Fundraise for Home-StartÂ
Fundraising is a vital source of income. Find inspiration, and learn about the different ways you can donate.
The emotional, physical and psychological cost for children experiencing tragedy, hardship and neglect is immense and can last a life-time.
The need for our work is acute and growing. In the UK right now:
- 6 million children live in severe poverty
- 93,000 children live in care – an increase of 10,000 in 10 years
- 1 in 10 children aged between 5 and 16 Â have a mental health problem
- 2 million children are regular witnesses to severe forms of domestic violence
You can help us change a child’s life
We believe that the best possible start in life for a child begins at home with their family. A nurturing, loving, stable family and home environment strongly determines a child’s future life chances. Children whose parents are struggling to cope can miss out on the love, routine and support that are vital for their future.
Each year we have to turn away parents and children because we don’t have the funds to help them all. When children face severe illness, or disability, when their mother has postnatal depression, when their father loses a job and spirals into debt and mental ill health or alcohol abuse, when they are in shocking housing or their family is threatened with losing their home… our volunteers want to be there for them – to help them and their whole family until they can cope again. We want to reach each child in their vital early years so they can have the best possible start in life. Very often we are the last chance they have.
Home-Start depends heavily on donations from people like you to fund our work with parents and children. Everyone needs help at some time in their life… please help us to make a difference to a child’s life today.Â
Working with companies
By choosing to work with Home-Start Elmbridge, you can help us reach families who desperately need our support.
With statutory services overwhelmed and cuts in public sector funding means there are fewer services available for vulnerable families. As a result, local Home-Starts support even more families with more complex situations than ever before.
There are a number of ways your company can support us. For example:
- Employee fundraising
- Give As You Earn
- Sponsorship
- Gifts in Kind
- Volunteering
Why partner with us:
- Home-Start is supporting families within your local community – We work with the most vulnerable families in Elmbridge and so are well positioned for your company and your employees to support families locally to you.
- Personal development – By volunteering with us, your employees will have access to a wide range of training and opportunities.
- Enhanced job satisfaction – Providing new experiences for employees in giving back to their local communities enhance motivation and feelings of fulfilment.
To find out more and discuss any opportunities, please contact us.
The Home-Start team’s compassion, knowledge, support, and professionalism are outstanding, and I know that I would not be the mother that I am today without their help, so thank you!
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Can you help us?
One-off donation online
To make a direct donation now via debit or credit card click here and you will be taken to the CAF Donate website.
Direct Debit donations
We are fortunate enough to have some wonderful supporters who donate to us on a monthly basis by direct debit. If you would like to donate in this way, please contact usÂ
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Raise free donations for us when you shop online! Over 8,000 retailers will make a donation to Home-Start-Elmbridge on your behalf when you shop with them. All the big names like Sainsbury’s, M&S, Argos and Just Eat are ready to donate at no extra cost to you.Â
Click here to sign up.
Donate by post or in person
Donations keep us alive and if you are able to make one we would be very grateful.  Tax payers can also increase the value of their donation by completing a gift aid declaration form. Please download your Donation and Gift Aid Form here: homestartelmbridge.org.uk/…/Charity_GAD_Single_Donation.pdf
Please contact us if you wish to donate in person
Leave a legacy
Many people seek to make a lasting charity gift through their Wills. Charitable legacies also help to reduce the total amount of inheritance tax due from an estate. A legacy to Home-
Thank you so much if you are able to remember us in this way.
Elmbridge Community Lottery
Sign up to the Elmbridge Community Lottery and select us as your good cause. 60p from every £1 ticket of the Elmbridge Lottery will come directly to us and players of the lottery can win a £25,000 jackpot, plus smaller prizes.
https://www.elmbridgelottery.co.uk/
Fundraising guide
Home-Start UK’s online fundraising guide you will find everything you need to get started in your fundraising for Home-Start Elmbridge.
Become a Home-Start Volunteer Today
Home-Start’s team of trained volunteers make sure a child’s early years count. By volunteering just a few hours each week you can transform the lives of young children and their parents in your community.