Grant to Home-Start Leith & North East Edinburgh (GB-SC-SC022910-FR-0025296)
Funding Organisation
£10,875
Recipient Organisation
To contribute to a crisis fund for the group for families who are struggling financially to pay for one-off household items.
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Grant Details
| Award Date | 2013-03-13T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Last Modified | 2025-10-02T09:07:54Z |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2016-04-03T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 36 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2013-04-04T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Amount Awarded | 10875 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Volant Trust (CLOSED) |
| Amount Applied For | 10875 |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | S01002246 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Recipient Org: Description | Home-Start Edinburgh formed as a result of a merger between Home-Start Leith & North East Edinburgh (established 1986) and Home-Start Edinburgh West & South West (established 2000), in order to bring increased efficiency and increase our reach in target areas across Edinburgh. We support families in Edinburgh who have young children and are struggling to cope for a variety of reasons. There can be many reasons why parents ask for our help including feeling isolated in their community, depression or post-natal depression, struggling to cope because of their own or a child's physical or mental illness, crisis or bereavement within the family, or requiring additional support because of the emotional and physical demands of having twins or triplets. Our service includes one-to-one support from a home-visiting volunteer or a paid worker, who visit families at home once a week. We rely on a valued network of volunteers who visit families at home once a week for as long as the family need them. Our volunteers, who often have parenting experience themselves, can offer precious time for listening and talking, help with the children, a break for parents, practical help and reassurance, a chance to meet other parents in similar situations and support to use local services and resources. We provide advice on financial support and benefits, as well as referrals and information on other local activities and services. We run regular baby massage sessions, an effective way of strengthening the bond between parent and child, as well as a range of other group work activities. We offer Financial Hardship support to help families buy essential items for those who find themselves in particular hardship ? reducing the stress and anxiety involved in having to buy one-off, sometimes unexpected, household items. We also link parents to financial wellbeing services such as Maximise to help address the causes of financial hardship. We also run a range of learning and training initiatives and social outings/events throughout the year. Through the weekly visits of volunteers we are able to build parents? confidence and tailor the support in a gradual and individual way. They are then able to access the other services we offer and start accessing wider support and networks. We have 5 full-time and 5 part-time staff team members and 45 volunteers. |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | SC004387 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | SC280853 |