Home-Start City and East London
Volunteer-led home visiting support for families with young children facing difficulties.
Parenting can be hard, especially when you feel alone. Home-Start volunteers are there simply to help — as a friend and fellow parent.
About this service
Home-Start is a charity that recruits and trains volunteers — often parents themselves — to visit families at home and provide practical and emotional support. Families with at least one child under five who are experiencing difficulties such as isolation, postnatal depression, bereavement, disability or financial hardship can be referred for regular volunteer visits. Home-Start City and East London serves families in the City of London and surrounding east London boroughs.
How they can help you
Weekly home visits from a trained volunteer, emotional support, practical help, signposting to other services.
Who it's for
Families with at least one child under five who are finding things difficult.
Eligibility
Families with at least one child under five in the City of London or east London.
Referral needed
A referral from a healthcare professional or social worker may be required to access this service
Getting support
- Eligibility
- Families with at least one child under five in the City of London or east London.
- services.opening_hours
- Mon–Fri 9am–5pm
- Referral requirements
- A referral from a healthcare professional or social worker may be required to access this service
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If any details look wrong or out of date, you can let the OneRoof team know here. Your report will go into an admin review queue and will not change the listing automatically.