home-start deveron
Home-Start Deveron is affiliated with Home-Start UK/Scotland, one of the leading
nationwide family support charities. We have been supporting families across the
Deveron Valley area since 1999 and formed a consortium with other schemes across
the Aberdeenshire area back in 2015. During 2019/20 Home-Start Deveron supported
181 families through a combination of our core 1-1 home-visiting support, group
sessions & social events. We tailor our support to each family and their
individual needs, and we work with the whole family. We do this by recruiting
and training volunteers to visit families within their own home for 2-3 hours
per week to offer informal, friendly, non-judgemental and confidential support.
We also have 1 Family Support Worker on our team who support families on a 1-1
basis and a play worker running our groups alongside volunteers. Families are
mainly referred to us via a range of agencies through the Aberdeenshire Health &
Social Care Partnership, and we do welcome self-referrals direct through the
office. Home-Start Deveron are here to help families facing many different
challenges, these include but are not limited to