Home-Start Northern Ireland

Home-Start is one of UK's leading family support charities. Across the UK more than 15,000 Home-Start volunteers visit families at home each week, supporting parents in situations as diverse as isolation, bereavement, multiple births, illness, disability or who are just finding parenting a struggle. They provide non-judgemental practical and emotional support and help build the family's confidence and ability to cope.

Home Start runs more services and has more volunteers supporting more families than any other family support charity in the UK. The volunteer pool and parents supported are predominately female and the organisation is keen to attract more male volunteers, trustees and to work to supporting fathers in the family.