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Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk

General Details

Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk offers friendly, practical help and support to families with at least one child under 12. Volunteers, parents themselves, regularly visit families in their own homes to help prevent crisis and family breakdown; to be supportive in tough times. There is no charge for the service.

We also run Family Groups and Support Groups in various locations throughout Mid & West Suffolk. Please refer to our website for details.

Who to contact

Name: Amanda Jacques
Position: Scheme Manager
Telephone: 01379 678552
Email: office@homestartmidsuffolk.org.uk
Website: http://www.homestartmidandwestsuffolk.org.uk
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Address: 20
Broad Street
Eye
Suffolk
Postcode: IP23 7AF

Where to go

Name: Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk
Address: 20 Broad Street
Eye
Suffolk
Postcode: IP23 7AF
Area served: Haverhill, Brandon, Stowmarket, Stradbroke, Clare, Lakenheath, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds, Elmswell, Eye, Mid Suffolk, Thurston, Debenham, Newmarket, West Suffolk, Mildenhall, Needham Market
Venue Email: office@homestartmidsuffolk.org.uk
Venue Website: http://www.homestartmidandwestsuffolk.org.uk
Restrictions to access: Families with at least one child aged under 12, and they must live within the Mid & West Suffolk areas.

Days & Times

Mon-Friday 9am to 4pm

Other details

Age Groups: Pre-school, Children (5-11), Adults, Young people
Accreditation website: http://www.home-start.org.uk/about/quality_standards
Accreditation details: Home-Start UK has a custom-designed quality assurance system for all Home Start schemes. This is a three year rolling system, two years of which are self-reviewed and one year reviewed by the consultancy.
Notes: We work on a one to one basis with families in their own homes. We work with the family to identify what help they need/want and provide that in a non-judgemental, supportive way. When appropriate we work in partnership with other agencies and signpost to other services. There is no charge for the service and we work with the family to identify how long they need support for. This is done by carrying out reviews on a regular basis, e.g. quarterly.
Last Updated: 07/01/2020