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Home-Start Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton provide a home-visiting service for families with children under 5. Our volunteers offer non-judgemental, confidential, compassionate emotional support and practical help. We support families through their toughest times because childhood can't wait
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Situation
Being a parent has never been easy. It can be lonely, frustrating, heart breaking and over-whelming. Many struggling families are often isolated with nowhere to turn to for support. • Rural or social isolation • Mental health issues including Post Natal Depression • Poverty or financial difficulties • Domestic abuse • Relationship problems or a single parent • Substance abuse • Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted or unhappy • Inadequate housing • Poor physical health e.g. disability
Solution
Our core work is our home-visiting service. A volunteer visits a family in need on a weekly basis and this support continues for as long as it is needed. Our volunteers offer non-judgemental, confidential, compassionate emotional support and practical help. We run 3 weekly term-time drop-in play sessio By intervening early, we are able to dramatically improve family situations and create better environments for the children to develop and thrive, giving them the best 'home-start' in life.
