Everyone needs a bit of help sometimes.
Home-Start is a charity that provides support to families with a young child or children, that are experiencing difficulties.
Perhaps you feel isolated in your community with no friends or relatives nearby.
Perhaps you, your child, or a relative is ill and you are having a hard time coping.
Perhaps you are struggling with the emotional and physical demands of having twins, triplets or more, or of having many children at a young age.
Perhaps there are other problems – practical or emotional – and you feel you are struggling.
Home-Start can help. Home-Start has trained volunteers with parenting experience who can visit you on a confidential basis and assist with whatever it is you need. They can provide a shoulder to cry on; maybe read to your children, maybe give you support to make or keep medical appointments, maybe find out about and even take you to activities locally so you can make new friends. You don’t have to pay for the help and it is totally non-judgemental.
You can find your nearest Home-Start by phoning 0800 068 6368 or by going to www.home-start.org.uk/findus.
Home-Start sometimes run groups for parents with young children if you feel that one-to-one support is not for you.
As an example, Home-Start in Knowsley helps with running a fabulous breastfeeding support group at the local Whiston Hospital. The group runs every Friday morning from ten until twelve; partners, grandparents and older children are always welcome. There is no need to book; you can just turn up on the day. A variety of support is available from midwives and breastfeeding counsellors to peer support from other Mums.
To find out more about Home-Start Knowsley call 0151 480 3910 or go to www.homestartknowsley.org.uk. To learn about the group at Whiston Hospital go to http://www.sthk.nhs.uk/library/documents/patientinformationdropinclinicnickijones4.pdf (opens a pdf document in a new window).
Ruth
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