Home-Start West Somerset (360G-SomersetCF-A410291)

£2,500

Volunteer home visits for families experiencing difficulties

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Grant Details

Amount Applied For 2500
Amount Awarded 2500
Award Date 2016-07-27T00:00:00+00:00
Beneficiary Location: Country Code GB
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code E01029329
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type LSOA
Beneficiary Location: Name West Somerset 001C
Grant Programme: Code June 2016
Grant Programme: Title Grants to Groups
Impact Category Promote reduction of isolation and disadvantage and access to local services
Last Modified 2017-10-19T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Duration (months) 12
Planned Dates: End Date 2017-03-31T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2016-03-31T00:00:00+00:00
Primary age group All Ages
Primary beneficiary Families/Parents/Lone parents
Primary ethnicity White British
Primary issue Supporting family life
Recipient Org: Charity Number 1113944
Recipient Org: Description Home Start West Somerset (HSWS) works with and alongside families with young children who are experiencing problems which affect their well-being as a family. Our professional staff and trained volunteers offer regular support, friendship, and practical help to families under stress, in their own homes, helping to prevent family crisis and relationship breakdown. Parents may seek out our support themselves, or may be referred by a statutory agency, with their agreement, as needing support. Our staff and volunteers work with families in a mentoring capacity to address identified needs, and to support them in parenting their children confidently, effectively, and independently. HSWS provides support for families that have at least one child under the age of 7, and who may need to gain additional skills or confidence in parenting, or to resolve particular difficulties which are impacting on their family life. Families are their own key decision makers in identifying what kind of support they need, and Home Start focuses strongly on empowering parents, and ensuring that they feel in control of their situation. The emphasis is on supporting parents in finding and implementing their own solutions, and on building their capacity to parent independently until they no longer need Home Start support. In Home-Start West Somerset (HSWS) every family is special, and we respond to each family’s individual needs through a combination of home-visiting support, and social events with other families to foster peer support. The scheme directly tackles problems of access to services in a very rural area by providing support for families in the home. It is confidential and therefore non-stigmatising. Home Start is able to reach many families who would resist input from statutory agencies.
Recipient Org: Web Address http://www.homestart-westsomerset