Volunteer Stories
Volunteer Stories
In the section below we have listed the some volunteer stories. To open an item, click on the image where one is present, the read more link or the title. The item will open full screen.
Brenda’s story
Brenda, Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West, is a student from Ecuador.
John’s story
John, Home-Start Glasgow North, is a grandfather and former nurse.
Ann’s story
Ann, Home-Start East Lothian, both supports families and serves as a trustee.
Training to be a Home-Start Volunteer
All volunteers…
Receive ongoing support and supervision from a designated Home-Start co-coordinator and have access to
- further training opportunities.
- Can access additional training and social events throughout the year.
- Receive all out of pocket expenses incurred whilst volunteering for Home-Start.
- Our volunteers have to complete a DBS check.
Other ways to volunteer for Home-Start
Share you skills to help our work
If being a Home Support Volunteer isn't for you, you may be able to help us in others ways. Many have volunteered their time and skills for:
- supporting family groups & outings
- administration work
- music, craft and storytelling
- healthy eating sessions
- fundraising
- digital promotion
- and so much more
You may also be able to help in ways we haven't thought about yet.
So if you want to get involved, get in touch and let us know what you have in mind.
Join us as a Trustee to help shape the future of our work with families
Our Trustees provide essential leadership, guidance and governance from their own professional or lived experiences. They also play an important role as ambassadors for our work and can offer particular skills to the organisation (like human resources, information management or finance, for example). We welcome interest from those who can be passionate about our work with parents, children, families and the community.
Importantly, the Board of Trustees should reflect the communities in which we work. We already benefit from a variety of skills, experiences and backgrounds and now need to add to that dynamic and creative team.
The minimum commitment as a Trustee is a few hours each month, to attend meetings or to engage in Board discussions via email and online forums. Further opportunities to get involved are possible too, so we can be flexible to suit individual motivations to volunteer.
If you are interested in finding out more about the opportunity to join us, please contact us to arrange an informal chat.
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