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Who we support
Home-Start supports any family where there is at least one child under the age of six.
We support families facing problems
- Isolation – no family or friends to help you, feeling alone in your community
- Multiple births – twins, triplets or more
- Unfamiliar with living area or Japanese culture
- Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted or unhappy or anything similar
How we support
Our support is free, confidential and non judgemental. A Home-Start volunteer will visit you in your own home, usually once a week, for a couple of hours. You decide what you will do
together. They will help you with practical tasks, and emotional issues such as
- Using local services or specialist support
- Getting involved with your local community
- Encouraging play and reading with your children
- Listening to your worries, concerns and hopes for your family
- Sharing their own experiences of parenting
※Volunteers are not nurse nor home helpers.
※Not all local schemes have English speaking organizers nor volunteers. Please contact with your local schemes to know how they can help you.
(If available, E-mail would be better to communicate more smoothly.)
How we support
- Call or E-mail to Home-Start Office in your town
- Initial visit by HS Organizer to decide what to do together
- Matching Volunteer & Introductory Visit with Organizer
- Volunteer’s visit (2 hours, once a week x 4-6 times)
- Monitoring Visit by HS Organizer to review together(additional visits available, if needed.)