Home-Start Basingstoke and Deane
There for parents when they need us most, because childhood can't wait
About Us
Home-Start Basingstoke and Deane recruits and trains volunteers from within the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane, We then carefully match the volunteer with a family in need of support.
Volunteers are from all walks of life, each and every one a parent or even grandparent, all with a little free time available each week to help provide emotional and practical help to local families. Support is confidential, flexible and totally responsive to the family’s needs.
We are an early years support charity and in order to receive help from Home-Start Basingstoke and Deane you must have at least one pre-school child in the family. Volunteers visit families in their own home for two or three hours once a week.
Home-Start Basingstoke and Deane is a local charity which has provided invaluable support and friendship to families in the Basingstoke and Deane area since 2004, and has achieved positive outcomes for hundreds of families living in the community.
Home-Start Basingstoke and Deane is affiliated to the national organisation, Home-Start UK, but we are autonomous and responsible for our own management and securing our own funding. Home-Start UK provides advice and support through a local Family Services Specialist and a stringent Quality Assurance review process ensures the scheme operates effectively.
The charity is run by a Management Committee, which is responsible for governance and setting the direction of the scheme, and there are 6 part time members of staff. A team of approximately 4 trained volunteers visit families at home and help support parents at the Family Groups.
During the period April 2024 – March 2025 we supported 363 families, with 382 children.
Annual Report from Home-Start Basingstoke and Deane 2024/25
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Home-Start Basingstoke and Deane recognises the help and support provided by the following organisations
