Celebrating Our 5 Longest Standing Volunteers!

Whilst celebrating our 5th anniversary this year, we would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge all our wonderful volunteers who enable Home-Start to offer the support to families that is so needed. We would love to be able to feature all our volunteers as everyone has their own individual stories to tell, but in-keeping […]

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Run For Home-Start Herts!

CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE The Virgin Money London Marathon are giving you another chance to enter their virtual run for a second year running. In 2020 their were almost 40K runners who took part from around the world. This year are we excited to offer  a limited number of charity places for the the Virtual […]

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5th Anniversary Celebrations!

It’s been FIVE years since six Home-Start schemes merged and established Home-Start Hertfordshire. Across the next five months we will be celebrating our services and achievements for our 5th Year  Anniversary and we want YOU to GET INVOLVED!   Join our socials and engage with us; (click image to enlarge) Linkedin: Home-Start Herts Facebook: @HomeStartHertsisfab […]

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Will you fall for Home-Start?

Ever fancied jumping out of a plane 10,000 feet in the air? Why not do it for Home-Start Herts and help support families with young children who are struggling. On Saturday 12th June 2021 a group from Home-Start will be doing a tandem skydive at the UK Skydiving Centre in Cambridge. If you would like to […]

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Create an Engaging Lesson Plan for Struggling Learners

Taking a special interest in what your child is learning — and helping them master the subjects they most struggle with — takes diligence and kindness, but it’s absolutely doable and, more than that, extremely rewarding. Expand their minds and ferry those fears away! You can strengthen their handle on those difficult subjects with a […]

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The Great Pancake Flip-Off

The traditional St Albans Pancake Race has been going for 20 years, but sadly this year the community will not be cheering on the teams as they flip their way down the street. But COVID will not beat us! We have organised an online flipping pancake challenge that everyone can get involved in. We want […]

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COVID19 Service Update

January 2021, In light of the current situation COVID19 and advice from government, our home-visiting service is suspended and the family groups will run with limited capacity. Volunteer Mentors will offer their Home-Start families weekly telephone support and continue with ‘walk and talk’ outside, following government guidelines. Volunteer Managers will continue to keep the Volunteer […]

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John Lewis & Waitrose Partnership

Hertfordshire’s family support charity, Home-Start Herts, to benefit from major Christmas campaign. Waitrose and John Lewis have unveiled this year’s Christmas advertising campaign, which – inspired by the kindness shown by the British public during the pandemic – encourages viewers to ‘Give A Little Love’ to others and support leading family support charity Home-Start, and […]

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