Social entrepreneurs-set up a Home-Start

Setting up Home-Start in a country for the first time takes energy and drive.
But it’s worth the effort! At Home-Start International we have worked with energetic innovators on five continents, all of them passionate about supporting families with young children.

And in 20 countries, those committed individuals have pushed and worked and persuaded and cajoled and recruited and fundraised until they were able to start helping families.

Everyone interested in starting Home-Start in their countries is helped by Home-Start International, and eventually by other members of the Home-Start network. From the moment you decide to go ahead, Home-Start International can offer you information, support and guidance. As time goes by, you may be invited to take part in training courses or international meetings. Eventually, if all goes well, you will be invited to join the Home-Start network and become a member of our lively family!

What can you expect from Home-Start International?
Home-Start International will provide information on how to set up a Home-Start in your country, as well as guidance on what Home-Start is and does. Our support may include advice, tips and help with:
• Finding funding
• How to find the right people to help you
• What steps to go through, in what order
• Building relationships with other organisations
• Finding volunteers - and families for them to support
• How to run an organisation
• Guidance on insurance, legal requirements, governance
• Mentoring by another Home-Start entrepreneur

What Home-Start International will not do
Home-Start is rooted in local communities. Led by local people, with local volunteers helping local families, it is vital that the people who start down the Home-Start journey develop the skills and connections they need to grow their Home-Start scheme.

As a result, if you are interested in setting up a Home-Start in your country, we expect a lot of you. Your community needs to feel that Home-Start belongs to them, so we can’t do this work for you. Accordingly, Home-Start International will not:
• Provide funds
• Provide staff
• Send volunteers out from one country to set up Home-Start in another

But we will be beside you every step of the way as you do this work yourself. Our social entrepreneurs are pioneers, often bringing this kind of family support and volunteering to a country for the first time. The people who have done it already have achieved huge successes and are now seeing families supported in their communities.

Find out how they did it.

Home-Start Lanka

Paseo, France

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