Need Support?

Many parents need friendship, advice, support or practical help during those early years when their children are young. As a parent you might ask for help for all sorts of reasons:-

• You may be feeling isolated in your community, have no family living nearby or be struggling to make friends.
• You may be finding it hard to cope because of your own or your child's illness.
• You may have been hit hard by the death of a loved one.
• You may be really struggling with the emotional and physical demands of having twins, triplets or several pre-school children at home with you during the day.
• You may be suffering with post-natal illness but are finding it hard to talk to anyone about it.
• You may be struggling to cope with a disability or relationship problems.
• You may be tired, unhappy, exhausted.

As long as funding and suitable volunteers or staff are available, we offer flexible support to any parent living in the Staffordshire Moorlands' District with at least one child under the age of five. We offer support to families largely delivered by our home-visiting volunteers, but can also provide support through our Family Support Workers, Annette Ellis and Tracey Rice. Our volunteers are all parents themselves, so they understand the stresses and strains of bringing up children. There is no stigma attached to having support ~ the fact that many families refer themselves to the scheme is proof of that. Families who have Home-Start support come from all walks of life and sectors of the community, as do our volunteers.