Home-Start UK

The motion

That the Parliament acknowledges the ongoing work of Home-Start UK, an independent charity with over 30 branches in Scotland including the Falkirk West branch based in Denny; considers that the charity aims to help families facing many different challenges by providing support to parents and ensuring that children have the best possible start in life; understands that Home-Start UK helps families with young children to cope and to improve parents’ confidence through the work of its volunteers, who are all parents themselves and visit the family in their own home once a week; considers that volunteers help parents in a wide variety of ways, such as establishing routines for the family, giving advice on accessing benefits, grants and financial support, encouraging parents to play and read with their children and to become involved with the local community and, most importantly, by providing friendship and reassurance, which continues for as long as required; further notes that Home-Start UK also run family groups in which parents are able to meet other parents and children can socialise, play, learn and have fun; considers that the service has numerous benefits, including preventative spend, boosting parents’ self-esteem, improved mental and physical health for the whole family and helping parents feel more involved in their children’s development, and wishes Home-Start UK all the best for the future.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 15 Con 8 Lab 8 LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-05193 by reference.