Steptember Challenge

The Homestart team are participating in the Stepember challenge run by Active Devon which means we are all individually getting out in the lovely sunshine and walking, running and doing…

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Digital Families – Five year lottery funded project

We are delighted to have been awarded five years funding towards our Digital Families project. This will see us build on the digital support we had developed pre-Covid and expanded…

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Tackling Loneliness

As part of the Government’s £750m support package for charities, we have been awarded funding to help tackle loneliness. Home-Starts up and down the country are working hard to link…

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New Digital Volunteer Training Course

Our next Digital volunteer training course starts on Wednesday 16th September and will run on Wednesday mornings via Zoom from 10am until 12.30pm for 4 weeks. Contact us at homestart.shpt@gmail.com…

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Face-to-Face support – Covid – 19 Update

We would like to reassure you that the committee and staff are keeping a careful eye on the evolving situation. We are taking guidance from Home-Start UK and our insurers…

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Trustees Needed

We have an exciting opportunity to join our board of trustees. We are digitally recruiting trustees, in particular a Treasurer. We are a fully paperless organisation and are currently running…

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Our New Digital Services

About Us – Digital Support We offer emotional support and signposting via your mobile phone, tablet or laptop. The Coordinator will contact you to talk about how we can help…

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Home-Start Christmas Tree at Kingsbridge

Our Home-Start Christmas tree at the Christmas Tree festival in Kingsbridge on 1st December. The decorations were hand made by one of our amazing volunteers and two other volunteers kindly…

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