Group Volunteer
Home-Start Merton
The earliest years make the biggest impact: Home-Start Merton makes sure those years count so that no child’s future is limited. By volunteering just a few hours each week, you can transform the lives of young children and their parents in your community. As a group volunteer you would offer parents emotional and practical support in a group setting, encouraging socialisation of parents and children and modelling play for children.
The earliest years make the biggest impact: Home-Start Merton makes sure those years count so that no child’s future is limited. By volunteering just a few hours each week, you can transform the lives of young children and their parents in your community. As a group volunteer, you will helping at our family group. Our group currently runs on a Wednesday, term time only, 11am-1pm (volunteers helping set up and set down, 10:30-11am and 1-1:30pm). This is a safe environment which encourages socialisation, peer support, activities, and a lunch. This group is for parents and their little ones from pregnancy up to 5 years old. Who can volunteer for us? • You must be a parent. • You must be able to offer 3 hours most Wednesdays. • You should be able to commit at least a year of your time to Home-Start Merton. • You should have a non-judgemental attitude and understand about the pressures of bringing up a family. • You will have to attend our free volunteer preparation course with other new volunteers. • You must understand that your support for families is completely confidential. • You will have to undergo a criminal record check (DBS) at enhanced level. Do I need any qualifications? The only real ‘qualification’ you need is experience of bringing up children. Friendliness and a caring attitude are essential as well as an understanding of the pressures of parenting. We value all sorts of skills that will help support a family so if you have any special skills such as a second language, you are arty or crafty, you play a musical instrument, you have any other specific interest, skill, or qualification we would love to hear from you. We value people who don’t judge others; people who will respect the fact that they have been invited into a family’s home; people who will treat a mother or father as an equal.
Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring
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No specific skills required - The only real ‘qualification’ you need is experience of bringing up children. Friendliness and a caring attitude are essential as well as an understanding of the pressures of parenting. We value all sorts of skills that will help support a family so if you have any special skills such as a second language, you are arty or crafty, you play a musical instrument, you have any other specific interest, skill, or qualification we would love to hear from you and match you with a family that would benefit from your skills. We value people who don’t judge others; people who will respect the fact that they have been invited into a family’s home; people who will treat a mother or father as an equal.
Ongoing training opportunities, a chance to make a difference to your local community, and a chance to be involved in volunteer forums and thank you events.
We ask that you commit to at least one year of volunteering.
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Group currently runs in Mitcham (get in touch for the address). The office is based in Wimbledon.
The office is a short walk from South Wimbledon Tube Station and Wimbledon Train Station. The 200 bus stops on Haydon's Road which is a short walk from the office.
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