Get Support
Home-Start Wokingham District may be able to help you by offering you a volunteer if you:
- live in the Borough of Wokingham District
- have one or more children under the age of 5
- family groups for parents who feel isolated and lack confidence
- are going through a difficult time in your life
There are many reasons why you may need us. Perhaps you are:
- feeling isolated, maybe with no family nearby and struggling to make friends
- suffering with post-natal depression and maybe finding it hard to talk to anyone about it
- having a hard time coping with your child’s illness or disability
- being affected by the death of a family member
- struggling with the emotional and practical demands of twins, triplets or children under 5
- finding it hard to cope with relationship difficulties
- feeling exhausted or depressed
- coping with your own illness or disability
- Children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
If we think you qualify for our service, a carefully selected and trained volunteer, who has parenting experience, can visit you regularly for 2 hours a week in your own home. Our volunteers are there to offer emotional and practical support which is based on what we together agree would be helpful. Our support is flexible and responsive to your needs and can include:
- being a listening ear or someone to talk to
- adult company
- helping and playing with your children
- reassurance
- help to find out about and access other local amenities and services
- encouragement and motivation
- practical help
If you are a parent looking for support, please complete a referral form and one of our team will be in touch –you can learn more about referrals on this page. The form is simple; you can complete it yourself but please email leanne@home-startwd.org.uk if you need help or ask someone else such as your GP or health visitor to do it for you. The information you provide will help us ensure that the support you receive is appropriate and effective.
Once we receive your completed referral form we will contact you and arrange to visit to discuss what issues your family is having to deal with, what support is needed and how we may be able to help you. Home-Start Wokingham District is an independent and confidential volunteer service – we only support you at your request.
My volunteer has really helped me to be more confident, I can now catch a bus with both of my children and not feel anxious.
Home-Start Parent
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