“It is NOT the job of Council to nanny adults.”

“you have obviously not been in a situation this group are trying to alleviate. It isn't nannying adults as you put it, but providing much needed support to families that feel alientaed, isolated, alone ,trying to cope with financial pressures, child rearing. Sadly, nowadays parenting skills, budgeting, cooking are not being passed down from one geneartion to the next. mothers, grandmothers are all out at work or have no time to teach the younger generation. this project aims to fill that gap.”

“Good job they didn't have live through the war then”

“With hindsight, perhaps we should have posted the above alongside the "article" the GT published on Monday. Unfortunately, because the GT simply printed our press release, the story behind it was effectively 'killed.' (It's also a very old photograph, which was take when the scheme was under threat of closing down permanently – hence the rather miserable face).

As bendall correctly says, we aren't in the habit of "nannying" adults (and we are not a statutory agency or part of the Council). What we do do is to support parents who are finding parenting a struggle - for whatever reason - through a team of dedicated volunteers - all of whom give their time for free to help families under stress.

Support services for families are being cut nationwide. Oganisations like Home-Start, Barnardos, the NSPCC and many others are dedicated to helping families give their children the best possible start in life. Without our volunteers - we can't deliver that support - hence the volunteer recruitment drive.

If you want to know more about who we are and what we do, why not pop down to the resource centre on Monday? You don't have to sign up to be a volunteer - but you never know... you just might.

Katie Burgess
Project Manager”

“Excellent idea and as the saying goes, 'Every little helps' and everybody, no matter who they are, could do with a little help.”

“I didn't say these families shouldn't receive help .. I said it wasn't the Councils job to provide it.

It should be left to all the other professional organisations you mention .. heaven knows they receive enough government funding to do it.

From whom does Home Start receive funding?”

“No answer was the prompt rely!”