Homestart

When I'd been retired for a while I started to miss being useful, so I signed up to be a Home-start volunteer, it's a brilliant charity, giving short term help to families with pre-school children going through a rough patch. It could be a sick child or parent, post natal depression, twins or triplets, anything where a couple of hours a week makes a difference. There is training, covering first aid, child protection laws, family issues as well as local services, followed by regular coffee mornings with peer support and updates on various topics. Regular meetings monitor progress with your family. Many people have benefited from a little help, the only qualification you need is to be a parent. Well worth while!