This information was last checked on 13-Dec-2023.
What is this service?
Home Start UK provide emotional and practical support to families who are having difficulties managing parenting. Services offered differ by borough:
Lambeth
- Home visits, from a Family Support Coordinator and volunteer
- Bump to Babe project, to support families from the last trimester of their pregnancies
- βBig Hopes, Big Futureβ programme, to help prepare children for their first day of school
- Financial support
For more information on the above, click here.
Southwark and Lewisham
- Home visits, from a Family Support Coordinator and volunteer
- Freedom Programme, an educational programme for women who have experienced domestic abuse
- Family support groups
For more information on the above, click here.
Criteria
Lambeth
Inclusion
- Live in Lambeth
- Have at least one child under the age of five
- Require additional support (examples under βHome-Start Lambeth Referral Policyβ)
Exclusion
- Families with perpetrator of violence who is still regularly at home
- Families who need/want a volunteer to take sole charge of their child(ren)
- Families who require domestic help
- Families where there are profound mental health problems
Southwark & Lewisham
Inclusion
- Live in Southwark or Lewisham
- Are in their 3rd trimester of pregnancy or,
- have one or more children under the age of 5
- and are experiencing difficulties
Exclusion
- Child is in full-time education
How to refer
Patients and professionals can refer:
π Online β Lambeth Referral Form
Rejections, DNAs & other Quirks
- Referrals will close when the service reaches capacity, in which case new referrals will be added to the wait list
Contact info
Lambeth
βοΈ 0207 924 9292
π§ info@homestartlambeth.co.uk
π‘ Home-Start Lambeth, Unit 2, Holles House, Overton Road, Lambeth, SW9 7AP
πΒ Mon-Fri, 09:30-16:30
Southwark & Lewisham
βοΈ 020 7737 7720
π§ info@homestartsouthwark.org.uk
π‘ Home-Start Southwark, CAN Mezzanine, 7-14 Great Dover Street, London, SE1 4YR
π₯ Mon-Fri, 09:00-17:00
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