Do you live in Bedfordshire and have SEND parenting/grandparenting experience? Help local families get the support they need to give their children the best start in life. Become a Home-Start SEND volunteer.
There are many reasons why local parents like you volunteer with Home-Start:
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Parents with children with additional needs come to our local charity looking for help when they are struggling to cope. They may not know information about the condition, where to access further support or what to do. Many feel they have to fight their way through the system to get their children diagnosed and get extra help in school. Whereas parents would often get support from friends, their experience of being a parent may not be the same as the parent of a non-neurotypical child. Sometimes they feel alone, that their child is different, and so are they. It is a lonely place to be.
As a Home-Start Central Bedfordshire volunteer, you can use your own life experiences to offer practical and emotional support to these families. Many will be at the start of their journey as a SEND parent. Additional needs volunteering is an opportunity to help another family get the support you could have benefitted from.
Home-Start is one of the leading family support charities in the UK with 269 schemes supporting 30,000 families and 60,000 children with a variety of issues. Our work is recognised locally, and we are proud to have won Voluntary Group Of The Year In 2019. None of this could be achieved without 16,000 amazing parent volunteers just like you strengthening families, guiding them on their journey and helping them back on their feet.
The Annexe, Downside Neighbourhood Centre
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU54AS
England
office@home-startcentralbeds.org.uk
01582 660061
Home-Start Central Bedfordshire. A charitable company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales, registered charity no. 1109262. Company Reg No. 5414484.