Because #childcare matters, human relationships matter. Every human being in our ecosystem--young or old--needs equitable access to people that support and value them. There is no quality without equity and no equity without community. Child Care Aware of America #ActWithCCAoA22

We’re delighted to support UNICEF UK in their #EarlyMomentsMatter campaign Home-Start UK

📷 We're delighted to share that we've been awarded #NationalLottery 3 year funding from The National Lottery Community Fund in collaboration with Home-Start Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton and Home-Start Southern Oxfordshire Together we're here for families when they need us! #HereForFamilies #MakeAmazingHappen

The MMHA has written to Wes Streeting MP, Baroness Merron & @AnneliseDodds welcoming them to their posts and highlighting how the new government can support women, babies and families by giving mental health "the same attention and focus" as physical health during & after pregnancy.

What a pleasure to join Pears Foundation today at Home-Start Hillingdon and the brilliant staff and volunteers team. Pears Foundation have been brilliant and committed supporters of Home-Start over many years - thank you! Congrats to all at Home-Start Hillingdon for such inspiring impact!

Great experience joining Home-Start W, K&C, H&F on Monday to meet delegates from Japan’s children’s department. It was brilliant to hear #HomeStart volunteers. Thank you to Church Street Family Hub for hosting us :) Home-Start UK

I set up the #RaisingtheNation Play Commission with Anne Longfield & Centre for Young Lives to move play up the political agenda & lead a national conversation about children's play. Anne & I wrote this for Policy Press Transforming Society about why it's so vital. transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/07/23/whe…

The Baby Bank Alliance launches today, raising awareness of baby banks & their crucial work supporting families with essentials children need to thrive 💜 We're proud to be a founding partner of this incredible network. Find your local baby bank here: babybankalliance.org/baby-bank-map/

Childhood should be the most joyful time & it is a tragedy Bebe, Elsie & Alice will never experience that. Our thoughts are with their families & the wider communities impacted by this terrible trauma. Read our Chief Executive's statement bit.ly/4cf16ju Peter Grigg

The team and volunteers at Home-Start UK Home-Start Portsmouth work tirelessly to support local families and to give children the best start in life. Good to catch up today on their efforts in our city’s communities

This is absolutely brilliant! #BeMoreDarren

'Listen to us to help end homelessness together' Groundswell peers & team have been working with Amnesty UK to develop our Charter 'Ending Homelessness Together: Our Voice, Our Rights' Today, we're proud & excited to share this, outlining key priorities for the new govt 👇

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Funny Bunny loved meeting amazing people at the PEDAL Cam conference yesterday at Cambridge University. Good to share experiences with Katharine Barber Home-StartOxford and Lindsey Hardy of Sensory Beginnings and more!

Great to be at Nesta #PolicyLive conference today to debate mission-led government to hear from leading experts tackling the biggest social challenges. Look forward to exploring how we tackle child poverty and improve the early years Home-Start UK

Alongside other leading organisations, today we've written in The Times and The Sunday Times about why the #DarziReview must be a turning point for children's health. We stand ready to work with Wes Streeting MP and others in government on our solutions to ensure children aren't left behind.

This is a bit of a moment for Home-Start. For the first time in our 51 year history we have an advert on TV! The ads form part of our new campaign, We answer the cries you don’t hear and will be broadcast soon. Keep your eyes peeled, we will be sharing more very soon!

Can you help Nesta with their call for evidence on the essentials of good integrated early-years delivery? We encourage parent-infant teams to respond to ensure that the important work teams do is included in this vision! Deadline 27/09. More info👇 bit.ly/3XvaV7y

We are looking forward to Janet Daby MP and Fatima Whitbread joining our Daring to Care panel, in partnership with Foundations Family Rights Group We hope to see in the Youth Zone, full details⬇️

"This is your money, this is my money, & they are profiteering off our children without the experience, & without the Ofsted regulations to go with it." - indepth reporting by Sanchia Berg BBC News - Unlawful care homes ‘profiteering’ from at-risk children bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…