Fundraise for Home-Start Croydon
As a voluntary organisation, we rely on fundraisers, and you can make all the difference. Here you’ll find inspiration, and learn about the different ways you can donate.
The emotional, physical and psychological cost for children experiencing tragedy, hardship and neglect is immense and can last a life time.
The need for our work is acute and growing. In the UK right now:
- 6 million children live in severe poverty.
- 93,000 children live in care – an increase of 10,000 in 10 years.
- 1 in 10 children aged between 5 and 16 have a mental health problem.
You can help us change a child’s life
We believe that the best possible start in life for a child begins at home with their family. A nurturing, loving, stable family and home environment strongly determines a child’s future life chances.
Children whose parents are struggling to cope can miss out on the love, routine and support that are vital for their future. Yet each year we have to turn away parents and children because we don’t have the funds to help them all.
When children face severe illness or disability, when their mother has postnatal depression, when a parent loses a job and spirals into debt and mental ill health, when they are in shocking housing or their family is threatened with losing their home … our volunteers want to be there for them – to help support their whole family until they can cope again.
Everyone needs help at some time in their life and Home-Start Croydon depends heavily on donations from people like you to fund our work. Below, you’ll discover different ways you can help.
Please help us to make a difference to a child’s life today.
Every penny raised goes towards services supporting families in Croydon.
- £1000 pays for 1 year of support for a family in need
- £1000 pays for a much-needed day out for 20 families
- £500 allows us to run a support group for a month
- £200 pays for the recruitment and training of a new volunteer
- £50 allows us to provide Christmas gifts for a family
- £25 covers a volunteer’s expenses for a month
Can you help us?
One-off or monthly donations online
To make a one off or monthly donation towards the work we do click here.
Give as you Live: donate while you shop online
This is a free and simple way for UK schools, charities, sports clubs, community groups and other good causes to raise money from everyday online shopping
Everytime you buy something online with a participating retailer, to say ‘thank you’ they’ll give a donation to Home-
Retailers in the scheme include Argos, John Lewis, Debenhams, M+S … the list is almost endless.
Click here to sign up to Give as you Live and select Home-Start Croydon as your chosen charity. Each time you shop, you’ll be giving to our work without costing you an extra penny!
Set up a fundraising event
Many people have participated in events to help raise vital funds for our work. Why not create a fundraiser – a walk, an event, a celebration.
For more information about how to do this please contact us.
Fundraising guide
Home-Start UK’s online fundraising guide gives great examples to start your fundraiser. Come back to our page when you’ve got your idea to set up your page.
Thank You
The support of trusts and foundations, large and small, is absolutely vital in enabling us to support the families who come to us for help. We are enormously grateful for their assistance in helping to give disadvantaged children living in our local area the best possible start in life.
We value each funders’ unique contribution and will work together with you to build lasting relationships and effective partnerships. We will share stories of success, updates on progress, and provide prompt and accurate reports about the work that you fund.
On behalf of all the families we support, thank you to all our contract and grant funders and partners.
Become a Home-Start Volunteer Today
Home-Start’s team of trained volunteers make sure a child’s early years count. By volunteering just a few hours each week you can transform the lives of young children and their parents in your community.