Home-Start in Gloucesteshire
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FREE Summer Play Days!
If you're looking for some FREE fun for children during the summer holidays, Play Gloucestershire can help! The list below shows when and where their Summer Holiday Community Play Days are being held (nb. children under the age of 7 need to be accompanied by a parent...
Come to a Group!
In addition to our home-visiting support, each of the three Home-Start schemes in Gloucestershire runs groups for families. These include: Antenatal groups covering a range of subjects, such as bonding with your unborn baby, emotions during pregnancy, and baby...
Dad Matters to launch a dads’ well-being mental health support group
Dads in Gloucestershire have been seeing an increase in parenting confidence and knowledge as well as a reduction in their anxiety with the support of Dad Matters. Dad Matters Gloucestershire has been supporting dads-to-be and new dads at its weekly Hospital Drop-Ins...
Volunteers Needed!
Being a Home-Start volunteer is a genuine opportunity to change the lives of families with young children. Being a parent is hard for everyone, but for some it can be overwhelming, especially if they are also dealing with issues like postnatal depression, isolation,...
Play Gloucestershire
The brilliant Play Gloucestershire are running FREE community play sessions throughout the summer holidays. EVERYONE is welcome, although they ask that under 7s are accompanied by an adult. The sessions are open access (you can come and go as you please). Following...
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
According to the Maternal Mental Health Alliance report mental health problems in the perinatal period affect 1 in 5 women Home-Starts across the UK are raising awareness for Maternal Mental Health Week in their communities, showing that in addition to clinical...
Gloucestershire mum designs White Stuff charity t-shirt
A mum from Dursley, who was supported by Home-Start Stroud and Gloucester, has told of the amazing boost it has been seeing her design printed on a t–shirt sold online by a major British fashion and lifestyle brand. Cheryl Hunt entered a competition to design a...
Dad Matters Coordinator Role in Gloucestershire
Dad Matters Coordinator (Gloucestershire) 16 Hours per week Scale point NJC 20 (£26,000 pro rata) (Two-year contract) We are looking for a Dad Matters Coordinator to join our team and develop local universal and targeted interventions for dads in the perinatal...
Dad Matters Telephone Support
Telephone Support The project accepts referrals for one to one support of dads. This will be virtual and will take the form of an initial telephone discussion to collect information on the current situation of the dad and then to assess the support that can be...
Dad Matters, where to get support
ICON – helping people who care for babies to cope with crying. Infant Crying is normal Comforting methods can help Ok to walk away Never, ever shake a baby Website: www.iconcope.orgLet’s Talk Lets talk is a free service provided by your local NHS. We provide...
Meet Lee Houghton
Meet Lee Houghton – Dad Matters Coordinator for Gloucestershire… I’m Lee, 46 years young and currently living in Worcester in the UK, originally from “the North” and proud Daddy to my two boys who are the absolute centre of my universe. I’ve spent most of my...
Dad Matters Blog
Welcome to our new Dad Matters blog. We will keep this blog regularly updated with lots of information about all things 'Dad'. Keep checking back here and on our social media for latest updates. On the 28th of July 2020, DadPad featured an article on new dads’ mental...
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