Who we are and What we do

What exactly does Home-Start offer?

 

Home-Start addresses families with young children who feel pressure or find it difficult to deal with their daily life because of financial problems, divorce, inter-family relationships, a member’s disability, illness or death, postpartum depression, immigration and social marginalization, loneliness, a large number of children and many other reasons. Home-Start  provides the family with a trained volunteer who usually has  parental experience and who, under the guidance of a professional, is linked to a family which she/he regularly visits (once a week for 2-3 hours) sharing her/his parental experience and working with the parents to help them cope with the pressures of life, create a positive family environment, develop their skills and  confidence and get the strength they need in order to help their children and provide them with better prospects in life.

 

Home-Start in the world, as the years pass, has enriched its core home-visiting activity with new approaches and complementary activities such as parent groups, parent training, drop-in centres for families, special programmes for the integration of children in the school environment, activities for immigrants and other. It also collaborates with other services to better serve families.