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Stories and news from families with Home-Start UK

Home-Start -Because Childhood Can't Wait

Stories and news about families from Home-Start UK, a leading family support charity.

Episodes

14 episodes

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...

00:10:25Sep 7, 2018

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...

00:12:20Jul 2, 2018

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...

00:19:16Apr 3, 2018

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...

00:14:56Jan 18, 2018

Families in Wakefield have been working with volunteer, Jackie, for more than 13 years. We spoke to Jackie about why she volunteers for Home...

00:11:07Nov 28, 2017

Naneh and her husband lived an ordinary life until, without warning, their world was turned upside down. Thankfully, Naneh came across Home-...

00:12:48Nov 8, 2017

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...

00:10:33Sep 14, 2017

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...

00:11:24Aug 15, 2017

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...

00:09:44Jul 24, 2017

Home-Start are partnering with the LENA Research Foundation to launch a programme around language and early childhood development. In this c...

00:09:37Jul 14, 2017

When Jade and Kim were new mums, they received vital support from Home-Start Wirral to help them breastfeed. In this conversation they talk...

00:12:24Jun 21, 2017

Three people tell their stories of the importance of volunteering for Home-Start - whether as as home-visiting volunteer, someone who helps...

00:03:25Jun 5, 2017

“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....

00:00:54Jun 5, 2017

“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...

00:01:02Jun 5, 2017