Home-Start Dudley

28/07/2025

Dudley Play Week 2025
Celebrating National Play Day
Play Week will take place in five parks across Dudley borough with each hosting a day of activity. The aim is to give local children the chance to enjoy low-cost or no-cost play adventures.

​Tuesday 5 August 2025, Silver Jubilee WV14 9SZ
Wednesday 6 August 2025, Mary Stevens DY8 2AB
Thursday 7 August 2025, Priory Park DY1 4EU
Friday 8 August 2025, Dell Recreation Ground DY5 4NE
Saturday 9 August 2025, Huntingtree Park B63 4HY

12.00pm-4.00pm

The team from Sycamore Adventure, Parks Physical Activity Service and partners will deliver loads of free activities for children and families.

22/07/2025

Summer fun at your local family hubs
Join the fun at your local family hubs this summer.
The local hubs will be holding free activity sessions throughout the holidays. Go along and enjoy messy and sensory play, crafts, face painting, story telling and more. Places must be booked for most of the sessions.

18/07/2025

Free Swimming 🏊‍♀️
At Crystal, Duncan Edwards and Halesowen Leisure Centres
Free swimming is returning for children in the borough over the school holidays – but youngsters will now have to be accompanied by an adult aged 18 years or above.

Free swimming will run from Tuesday 22 July to Sunday 31 August inclusive and any child aged 16 or under living in the borough can sign up.

People who are not previously registered for free swimming must do so at www.freeswimindudley.co.uk in advance of their swim.

15/07/2025

HAF is back for the summer!
The holiday activities programme (HAF) scheme running from Monday 21 July to Friday 29 August is now open for bookings, offering a range of fully funded activities, you're eligible to register for HAF if the following applies: You live in Dudley or your child goes to school in the Dudley Borough, your child is aged between 5 and 16 years and your child is eligible for benefits related free school meals (or some other vulnerable groups).
You can register your child via the HAF website. (To book sessions for your children you must be registered.)
This year there are 10 SEND specialist providers and 10 targeted 12 - 16 providers. You will have 16 credits to use over the summer period, but they will be released in 2 stages to make booking fairer for everyone.
Some providers are also offering paid places please contact FIS on 01384 815796 to enquire about these.

https://www.dudleyholidayactivities.org.uk/

03/07/2025

18/06/2025

Thanks to the grant from we were able to deliver the second fresh food bag to our families today. It contains all the fresh ingredients and a recipe to make a meal for the whole family along with lots of fruit for them to try often for the first time. We hope you have fun cooking together and enjoy your meal.

09/06/2025

Today is the start of 💜 An important week to us at Home-Start that aims to raise awareness of infant mental health and the importance of early intervention support.

Research shows us that our first 1001 days are the most important. Even though we don’t remember much of it as adults, our experiences as babies shape who we are.

Having good infant mental health lays down the foundations for all future development, allowing us to build healthier adult brains.

Our early intervention at Home-Start acts as a building block for a child’s development.

08/06/2025

As comes to an end, we’d like to thank our volunteers once again for all they do. We couldn’t do it without you!

03/06/2025

Our volunteers give so much to support us, without them we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. Thank you to each and every one of you.

18/05/2025

National Children's Day UK (NCDUK) is all about the importance of a healthy childhood, and how we need to protect the rights, freedoms and wellbeing of children, so that they can become happy, healthy adults.
It's a day of celebration, but it's also a great opportunity for anyone involved with children and young people to raise awareness about the things you care about.
Time spent outdoors has declined 50% in a generation - make today the day you start to go outside again and have fun.