to find solutions to problems, reducing stress and building resilience. They spend time with children, reading, talking and involving them in quiet and creative play, preparing them for nursery and school. They help parents to access local facilities and services, increasing their confidence to engage with community activities and cultivating independence and integration. They also help parents to explore longer term goals such as returning to education, volunteering or work and act as a positive role model, supporting the development of parenting skills and increasing the school-readiness of the whole family.
Recipient Org: Web Address http://www.homestartbristol.org.uk