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Home-Start is one of the UK’s leading family support organisations and is now working in 15 other countries
www.home-start.org.uk
www.home-start-int.org
Who We Are
• loneliness and isolation
• family breakdown
• post natal depression
• poverty
• ill health inc HIV/AIDS and disability
• domestic violence
• multiple births
• mobility/refugees
The Need
Where do the referrals come from?
• Health Visitor 50%
• Social Worker 15%
• Self 20%
• Other Health Referrals 5%
• Other 10%
UK approximate figures
Volunteers offer:
• friendship
• emotional support
• practical help
...to families in their own homes
Schemes also offer group support and refer to other agencies
How We Help
Home-Start research findings
• 16 studies – mainly qualitative or not randomised/control – positive findings
• Recent JRF study (McAuley and Knapp) – no differences between H/S and control group
• Responding to challenging findings
• Should Home-Start change its methods ?
• Should researchers use different tools to measure broad brush/holistic interventions?
Research issues