Services

Home-Start Family Services provides practical parenting support, evidence-based training and genuine connection.

Home-Start provides free professional and volunteer support to vulnerable families in their homes and communities. We work with parents who are struggling to cope, with a focus on families with children under 8 years.

We employ professional Family Workers throughout NSW who are flexible to the needs of their community and work with families to promote safety and wellbeing. Home-Start programs are also auspiced through a number of organisations in Victoria.

We’ve mobilised a highly trained team of volunteers who support individual families and help them form strong connections to their local community resources.

Family Workers

Qualified professionals support families by increasing parent’s confidence in their ability to raise their kids.

Parenting Programs

Family Workers deliver practical parenting programs to help families navigate life together.

Home Visiting Program

Trained & supervised volunteers visit a family with young children in their own home, once a week.

Community Connection & Support

We run events & activities to foster a sense of community connection & to support families.

Supported Playgroups

We run events & activities to foster a sense of community connection & to support families.

Nutrition Programs

Designed to help parents provide healthy, tasty and affordable food for their children and the whole family.

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Stories from our

families

Emma’s Story

"The support makes you feel like a human again."

Ana’s Story

"We don’t have family here, so it’s very difficult to be a mother."

Christy’s Story

"I can’t describe how comforting it is to share the heavy load of child raising with someone who feels like family."

Jane’s Story

"Just having our volunteer come and visit us changed my perspective of family. "