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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£108.3K
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Spending
£92.9K
- Charity no. 100635
- Date registered. 15/08/2016
Public benefits
The Trustees believe that all our purposes satisfy both elements of the public benefit requirement. What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation’s purposes? The direct benefits which flow from our purposes include; • improved health outcomes and improved uptake of health appointments, • happier, safer children and happier safer
homes. As a result fewer children suffer cruelty or maltreatment • parents and children feel less marginalised. Families make better use of local services and are less isolated and have wider horizons. Families are better able to cope with their needs • families develop improved coping strategies and parents become more confident through increased education in childcare standards How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated? All of these benefits are demonstrated by the completion of review visit forms which track an individual family’s “journey of change”. Also feedback questionnaires are completed by families and referrers at the close of support. The benefits of all our purposes are also demonstrated by regular evaluation of the services by Health and Social Care Trusts, funders and monitoring and evaluation of the service. Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes? The purposes do not give rise to any harm. Who are the beneficiaries? The beneficiaries of our purposes are families who are experiencing difficulties or suffering stress and who have at least one child under 5 years of age and live in the Area of Benefit. Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary? A private benefit to volunteers may arise from our mandatory training in values and attitudes, safeguarding children, confidentiality etc. Through the training volunteers gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. A second private benefit to Trustees may arise from our programme of training in good governance, finance etc. Through the training trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. These private benefits are relevant to all our purposes.
What your organisation does
Home-Start Banbridge offers support to families through trained volunteers visiting families in their own homes to offer parent to parent support tailored to meet identified need. We offer friendship and practical and emotional support to parents with at least one child under five. We operate throughout the Banbridge District. Through the support
of trained volunteers we aim to give 0-5 year olds within supported families the best start in life based on equality of opportunity. Through volunteer support we aim to promote social inclusion by visiting families who may experience disadvantage due to ethnicity, disability and/or by living in a rural area. We aim to increase confidence, self-esteem and to work preventively to help families cope with practical and emotional difficulties thus improving emotional well being for both parents and children and alleviating stress in families. We aim to build on the strengths of families by supporting parents as they overcome difficulties, grow in confidence and strengthen their relationships with their children, enabling them to give their children the best start in life. Our volunteers support families to use other resources within the community to create supportive networks, encouraging independence and social and community integration.
The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Playgroup/after schools
- Volunteer development