# Home-Start Manchester

> Home-Start Manchester is a charity (since 1997) supporting families with young children across Greater Manchester through trained volunteers and specialist programmes.

Home-Start Manchester offers home-visiting support, group sessions, and specialist programmes for parents facing isolation, ill health, bereavement, or other challenges. Volunteers are local parents themselves, trained and DBS-checked. Referrals come from health visitors, GPs, social workers, and self-referrals.

## Pages

- [Home](/): Overview of Home-Start Manchester's mission and services.
- [Who We Support](/who-we-support): Families and circumstances we work with.
- [Our Impact](/our-impact): Outcomes, statistics, and annual reports.
- [About Us](/about): History, team, governance, and values.
- [Volunteer](/volunteer): How to become a Home-Start volunteer.
- [Referrers](/referrers): Information for professionals making referrals.
- [Donate](/donate): Ways to support our work financially.
- [Contact](/contact): Get in touch with the team.

## Programmes

- [PAIRS](/programmes/pairs): Parents and Infants Relationship Support.
- [Teenage Parent Project](/programmes/young-parents): Specialist support for parents under 25.
- [Dad Matters](/programmes/dad-matters): Support for fathers and male carers.
- [Virtual Support](/programmes/virtual-support): Remote family support.
- [Thriving Babies](/programmes/thriving-babies): Early-years infant support.

## Optional

- [Policies](/policies): Organisational policies and downloads.
- [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy): How we handle personal data.
- [Media Consent](/media-consent): Photo and media consent form.