The board of Trustees for Home-Start Wandsworth will hold an Annual General Meeting of at 6.30pm on 15th September 2020. Those standing for re-appointment as Trustees are as follows: Linda Hayllar Laura Lewis Jamie Fergusson The meeting will be held by virtual attendance to consider, and if thought fit,...
The Babies in Lockdown report produced by Home-Start UK, Best Beginnings and the Parent Infant Foundation captures the experiences of over 5,000 families who responded to the online survey. The findings highlight the lack of support for families and the inequalities in babies’ early experiences. Evidence shows that...
We are delighted to be featured in the National Lottery Community Fund’s Insights section. Thank you to Sarah, our Bump to Baby Coordinator, Carey, our Hub Coordinator and Lisa a Home-Start Wandsworth volunteer for their insightful and eloquent interviews. “That group is very comfortable with each other, I think because...
We were forced to suspend our volunteer training course in March because of Covid. Our latest cohort of volunteers had finished seven out of the ten training sessions before lockdown was imposed. With no definitive date as to when face to face group training can start again, we made the...
Our group activities have always been popular with our families. They enable families to come together, chat and relax in a safe environment. Our families tell us that our warm and welcoming group activities have helped them feel less isolated, more confident around new people and better able to cope....
We are so grateful to Ayesha Daud and her family who kindly donated some fantastic toys, games and puzzles to Home-Start families in Wandsworth, Merton and Kingston following the closure of the family toy business. Our families are going to be thrilled to receive them. Thank you Ayesha. ...
To address the gap in support for fathers, the Anna Freud Centre, has set up ‘Mind the Dad’, a new early intervention and preventative service for fathers, experiencing mental health and parenting difficulties in the perinatal period. Mind the Dad focuses on dads who feel they could benefit from support...
Summer holidays are often a difficult time for parents and this year Covid-19 has made things even more challenging. If you are struggling to keep the kids entertained then check out our list of ideas and cheap activities. Things to do with the kids Make a bird feeder. Bird feeders...
Anyone can enter The first ever virtual edition of Prudential RideLondon – the world’s greatest festival of cycling – will take place on the 15th and 16th August. My Prudential RideLondon is completely free and offers a fundraising challenge for everyone, whether that’s an amateur rider doing 100 miles or...
Check out our Summer newsletter to see how we have been supporting families during the Coronavirus pandemic. Please do sign up to our quarterly newsletters to keep up to date with our latest news and...
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