This fundraising page benefits the following good cause:
Home-Start West Berkshire recruits and trains volunteers from the Borough of West Berkshire. The charity supports families in many rural communities including Hungerford, Lambourn, Kintbury, Aldermaston, Burghfield, Theale, Pangbourne, Compton and The Ilsleys.
Once trained, we carefully match our volunteers with an appropriate family. The volunteer visits one or two families in their own home for 2-3 hours a week. Families tell us what a huge difference it makes to their lives to have that support at a time of need, often describing our volunteers as “a ray of sunshine” or a “life-line”.
Volunteers tell us that they find it rewarding to see the children start to thrive again as they help the parents work through their difficulties.