Home-Start Newry & Mourne

The project aims to support families with children under 5 who are experiencing difficulties in the Newry and Mourne area. We recruit and train volunteers who are usually parents themselves to visit families at home and offer them informal friendly and confidential support volunteers aim to help parents develop confidence in their approach to bringing up children increase parents incvolvement in the development of their children and provide a positive role model they will encourage parents strengths and emotional well being for the ultimate benefit of their children and help families widen their links with the local community.  We provide group support in the form of Family Groups offering friendly support to families, providing an opportunity for aprents to meet together to support each other and to give their children the opportunity to play together and make friends.  We also have a Parenting Project Worker who will provide short term intensive support ot families on issues such as behavioural management, budgetting or cooking on a budget.