Thinking about a future in family support?
Are you passionate about helping families thrive? Thinking about a future in family support, education, or social work — or just want to give back in a meaningful way in your spare time? Join Home-Start Kernow as a Family Support Volunteer and be part of something...
Thank you Cornwall Community Foundation!
A massive thank you to Cornwall Community Foundation who have awarded Home-Start Kernow £1000 from the Cornwall Community Fund, the Ruth Burden Fund. This funding will support the running of the Launceston group over the next year🥳
Lottery funding success!
We're super excited to announce funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, supporting Home-Start Kernow with just over £495k over 5 years. This will fund our Early Connections Project, supporting families antenatally and continuing this support until babies are...
EEDI Workshop
Home-Start Kernow are holding an Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workshop on Thursday 8th May. Everyone is welcome to attend! Get in touch for the link.
Youth Music Funding Success
A big thank you to Youth Music for supporting Home-Start Kernow, we are excited to continue our work with early years music and makaton!
Big thank you to Truro Diocese!
A massive thank you to Truro Diocese who have raised £292.12 through their Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue Project 2024, this money will go back into supporting families in Cornwall 🤩
Group volunteer wanted!
We are on the lookout for a new volunteer to help at our Penzance group 🧐 The group runs on a Monday morning, term time only, 9:30-11 in Penzance family hub, followed by the buggy friendly walking group 11-12:30. Volunteers welcome families, help set up play...
Some changes to groups
After the Easter break we are having some changes to groups, which can be seen here.
Quality Assurance Success
Home-Start Kernow is committed to providing a consistently high standard of service, and we are delighted to have been awarded the Quality Assurance badge for Protecting Families and Governance & Leadership from Home-Start UK in recognition of this. This reflects...
Home-Start Kernow 2025 AGM
Home-Start Kernow AGM will be held on 13th February at 6pm via Teams. If you are interested in joining or would like the link please contact: info@homestartkernow.org.uk
Child friendly networking event in Truro
We are running a child friendly networking meet up on 27th January at Boscawen Park in Truro from 10am for small business owners, charities and anyone else who would like to attend. Children are more than welcome but of course you do not need to bring them, or be a...
New Group in Callington!
Starting in 2025 we have a new stay and play group starting in Callington Family Hub on a Monday morning. Free to attend and everyone welcome!
Christmas Fundraiser
Now we don't want to mention the C word but....our Christmas campaign has been launched Click below for all the info and please share far and wide to help us reach more families in Cornwall who need our support Click here
New Weekly Neurodiversity Group
After listening to lots of feedback from families, we have decided to make the St Dennis Neurodiversity Group a weekly one, starting from Friday 18th October 10-12.Join Sam from team HSK to chat about anything and everything to do with having neurodiverse children,...
Our latest neurodiversity groups
Throughout September and October we have some neurodiversity groups for families with a neurodiverse child or young person. These groups are to help families access and learn about the Neurodiversity Profiling Tool, that assesses nine developmental strands of a child...
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