Home-Start Cymru is offering a range of additional services for families throughout Powys at this time:

Volunteer Weekly Support
Home-Start's trained volunteers are available to support families throughout Powys and beyond, offering weekly contact to share worries, make suggestions and lend a listening ear. Free, confidential support and practical help for parents of young children who are going through a difficult time - because childhood can't wait.

Families Supporting Families - new for 2022!
Free fortnightly group sessions in Newtown (Covid permitting). A chance for families to come along to a group session for a cuppa and chat, find out more about activities in the area, play ideas and parenting advice and support. 

Big Hopes, Big Futures
This project aims to improve children's readiness for school. Home-Start's trained volunteers help parents learn about and understand the benefits of a positive learning environment at home. Through this the parents increase their understanding and change their behaviour and family routines to include activities that would help their children's early learning. Their children will then start school or nursery able to fully benefit from their formal education.

Parent-Infant Psychotherapy 
Parent-Infant Psychotherapy is a service for parents and babies aged 0-2 years. Home-Start's psychotherapist works with parents and their babies or toddlers to help understand some of their worries or concerns, thinking about the feelings parents have and finding ways to help them and their baby communicate and enjoy being together.

Sessions are carried out online or in person with parent and baby together. Sessions are weekly and last for up to one hour, talking and using play to help build the relationship between parent and baby and make sense of any worries or difficult feelings they may have.

Lockdown Babies Group
A weekly Zoom session bringing together parents and babies who were born during the lockdown period. It supports families who may have suffered from isolation during this period, offering play ideas, information and a time to chat and share worries and concerns.

Young Parents Group
A weekly Zoom session for young parents aged 19 years or under. Home-Start's trained play therapist offers structured sessions of play, tips, information sharing and activity ideas especially aimed towards younger parents and their children.

Family Learning Sessions
An individual weekly Zoom play session with parents and their children aged 0-5 years. Home-Start's play therapist offers lots of easy and effective play activities for parents and children to engage with (resources can be provided to the family). Lots of ideas and fun to take forward independently between sessions.

Families can self-refer into Home-Start's services. To find out more, please contact Home-Start Cymru direct - details below.

Vicky Critchley, Locality Manager
Home-Start Cymru
Telephone01745 814819
Mobile 07871 601772
Email adminpowys@homestartcymru.org.uk 
Website www.homestartcymru.org.uk