Home-Start Reading

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Home-Start Reading was established in 1984, when a number of health visitors thought it would be beneficial to this area.  We continue to be a professionally run registered charity offering free support to local young families.  We recruit and train parent befriending volunteers who then visit a family once a week and offer non-judgmental encouragement by way of friendship and practical support.  

Home-Start wants to see a society in which every parent has the support they need to give their children the best possible start in life.  In order to give children the best possible start in life, Home-Start helps young families going through difficult times, whether because of bereavement, illness or disability of the child or the parent, post-natal depression, family breakdown, loneliness and isolation, or stress in coping with a number of children.

Here are the main ways we help:

Who to contact

Telephone
0118 956 0050 0118 956 0050
E-mail
office@home-start-reading.org.uk
Website
www.home-start-reading.org.uk
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Where to go

Address
7 Southcote Parade
Southcote Farm Lane
Reading
Berkshire
Postcode
RG30 3DT
Directions to RG30 3DT

Time / Date Details

When is it on
We are contactable in the office on Monday to Friday between 09:30 and 15:30

Availability

Referral required
Yes
Referral Details

Families are supported where there is a need eg isolation, illness, breavement, multiple births etc.  Support finishes when the need is no longer there, or when the youngest child has entered into full time education.

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Disclaimer

This information has been collected from third party providers therefore the Reading Services Guide, Reading Borough Council (RBC) and Brighter Futures for Children (BFfC) cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of this information and recommends that parents, carers, young people, residents and professionals check with providers regarding DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) and OFSTED registrations and CQC registrations. Information collected by Reading Service Guide; is used solely to implement and supply the Family Information Service (FIS), Special Educational Needs & Disabilities - Reading's Local Offer, Adults & Carers Support Group and Reading Youth.

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Contact the Team

Family Information Service

fis@reading.gov.uk 0118 937 3777 OPTION 2 0118 937 3777 OPTION 2

SEND Local Offer

localoffer@reading.gov.uk 0118 937 3777 OPTION 2 0118 937 3777 OPTION 2

Adult & Carers Support

CSAAdvice.Signposting@reading.gov.uk 0118 937 3747 0118 937 3747
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