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Home-Start in Suffolk

Coronavirus Support

November 2020

We will be continuing to support Suffolk families & volunteers via telephone and video support, as well as dropping any required supplies to those in need where possible. We are offering a home visiting service but only once a full risk assessment has taken place.

All of our group work and events are also temporarily suspended.

Please see our Website for Covid 19 details.

General Details

Offers friendship and informal support to parents with young children (0-11) so that every child can have a good start in life.

Home-Start in Suffolk aims to give children the best possible start in life. We support parents to grow in confidence, strengthen their relationships with their children, improve their Health and wellbeing and widen their links locally.

We offer welcoming and friendly family groups held at Nansen Road in Ipswich runs for 38 weeks of the year, in term-time only. The aim of the group is to provide a safe environment, lead and facilitated by staff and volunteers, where parents have space and time to discuss issues which are relevant to them – for example, isolation, the challenges of family life, relationship difficulties and domestic violence.

Please see our website for further details.

Who to contact

Name: Tara Somers
Position: CEO
Telephone: 01473 621104
Fax: 01473 621104
Email: headoffice@homestartinsuffolk.org
Website: http://www.homestartinsuffolk.org/
Address: 8a The Square
Martlesham Heath
Ipswich
Suffolk
Postcode: IP5 3SL

Where to go

Name: Home Start in Suffolk
Address: 8A
The Square
Martlesham Heath
Ipswich
Suffolk
Postcode: IP5 3SL
Area served: All Suffolk
Venue Email: headoffice@homestartinsuffolk.org
Venue Website: http://www.homestartinsuffolk.org
Parking details: Free
Transport: Route 66 plus plenty of buses stop at Tesco and then is about a 10 minute walk

Days & Times

See our website for groups and events.
Session Information: Open Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4pm. Closed on public holidays

Other details

Referral required?: No
Age Groups: Pre-school, 16-25 years, Children (5-11), Adults, Young people
Notes: We recruit and train volunteers with parenting experience to visit families at home who have at least one child under 12 and offer them informal, friendly and confidential support. Families may contact us themselves or may be referred to us through their Health Visitor or another agency.
Last Updated: 12/11/2020