Home-Start Central Bedfordshire

Our Family & Children’s Charity covers Central Bedfordshire as well as Luton; supporting local children and empowering parents and families across the county.

Home-Start is one of the leading family support charities in the UK. Since 1984 our charity has been helping local young children and their families struggling to cope with…

• Disabilities and additional needs
• Domestic violence and abuse
• Poverty, financial issues and unsafe environments
• Mental ill health
• Bereavement
• Hunger, poor nutrition, neglect
• …and more

We believe that every child deserves a safe place to live and play as well as protection from the effects of poor physical and mental health. Therefore Home-Start works directly in the homes of families across the county, helping parents to build better lives for all our children.

Our family and children’s charity mission is –

• To safeguard, protect and preserve the physical and mental good health of children and parents
• To prevent cruelty to and maltreatment of children
• To relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents
• To promote good parenting
• To encourage and develop parent’s strengths and well-being for the ultimate benefit of the children
• To encourage families to widen their network of relationships and to effectively use services within the community
• To work towards the increased confidence and independence of families by offering support, friendship and practical assistance