Stories and news from families with Home-Start UK

14 episodes

Family stories: helping Anna overcome domestic abuse
07/09/2018 | 10 mins.
Domestic abuse will affect one in four women, and one in six men in their lifetime. In our latest podcast, Anna shares her story and explains how Home-Start Greenwich supported her.
Family stories - “We had to learn to be parents, we didn’t have to learn to be blind”
02/07/2018 | 12 mins.
Hetal and Will have both been blind since childhood. But they found that it was when they had children that the new challenges of parenthood meant they needed a little extra help. In our latest podcast, Hetal and Will explain how Carol, a volunteer from Home-Start Greenwich has transformed life for them and their children.
Volunteer stories: Overcoming loneliness and isolation
03/04/2018 | 19 mins.
In our latest podcast we spoke to volunteers and staff at Home-Star Glasgow North, and in Home-Start MAJIK – which support families in the west of Scotland, one of the most remote communities in the UK. We heard stories about one of the issues families face wherever they live: loneliness and isolation.
Family Stories: Home-Start Wirral and Little Movers
18/01/2018 | 14 mins.
Rachel is a mum whose little boy attends Home-Start Wirral’s Little Movers group for children with additional needs. And Debbie is one of the volunteers at the group. Little Movers is just one of the amazing groups run by Home-Start Wirral to meet the needs of their community and Rachel and Debbie talk about the impact it has on them.
Volunteer stories: “It’s just like an extended family, you know?"
28/11/2017 | 11 mins.
Families in Wakefield have been working with volunteer, Jackie, for more than 13 years. We spoke to Jackie about why she volunteers for Home-Start, as well as hearing from staff members and trustees about what the new challenges faced by families and the local Home-Starts they work with.