# HOME-START KERNOW

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159948
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [09335452](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09335452)
- **Registered:** Jan. 14, 2015
- **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=1159948


## Contact

- **Address:** Bodmin Family Hub, Chestnut Centre, 83 Fore Street, Bodmin
- **Phone:** 01209 214490
- **Email:** info@homestartkernow.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.homestartkernow.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 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; PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE AREA OF CORNWALL AND ITS ENVIRONS.

**Activities:** HOME-START OFFERS FREE SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP AND PRACTICAL HELP TO FAMILIES WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER FIVE WHO MAY BE UNDERGOING PRESSURES SUCH AS LONELINESS AND ISOLATION, DEPRESSION OR SEVERAL PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. FAMILIES ARE  VISITED REGULARLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE OF PARENTING AND KNOW HOW HARD THINGS CAN BE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Cornwall





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Michelle Anne Gould** | Chair | May 1, 2015 |
| ANNA KATE CAIRNS |  | May 27, 2022 |
| Josephine Fletcher |  | Dec. 5, 2024 |
| Keeley Reading |  | June 18, 2025 |
| Paul John Thornton |  | Oct. 13, 2020 |
| Peter Hastings |  | Sept. 16, 2022 |
| Wendy Newman |  | June 7, 2026 |
| William Duncan Trotter |  | June 5, 2020 |




