Things we can help with
Home-Start is ready to support families
Being a parent has never been easy. It can be lonely, frustrating, heart breaking and over-whelming.
Life-changing events can happen to anyone. That is why Home-Start is ready to support families through their toughest times.
Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to help them work alongside you to overcome the challenges you are facing. We work with you to build on your strengths and give you the support that you tell us that you need.
Home-Start BFW also offers support with finances, budgeting, community groups and signposting.
Big Hopes Big Future
Big Hopes Big Future helps children build the skills they need to be ready for their first day at school.
Mental ill health and perinatal illness
More than a third of parents we support ask for our help to cope with postnatal illness, their own or their child’s mental ill-health.
Disability and illness
Coping with a long-term illness or a physical disability can be a life-changing experience for parents and children.
Forces families
Home-Start Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre works in British Forces families bases on the Fylde Coast.
Isolation
Moving away from friends, no family nearby, not knowing your local community – you’re not alone.
Bereavement
Struggling with the death of a partner, a parent, or a child can take anyone into a world of grief and isolation.
Dad Matters
Supporting dads to have the best possible relationships with their babies. dadmatters.org.uk
Twins, triplets and multiple children
Double delight or triple trouble? Multiple births can bring both.
When a relationship ends
If you are trying to cope after a separation, divorce, or after leaving an abusive relationship.
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