Join us for a coffee morning
These informal sessions will be a great opportunity to enjoy a coffee, meet our team, and learn more about the vital role our volunteers play in transforming the lives of the families we support. There will also be plenty of time to ask questions and find out whether volunteering with Home-Start is right for you.
Tuesday 3 March – Putney Arts Theatre 10.30am – 12pm
Tuesday 10 March – Battersea Arts Centre 10:30am -12pm
Would you like to volunteer with us?
Could you spare 2-4 hours a week to support a local family and make a difference that lasts a lifetime?
Home-Start volunteers support families with young children in Wandsworth dealing with a variety of difficulties including: post-natal depression, isolation, physical and mental health problems, bereavement or financial worries.
Volunteers work alongside families to give compassionate, non-judgemental, confidential support, tailored to each family. They help families regain their confidence and empower them to build connections with other support services and the wider community to reduce isolation.
What training will I receive?
As a Home-Start volunteer, you will be given all the training and support to be effective and make a real difference to families in your community. Our ongoing training programme helps prepare you to support families in their home, covering a range of topics including mental health, child development, boundaries and safeguarding.
Training dates
Our next volunteer training course will start on Thursday 7 May 2026 and will run every Thursday for 8 weeks (excluding Thursday 28 May). Training will take place in person and all training sessions will need to be attended.
Application process:
- Complete the expression of interest form
- Sign up to one of our coffee mornings details will be sent to you via email
- Complete an application form
- Interview with one of our coordinators
Who can volunteer?
If you have parental or any other experience with young children and can spare 2-4 hours every week to visit a family in their home, then we would love to hear from you. You don’t need qualifications – all you need is a willingness to help, empathy, enthusiasm, reliability and a little time.
We serve a wide range of families and value diversity among our volunteers. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and with varied life experience.
Why volunteer for Home-Start?
People choose to volunteer for a variety of reasons: 
- An opportunity to give something back to the community and make a difference that lasts a lifetime
- For better health and well-being
- Improved self-esteem and confidence
- Chance to try something new
- Gain new skills, knowledge and experience
- Develop transferable skills to take into the workplace
- Opportunity to socialise and make new friends
