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Many parents need help, friendship, advice or support during those early years when children are young.
There is no rulebook for raising a family and sometimes it can seem overwhelming, particularly if your family is going through difficult times. Home-Start is here to support you so that day-to-day family life and your children,s future can be so much brighter.
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Do you ever feel like this?
- Isolated, with no family nearby and struggling to make friends.
- Suffering with post-natal depression but finding it hard to talk to anyone about it.
- Having a hard time coping with your child's illness.
- Overwhelmed by the death of a loved one.
- Struggling with the emotional and physical demands of having twins, triplets or more.
- Struggling to cope with a disability or relationship problems.
- Tired, unhappy, exhausted.
- ...or any similar problems.
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Home-Start is a national charity with hundreds of schemes in local communities. Our local Home-Starts recruit and train parent volunteers. We've been doing it for many years, so you can rest assured that your volunteer will have been fully trained and carefully matched with you - they will also have undergone a criminal records check to ensure your child's safety.
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Home-Start can help you and your family..
- It's FREE and confidential..
- Home-Start has years of experience..
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All you have to do is ask
If you think Home-Start could help, why not find out more? Talk to your doctor or health visitor or contact us yourself.
Call 01483 511181 or
email office@hsguildford.org.uk
We'll be pleased to hear from you. If you do decide to ask for support, one of our organisers will get together with you, talk about your needs and carefully match you with a volunteer.
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What other families say
about Home-Start
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When the Health Visitor initially suggested that I have a Home-Start volunteer, I was horrified. I didn't like admitting defeat. But I couldn't have been without my volunteer. Just knowing she was coming, the children loved her and she gave me company and support from somebody I could really trust.
A mum in Chilworth
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If it hadn't been for my volunteer, we wouldn't be a family any more.
A mum in Stoughton
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The level of relief you feel at knowing you're not completely alone in a situation. The volunteer is willing to do whatever is needed to make things manageable for the rest of the week.
A mum in central Guildford
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It has been so important for me to have the opportunity to attend the group. Before the group, having fairly recently moved here, I was feeling very isolated and there is no doubt the children were suffering because I felt so down.
A mum at Pirbright Army Camp talking about the Family Group set up there
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Home-Start is brilliant. The volunteer is non-judgemental, which I find refreshing and I have been helped enormously by her visits.
A mum in Normandy |
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Read about what Home-Start can offer you by clicking here for a guide to Home-Start's support and friendship
Click here to tell a friend about Home-Start Guildford
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