Home-Start South Warwickshire is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with young children.
It is part of the national Home-Start brand, which has more than 200 local hubs. South Warwickshire’s was set up in 2019 by Marie Ashford and Mel Pritchard.
The organisation helps families with children five years and under who require social or physical support, by providing visits from trained volunteers to their own homes for two hours each week.
With demand for their service rising and a number of families on the waiting list, the group sought support from The Wigley Community Fund and obtained a £1,108.50 grant to fund another three volunteers for three Southam families currently waiting for support.
Community partnerships manager, Jemma Bonner, said, ‘Our referrals are through the roof at the minute and that means we have had to close the waiting list so people are not left waiting too long. We would not be able to survive without these types of community grants and for an organisation like us this donation is huge. With this money we will be able to train more volunteers to provide support to parents and their children who need it.’