About us
Who we are
Home-Start Hull offers befriending support along with practical and emotional advice in the homes of families who are having difficulties managing parenting for a variety of different reasons.
Home-Start Hull has been providing support to families in Hull through volunteer home-visiting, groups and events since 1982.
To find out more about us and what we get up to, check out our Instagram page for regular updates.
Home-Start Hull's Positive Impact
- 98% of families achieved improvements in their children’s learning and development and manage behaviour,
- 93% of parents achieved improvements in their physical and mental health including decreased isolation,
- 96% of children achieved improvements with their physical and emotional health and development,
- 99% of families achieved improvements with their household routines and family relationships, including budgeting, accessing service, and parenting skills.
- All children supported with school readiness achieved improvements in outcomes including daily living skills, behavioural adjustment (social skills), family support and language and cognition
- 14% of our families are from a Black African, Pakistani, Indian, White European or other minority ethnic background
- 69% of our families live in the most deprived areas based on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation
- On average, 65% of volunteers who leave have been supported into employment and education
Helping families in Hull since 1982
Families supported last year
Volunteers
Children Supported
Excerpt from:
Chair of Trustees Report
You may well have heard the saying "it's never dull in Hull" and the busy last year has, for us at Home-Start in Hull, proved that over and over. We have continued with a variety of projects delivered to the highest standards, sensitively meeting the needs of families and focused on improving the life and experience of those families and their children; this all provided through our funders and supporters, with our excellent, dedicated, experienced staff and enthusiastic well-trained volunteers, all of whom deserve our thanks and praise. You will see that statistically, we achieve what we set out to do and qualitatively (and as a reward) we thrive on positive feedback, measuring outcomes where possible. However, at the same time we have been faced with severe challenges. We were facing the loss of most of our funding streams as the end of 2024 came into view.
We worked out a way to "keep going" for a while whilst new grants and contracts were sought in a seemingly bleak funding environment. Happily, the solution came on a number of fronts "just in time" so that continuity has been largely made possible and there are exciting possibilities ahead. Do ask us about our plans and hopes.
No, it’s never dull for us in Hull. I must record my personal thanks to the other Trustees, all the staff and volunteers for their dedication and continuing to make such a difference for so many in our community.
Sam McGaw,
Chair of Trustees
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Annual Report for the period 2024-25
Resources for parents
we can help you regain confidence and be the parent you want to be. Find out more about some of the areas we can help with.
Support for parents
Being a parent has never been easy. It can be lonely, frustrating, heart breaking and over-whelming. All parents struggle at one time or another. You are not alone. Home-Start’s expert staff and trained volunteers work alongside families just like yours to give non-judgmental, compassionate and confidential support.
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