23/04/2024
🔍👶👧🧒𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 2 - 3 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩?🔍👶👧🧒
💜🧡Our volunteers support local families in the family's own home for 2-3 hours a week.
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬:
• Practical support around the home - e.g., reading stories, playing with a child while the parent does the housework, helping parents with multiple children at appointments
• Emotional support e.g., reassuring a parent that every child is different
• Signposting to local services
• Befriending
• Confidence building
• Sharing experiences as a parent or carer
• Helping a parent to enjoy their child again
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬:
• Excellent preparation for your role through a preparation course
• All travel expenses paid
• Formal and informal support from the Home-Start Omagh District Coordinator, trustees and other volunteers
• Social events
• The opportunity to be involved in a vital local service
If you or anyone you know would be interested in supporting a local family in your local community, or if you would like further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch:
Call Allison - 07843 749 852
Email - info@homestartomaghdistrict.org.uk
Or download an application form via our website: homestartomaghdistrict.org.uk/volunteering/ 🧡💜