A huge thank you to Hilary Benn Mp for visiting us at Home-Start Leeds last week. We talked about the challenges Leeds families living in his constituency face – including their complex life experiences – and the difficulties the charity sector has in accessing funds when there is an increased need for support due to …

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Pears Foundation Visit

Last week we had a visit from the Pears Foundation – Sir Trevor Pear , Amy Braier and Bridget Kohner who have supported Home-Start Leeds Doula Service. Our staff and Volunteers had a fantastic chat about our range of services and the families we support. Thank you for your time – it was good to …

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Visit to Home-Start Leeds

This week Alex Sobel MP (Leeds Central and Headingley) who represents where we are based and Cllr Helen Hayden (Leeds City Council Executive Member for Children and Families) visited our office to talk about our services. We had a great chat about our range of specialist services, the families we support – the difficulties they …

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Funding News – My Life

Home-Start Leeds are pleased to announce that we have recieved 12 months funding for My Life. My Life is a ‘pilot service‘ working with  parents who are at risk of, or who have had repeat removals of child(ren) from their care.   Our work will support parents to reflect on and address behaviours that lead to …

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Welcome to our new Home-Start Leeds Patron

Home-Start Leeds are pleased to announce that Richard McCann of the iCan Academy has agreed to be our Patron. Home-Start Leeds was founded in 1987 and works across Leeds supporting families at difficult times in their lives when lives complexities can make it difficult to parent and look after the health and wellbeing of their …

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Seasons Greetings

Just to say thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. Our office is now closed and will reopen on the 2nd January 2024.

Amazing Support

A really big thank you to all at Sedulo for your Christmas Gifts and Supermarket Vouchers for Christmas Lunch. Your amazing support will really help famlies in Leeds this Christmas.

Fantastic Support

Home-Start Leeds would like to thank everyone at Addleshaw Goddard for their support for Leeds families at Christmas. The generous staff have donated gifts, donations (for gifts) and Addleshaw Goddards own donation of funds to provide food. Your generosity will mean a lot for many families struggling this year.

Blown Away

We would like to say a massive Thank You to all at Welcome Skate Store (Thornton Arcade, Leeds) and all their fantastic customers who have absolutely blown us away with your kindness and generosity.

Xmas Eve Bags of Fun

Many many thanks to Waitrose and John Lewis Partnership for their donation to fund our Xmas Eve Bags of activities and treats for Home-Start Leeds families. These will really make a difference to families we support in these difficult times.