# Home-Start Wessex

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1109046
- **Other names:** HOME-START (BOURNEMOUTH &amp; POOLE), HOME-START SOUTH EAST DORSET
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05387939](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05387939)
- **Registered:** April 14, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1109046


## Contact

- **Address:** HOME-START, 1462 WIMBORNE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH
- **Postcode:** BH10 7AS
- **Phone:** 01202 574877
- **Email:** office@homestartwessex.org.uk
- **Website:** www.homestartwessex.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects of the Charity are:  a) to safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children;b) to prevent cruelty to or maltreatment of children;c) to relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children;d) to promote the education of the public in better standards of child care  across the Wessex conurbation which includes, Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, the Purbecks, Dorchester, Weymouth, Portland, Bridport and its environs.

**Activities:** Home-Start Wessex is a family support charity that provides vital care to families at a crucial time in their lives. The support is offered to families with at least one child under 5 through individually designed packages of practical and emotional help lasting for around 6 months. This is either provided with one-to-one support in their own homes or through group support and therapy.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WITHIN THE AREA OF BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE AND ITS ENVIRONS.
- Bournemouth
- Dorset
- Poole





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Belinda Hewett |  | Nov. 13, 2025 |
| Caroline Pope |  | Nov. 13, 2025 |
| John Stubbs |  | June 9, 2021 |
| Kevin Clark |  | May 14, 2026 |
| Lesley Owen |  | Nov. 13, 2025 |
| Peter Evans |  | Sept. 11, 2025 |
| ROWENA NICOLA FELICITY WILKES |  | Nov. 21, 2012 |
| Rebecca Rocha |  | May 14, 2026 |
| Samuel Critchell |  | May 9, 2024 |




