Logo for Home Start, the Mayor’s Charity 2023. The words HOME START are in bold orange letters, with the letter O as a stylised orange figure reaching down to a smaller purple figure forming the letter A.
The charity Home-Start has been chosen by Cllr Lesley Dyball, Mayor of Swanley as her charity for her term of office.
Home-Start is a volunteer-led charity which helps families who need additional support.
Volunteers work alongside parents, in their own homes, to help them cope with the stresses and strains of life and make sure they have the skills, confidence and strength they need to nurture their children.
Families struggling with post-natal depression, isolation, physical health problems, bereavement and many other issues receive the support of a volunteer who will spend around two hours a week in a family’s home supporting them in the ways they need.
Last year Home-Start nationally supported 56,000 children in 27,000 families, in communities across the UK.
Home-Start’s local branch is North West Kent, which supports families in Swanley, Dartford and Gravesend.
Cllr Dyball said “I have had a close relationship with Home Start for a number of years, and more recently have been promoting and personally supporting the incredibly valuable work they do, and the growing need for their services in Swanley and the surrounding areas helping families with young children through difficult and challenging times.
I do hope you will join me at my various events throughout the year raising funds for the local branch of this charity”.
For more information on the services Home Start provides or details of how to volunteer please go to https://www.home-start.org.uk/about-us
