HOME-START BANBURY & CHIPPING NORTON

Funding enabled support for families with parenting challenges and additional difficulties compounded by the cost of living.

Core costs

purchase IT equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in oxfordshire

This grant will be used to support our work until March 2023 - 5% of our planned expenditure - helping us to recover from the pandemic and grow stronger. Unfortunately our Administrator has recently resigned, which may temporarily effect the ....more

This grant will be used to support our work until March 2023 - 5% of our planned expenditure - helping us to recover from the pandemic and grow stronger. Unfortunately our Administrator has recently resigned, which may temporarily effect the smooth-running of our organisation. Our delivery of 1:1 home-visiting and group work have both proven to help families to thrive. We may employ another Organiser so we can support more families. Families are referred to us to receive weekly support from our volunteers or Family Support Worker. A Staff Organiser meets the family, linking them to a trained volunteer. Volunteers and families are carefully matched to ensure a positive relationship will develop between them. The volunteer visits the family once a week for 2-3 hours at a time. Support continues for as long as needed. Our volunteers provide interventions in the form of emotional support and practical help through: • Listening to the family’s worries • Providing friendship and encouragement • Help getting to appointments • Signposting to local services • Encouraging the family’s involvement in local community • Modelling play activities and interaction The support we provide is bespoke to each individual family and adapts to meet their changing needs. Families choose to engage with our service, it is not imposed on them, and this allows a trusting relationship to be built up between the family and volunteer. If a family is affected by Covid, we can adjust our offer to telephone support, and similarly if parents feel anxious if Covid cases locally rise. Our Stay & Play sessions offer a welcoming and nurturing environment for families who feel anxious attending mainstream community settings. With limited capacity to receive home-visiting support referrals, we often signpost families to our Stay & Plays so they can still benefit from our work.

Core costs

Grant to Home-Start Banbury and Chipping Norton

Core Funding

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Home-Start Family Support

towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Banbury, Bicester and Chipping Norton

We provide highly-trained volunteers to help vulnerable families with young children who are struggling to cope. We are a unique & cost-effective early intervention service, with volunteers giving non-judgmental & life-changing support in ....more

We provide highly-trained volunteers to help vulnerable families with young children who are struggling to cope. We are a unique & cost-effective early intervention service, with volunteers giving non-judgmental & life-changing support in the home, for as long as each family needs it. In addition, we provide drop-in play sessions.

This project will provide individual support for families who have a range of complex needs and are experiencing parenting issues with very young children.The project will support children to be more confident, healthier and have improved social ....more

This project will provide individual support for families who have a range of complex needs and are experiencing parenting issues with very young children.The project will support children to be more confident, healthier and have improved social skills.

The project will support families with young children to give parents the skills, confidence and family connections that will have a lasting impact on the child's happiness, development and the family's ability to cope and thrive. This will be ....more

The project will support families with young children to give parents the skills, confidence and family connections that will have a lasting impact on the child's happiness, development and the family's ability to cope and thrive. This will be achieved through home visits and group sessions and will build skills and a support network that can sustain beyond their involvement with Home-Start.

Towards salary costs.

Train and support volunteers to help at least 8 families for a year.

towards three years' running costs of a project providing support to disadvantaged families with young children in Oxfordshire

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