Home-Start Southern Oxfordshire
2022, 2023 & 2024 Grant Recipients
Project funded by the Powerhouse Grant - Grant medium and project ongoing
Didcot Powerhouse funds Home-Start Southern Oxfordshire to run a weekly Baby & Me Group for parents and their babies aged up to 15 months old. The group is held at the District Community Centre on Great Western Park. The main aims of the group are to provide a safe and welcoming space for parents and their babies, to help reduce loneliness and improve wellbeing and help parents feel more confident in meeting their child’s development and social needs.
Impact achieved so far:
Our Baby & Me Group provides a safe, welcoming space, to parents and their babies aged up to 15 months. More than 160 parents and babies have benefitted from this group since 1 April 2024.
“The staff are really helpful and friendly. It's been a real life-line as I was finding being home alone difficult and most other groups are too expensive.”
Of the parents who attend our Baby & Me Group:
83% of parents felt less isolated.
100% of parents felt better able to cope/had improved mental wellbeing.
83% of parents felt better prepared in meeting their child’s social and development needs.