Training sessions for home visiting volunteers with Home-Start Mid and West Suffolk to start in February
The next course of training for home visiting volunteers with Home-Start Mid and West Suffolk is set to commence from February.
The volunteers all have parenting experience, visit families weekly at home and provide invaluable, non-judgemental support and advice to them.
The course takes place on Tuesdays over seven consecutive weeks (excluding half term) from 10am to 2pm, and starts on February 1, at the New Newbury Community Centre, in Bury St Edmunds.
The volunteers help co-ordinators run a range of family play groups throughout Mid and West Suffolk and all the play groups are free of charge for parents/carers and their pre-school children.
There is play groups for parents/carers and their babies/children; perinatal mental health support play groups for mums with babies 0-12 months; SEND Families Unite groups for parents/carers and their children with diagnosed/ undiagnosed special needs; Forest Schools groups; dads’ and kids’ group that runs once a month on Saturdays in Stowmarket; and Growing Minds groups, designed to help parent and child interactions to support early years development. (The Growing Minds groups are for families living on the Howard, Marham Park and Mildenhall estates in Bury St Edmunds.)
Anyone whowould like to find out how to become a volunteer can contact Alison on 07936 913929 for an informal chat, or email alison@homestartmidsuffolk.org.uk
You can also follow Home-Start Mid and West Suffolk on Facebook or have a look at the website www.homestartmidwestsuffolk.org.uk