Welcome to Home-Start Horizons
Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland

We're here for parents when they need us the most, because childhood won't wait.
Home-Start Horizons is the original Home-Start, a charity created in 1973 that birthed a movement that now spans 22 countries! As the original Home-Start, brain-child of our founder Margaret Harrison, we are proud to have supported tens of thousands of families and children locally. We are a network of expert staff and highly trained volunteers supporting families with young children through their challenging times. We work to reduce Adverse Childhood Experiences and focus on the crucial First 1,001 days, to give children the best start in life.
Our staff are qualified and trained in Early Years support and various parenting programmes, mental health support as well as Safeguarding Children and Adults. We use this expertise to support families so the child’s experience in their formative years is the best it can be.
Home-Start Horizons works with families within our local communities across Leicester, Charnwood, Melton and Rutland, Blaby District, Oadby and Wigston. Starting in the home, our approach is as individual as the people we’re helping. No judgement, it is just compassionate, confidential help and practical support.
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Why fundraise for us?
Home Start Horizons support the Leicester, Charnwood, Melton and Rutland, Blaby District, Oadby and Wigston area.
A child’s earliest years make the biggest impact on their future. Home-Start Horizons makes sure those years count so that no child’s future is limited. We want to see a society in which every parent and carer has the support they need to give their children the best possible start in life.
We support families who have a least one child under five who may be dealing with issues such as:
- Social isolation
- Domestic abuse
- Lone parenting
- Poverty
- Illness and disability
- Post-natal illness
- Coping with several children under the age of 5
Please take a moment to browse through the pages of this website to find out more about our service, how to become a home-visiting volunteer or how you could offer your time by becoming a trustee of the charity.
To find out more about Home-Start Horizons unique and rewarding volunteer service, please see our Volunteering page.