Home-Start Lakeland
There for parents when they need us most, because childhood can't wait
About Us
Home-Start Lakeland recruits and trains volunteers from across County Fermanagh and beyond. We support families in every town, village, hamlet and townland in the county of Fermanagh.
We then carefully match the volunteer with a family in need of support. Volunteers are from all walks of life, each and every one a parent or even grandparent, all with a little free time available each week to help provide emotional and practical help to local families. Support is confidential, flexible and totally responsive to the family’s needs.
Home-Start Lakeland was established in 1999. A local church did a survey with its members about what was needed in the local community. The results of the survey identified that families with young children needed support. The Minister researched this and saw Home-Start as a model. He gathered together people from the local community, set up a committee, applied for funding and Home-Start Lakeland was established.
Home-Start Lakeland is affiliated to the national organisation, Home-Start UK, but we are autonomous and responsible for our own management and securing our own funding. Home-Start UK provides advice and support through a local Family Services Specialist and a stringent Quality Assurance review process ensures the scheme operates effectively.
We have 2 members of staff. A team of 20 trained volunteers visit families at home and help support parents at the Family Groups.
Management Committee
Home-Start Lakeland is an independent charity run by a Management Committee made up of local professionals (e.g. but not limited to Health Visitors, Teachers, Social Workers),
Our trustees come from all walks of life, bringing their experience and individual skills to our scheme. The kind of skills that are in demand are business or personnel management, finance and fundraising, IT and communications. But you don’t need special qualifications to be a trustee – common sense, flexibility, time and an ability to work as part of a team, a willingness to learn, understanding the pressures facing parents today and a genuine interest in supporting parents in the local community are just as important to us. Please contact us to find out more.
Annual Report
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Policies
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