Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey

19/08/2026

06/08/2026

Today marks Play Day.

Sometimes the best learning happens through play 🫧

Splashing in pools, building dens, dancing in the kitchen or making mud pies, children don’t need perfect activities, they just need connection and fun.

Today is your reminder that play is important for grown-ups too 💛

03/08/2026

We are gathering feedback for this years AGM, if any of our referrers would like to submit some feedback please use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemtVOb2MFkzxtJ0D19t7EdRTyoixKtSJ8EPJCpKYTKMow42Q/viewform?usp=header

if you are a family that has received support and would like to provide some feedback please use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGt9ss5qyl4X_OVmFEvXrrd1WInKTKGXmvFxP3kdL0XXhjuA/viewform?usp=header

if you have attended one of our groups and would like to provide feedback please use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScerFtRb9ioOn79CSgMF89QaqCyNNmdzmHyl7zK5pnew56Xig/viewform?usp=header

lastly, if you are or have been a volunteer and would like to provide feedback please use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclC6m6IiFxv_GwWc00JDyK0JFDxxJ7MVnGKzSKw_rYIIOpeA/viewform?usp=header

We'd like to thank you in advance for any feedback provided.

In the next few weeks, Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey will be submitting our stage 2 bid for lottery funding. Therefore your feedback is vital to help us continue our very valuable and much needed service. This short survey should take you no longer than 15 minutes to complete. We really appreci...

01/08/2026

However your feeding journey looks, you are doing an amazing job 💜

Breastfeeding can be beautiful, exhausting, emotional and everything in between. Today we celebrate every parent feeding their baby with love, patience and care.

You are enough. Your baby is loved. That’s what matters most.

20/07/2026

Please see below the details of our summer park meetups for our twins groups & little poppets family group

22/06/2026

Due to a leak in our building, our office will be closed for at least the next two days while the issue is being resolved.

Unfortunately this means we will be unable to answer phone calls during this time. If you have any queries, please contact us by email and we will respond as soon as possible. Please email [email protected]

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience and understanding. We hope to have our office open again soon.

21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day!

Today is for all the dads, stepdads, grandads, foster dads, bonus dads and father figures helping raise little ones ❤

The people doing nursery runs, building blanket forts, reading bedtime stories, making snacks and showing up day after day — even when they’re exhausted.
For many children, it’s not about perfection. It’s about feeling safe, loved and cared for.

Happy Father’s Day to everyone making a difference in a little person’s world.

15/06/2026

We are looking for a warm, friendly, enthusiastic individual to join our wonderful team here at Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey.

We are currently looking for a family support worker to join our team to work with young families in their homes who are experiencing low-mid level mental health issues. Please see attached photo for more information.

For an application pack including job description please contact the office by emailing [email protected] or call 01795 429007 for further information. Please note the closing date for applications is Thursday 2nd July 2026. Interviews are to be held in July (date tbc). All applications are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check & references.

https://uk.indeed.com/job/family-support-worker-low-mid-level-mental-health-support-b8630a2508ecf297

09/06/2026

This Infant Mental Health Week, Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey is recognising the importance of emotional wellbeing in the earliest years of a child’s life. 💛

Babies thrive through loving, responsive relationships. Feeling safe, comforted, understood, and connected helps build the foundations for healthy emotional development and lifelong wellbeing.
We also know that supporting babies means supporting parents and carers too. The early years can bring joy, exhaustion, uncertainty, and isolation and no family should have to face those challenges alone.

At Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey, we’re proud to support families with preschool children through friendship, practical help, and community support, helping parents feel listened to, valued, and less alone.

This Infant Mental Health Week, we’re celebrating the power of connection, compassion, and early support for every family. 🌱

01/06/2026

This week marks Volunteers Week!

Everyone at Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey would like to say the biggest and most heartfelt thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers. This week, we celebrate our incredible volunteers who make our work possible. You truly are the heart of everything we do.

At Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey, we see and appreciate the huge impact you make on the families you support. Whether you're offering a listening ear, sharing encouragement, helping parents build confidence, or simply being there when someone needs support, your impact reaches further than you may realise. Every moment you give helps families feel less alone, more supported, and more hopeful about the future.

To each and every volunteer on our team: thank you for your commitment, for showing up, for caring deeply, and for supporting local families when it matters most. You make a lasting difference to the lives of local families in our community every day.

We really are incredibly grateful and thankyou for everything you do.

If you'd like to become a volunteer mentor, please email [email protected] for more information.