Shirley Kermer cycles through the Mekong Delta for Home-Start Wandsworth We owe an enormous amount of gratitude to Shirley Kermer who, in February this year, cycled 500km from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam through the rice-paddies and waterways of the Mekong Delta into Cambodia and onto the Royal Temples...
In 2016 Lorraine had the courage to stand up in front of 250 people at our carol service, to talk about how Home-Start Wandsworth had helped her. This is her story: My name is Lorraine. I live in South West London and have four children, two of them in their...
We have started an exciting new initiative to help local families in need, by bringing together families at locations known as family hubs in the Borough of Wandsworth. This follows a successful ongoing partnership with Battersea Arts Centre, where the Centre’s The Bee’s Knees has provided a safe and welcoming...
Q: What is the most rewarding aspect of work as a volunteer? The most rewarding aspect of her work as a volunteer for Home-Start? Anne pauses for a moment, reflecting on the last six years she has been seeing families with young kids to support them in their daily lives....
We would like to thank Laura Lewis, our outgoing Chair of the board of trustees enormously for her incredible hard work and dedication over the last seven years. Laura played an instrumental role in the formation of Home-Start Wandsworth and her expertise in fundraising and developing the strategy saw it...
When Sue’s family asked me to speak at her funeral on behalf of Home-Start Wandsworth, I felt deeply honoured but petrified in equal measure. Petrified, because I was convinced I had that condition called glossophobia, which is an intense fear of public speaking. As I was preparing for the speech,...
We are very proud to announce that our bid for a new round of funding from Big Lottery was successful. This means, along with strengthening our existing work, we can invest in the development of some exciting new projects. Feedback from our families, their volunteers and our partners helped us identify two specific areas...
It is with a sad heart that we inform the community that the founder and manager of Home-Start Wandsworth, Sue Winter left us peacefully on Thursday 11 May at 4am. Sue died after a long struggle with cancer. She will be greatly missed and fondly remembered for all the wonderful work she did...
Could you or someone you know spare a few hours a week to make a difference to a family? Could you use the knowledge and experience gained from looking after your own family, along with up-to-date training, to support others who are struggling? Volunteers are central to our work at...
We are thrilled to have secured funding to launch our Bump to Baby Pilot project. Supported by the Wandsworth Grant Fund and the Big Lottery Fund, this programme will extend our home-visiting work to support families through pregnancy, the birth experience and postnatally. Support will focus on perinatal mental health, parent-infant...
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