Get Help
Being a parent is not easy, whatever your situation. It can be lonely, frustrating, heart-breaking and exhausting. You may be feeling overwhelmed, isolated, struggling with mental health, an illness, disability, financial difficulties or trauma. These are times when it helps to have someone to turn to. Home-Start brings no judgement: just compassionate, confidential help and expert support.
Find your local Home-Start to get the support you need.
Volunteer
Home-Start’s team of trained volunteers make sure a child’s early years count. By volunteering just a few hours each week you can transform the lives of young children and their parents in your community. Our volunteers offer support, friendship and practical help to families to help give their children the best start in life.
Become a volunteer for your local Home-Start!
Fundraise
Home-Start depends on donations from people like you to fund our work with parents and children. Whether you want to take on a fundraising challenge or simply make a donation, we’d love your support! Everyone needs help at some time in their life, please help us to make a difference to a child’s life today.
Fundraise for your local Home-Start today!
About Home-Start
Family life with young children can be challenging at times. Home-Start provides support to families so they don’t have to face their toughest times alone. We offer one to one home-visiting support and we also run groups across the county.
There are three Home-Start charities in Oxfordshire: Home-Start Oxford, Home-Start Southern Oxfordshire and Home-Start Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton. We are independent charities and also part of the national umbrella, Home Start UK.
Our Impact Over The Last Year
840
Oxfordshire families supported
150
trained Home-Start volunteers
1,200
children’s lives improved