New volunteers in training
Our latest home-visiting volunteer training course is now underway, with our new recruits attending sessions with Sally, Julie and Karen learning how to support the needs of parents with under 5s. We can’t wait to see everyone skilled up and ready to be matched...
Makaton training for our volunteers
Our latest volunteer training session was all about Makaton – the language programme that uses symbols, signs and speech to enable people to communicate who might otherwise find it difficult. Makaton tutor Ali Pennington gave us a fascinating introduction and taught...
Healthy Happy Home training for volunteers
Home-Start UK and The John Lewis Partnership have joined forces to create the Healthy Happy Home programme – a first of its kind, volunteer upskilling programme to enable volunteers to further support the positive mental and physical health of the families they work...
Look Say Sing Play: NSPCC training for volunteers
You’ve got the power to change everyday moments into brain-building ones! That’s the idea behind a project created by the NSPCC called Look Say Sing Play. Emma Motherwell from the NSPCC came to talk at our latest volunteer support session (VSS) about how they might...