Family stories: helping Anna overcome domestic abuse
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 explain...
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Stories and news from families with Home-Start UK
Stories and news about families from Home-Start UK, a leading family support charity.
Episodes
14 episodes
Family stories - “We had to learn to be parents, we didn’t have to learn to be blind”
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...
Volunteer stories: Overcoming loneliness and isolation
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 w...
Family Stories: Home-Start Wirral and Little Movers
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 th...
Volunteer stories: “It’s just like an extended family, you know?"
Families in Wakefield have been working with volunteer, Jackie, for more than 13 years. We spoke to Jackie about why she volunteers for Home...
Family Stories: Helping one family cope when their life was turned upside down.
Naneh and her husband lived an ordinary life until, without warning, their world was turned upside down. Thankfully, Naneh came across Home-...
Volunteer stories: Lois, Sam and Andrea talk about their volunteer training course
Lois, Sam and Andrea are new volunteers for Home-Start Glasgow North, and they are being set questions by Amanda to find out more about how...
Family stories: Magadi and Beverly talk about their relationship and life-changing support
Magadi was experiencing postnatal depression. After a visit to the GP, she was put in touch with Home-Start Camden who introduced her to Bev...
Volunteer stories: Naiomi And Juliette from Camden talk about supporting families
Naiomi is in her 20s, Juliette is in her 80s and in this episode of our podcast they share their experiences of volunteering and supporting...
"Families are the secret sauce" - talking language development with Dr Steve Hannon
Home-Start are partnering with the LENA Research Foundation to launch a programme around language and early childhood development. In this c...
Family stories: Jade and Kim discuss breastfeeding, family and volunteering
When Jade and Kim were new mums, they received vital support from Home-Start Wirral to help them breastfeed. In this conversation they talk...
The importance of volunteering - three stories
Three people tell their stories of the importance of volunteering for Home-Start - whether as as home-visiting volunteer, someone who helps...
Volunteering a Home-Start family group in Glasgow
“It’s good fun; the kids love it, the mums enjoy it and I think everybody goes out feeling better than hopefully they did when they came in....
Why I volunteered for Home-Start
“I came to a point in my life: my children had grown up. I wanted to do something different." - Angela makes weekly home-visits to support a...