Home-Start West Somerset offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children, in local communities across the whole of West Somerset. It’s parent organisation, Home-Start UK offers this support throughout the UK and with British Forces in Germany and Cyprus.Home-Start offers a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers – who are usually parents themselves – to visit families at home who have at least one child under 7 to offer informal, friendly and confidential support.To help give children the best possible start in life, Home-Start supports parents as they grow in confidence, strengthen their relationships with their children and widen their links with the local community.VisionHome-Start wants to see a society in which every parent has the support they need to give their children the best possible start in life.Core BeliefHome-Start believes that children need a happy and secure childhood and that parents play the key role in giving their children a good start in life and helping them achieve their full potential.

Type of provision

Universal - This is for everyone, including people with special educational needs and disabilities