Are you a parent or carer in need of support?
Home-Start Medway may be able to help you by offering you a volunteer if you:
You live in Medway.
Have one or more children under the age of 5
Are going through a difficult time in your life.
There are many reasons why you may need us. Perhaps you are:
feeling isolated, maybe with no family nearby and struggling to make friends
suffering with post-natal depression and maybe finding it hard to talk to anyone about it
having a hard time coping with your child’s illness or disability
being affected by the death of a family member
struggling with the emotional and practical demands of twins, triplets or several pre school children
finding it hard to cope with relationship difficulties
feeling exhausted or depressed
coping with your own illness or disability
What do we offer?
If we think you qualify for our service, a carefully selected and trained volunteer, who has parenting experience, can visit you regularly for 2-3 hours a week in your own home. Our volunteers are there to offer emotional and practical support which is based on what we together agree would be helpful. Our support is flexible and responsive to your needs and can include:
being a listening ear or someone to talk to
adult company
helping and playing with your children
reassurance
help to find out about and access other local amenities and services
encouragement and motivation
practical help
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