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ME ST- RT Slough Annual Report 2021-22

Home-Start Slough is a home-visiting charity offering friendship and support to families with young children

Chair’s report	1
Scheme report	2
Who we are	3
Treasurer’s report	4
Annual statistics	5
Working in partnership—Children in Need	7
Working in partnership—The Henry Smith Charity	9
Working in partnership—The National Lottery	10
Women’s allotment project	12
Digital delivery	13
Looking forward	14
Our year in pictures	15
Feeling the love	16
Our volunteers	18
A huge thankyou!	19
Report of the trustees	20

Home-Start Slough 29 Church Street, Slough SL1 1PL

T: 01753 572958

E: [e-mail]

• W: www.hsslough.co.uk

Home-Start Slough Supporting parents to give their children the best start in life

“Home-Start Slough is an established, trusted voluntary service supporting the local community working in partnership with parents to empower them to give their children a better future.”

Chair’s report

We started the financial year cautiously emerging from the COVID lockdowns and learning about the impact on our families and how we needed to change our ways of working due to the pandemic. Through the tremendous efforts of our staff, volunteers, and trustees we delivered our services to an increased number of beneficiaries and I am proud to report that we provided support to 226 families with transformational results, a 32% increase from last year. In addition, we had 1361 attendees at our digital services sessions representing a 220% increase from last year.

Looking back on the year, as we emerged from the strict lockdown period, we saw, and continue to see, a major increase in our families’ needs and demand for our services. As we reopened our face-to-face services, we found that children's emotional, physical and basic skills were underdeveloped due to the isolation experienced in lockdown. Vulnerable families remained isolated due to vaccine hesitancy in some Slough communities and parents were struggling with more complex situations, experiencing increased levels of poor mental health and finding it very difficult to cope. Our waiting list increased to unprecedented levels and continues to be high as we seek funding to enable us to increase our capacity to respond to the increased demand. This increased demand has also come at a time, where we saw, and continue to see, a decline in the number of people wanting to volunteer, prompting us to investigate new ways to attract and retain volunteers.

Despite all these challenges, our staff and volunteers have worked extensively to adapt and provide the best service possible to our families, such as increasing our group support which has received high praise.

From a financial perspective all of our funders continued to be very flexible and this enabled us to align their

funding with the needs of our families. We were, and remain, very grateful for this flexibility. We received a number of one-off grants to support our adaptation to the unprecedented circumstances, which has enabled our overall financial health to remain stable. We do recognise that many of the funding streams were only available during the pandemic period and that there will be future funding challenges as available sources diminish in number and amount.

Our partnership with Reckitt has continued to provide us with significant benefits. They have provided funding to enable us to increase our service capability and support a greater number of families. We are very grateful for this support from a local company providing us not only with funds but also skills and help to increase our sustainability.

We are also very grateful to the John Lewis Partnership who have continued to support the Home-Start network by helping us raise our profile across the UK, and providing a generous amount of funding and gifts for our families.

Looking forward, we continue to expand our horizons and we remain ambitious for our future. Diverse income generation is a key aspect of our plans going forward, with the need to attract more and different types of funders to drive an expansion of our capacity to deliver. With the significant rise in demand for our services in the community and the challenges in attracting volunteers, we are re-aligning our strategic plan to ensure that we accelerate our ability to increase our capacity and deliver outcome-focussed interventions to ensure that we are attractive to funders in the future.

As always, Home-Start Slough has made significant impact and transformational differences on the lives of many this year. It has been a year of huge challenges requiring us to adapt to a surge in demand to deal with increasing despair and isolation experienced by so many families in Slough. I fully recognise the fantastic effort and contribution from all our staff, volunteers, trustees and supporters who continue to go “above and beyond” ensuring that we are able to continue to support our families. I am sure that every single one of the families we have touched will echo these thanks and I know that every single individual involved in Home-Start Slough will endeavour to ensure that we develop and grow our service to meet the needs of the community.

Lesley Michaelis, Chair

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Home-Start Slough Managing our work

Scheme report

I want to start my report by congratulating my team and thanking the new members of staff who have joined us. This has been a year of transition and change, and everyone committed to the huge amount of work that has been passed onto them.

We were very lucky again to be able to work with a number of Social Worker interns from Winchester University; Seyram and Lauren stepped up by helping us with several families and contributing to a great evaluation.

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ANNE GILBERT ALISON BOWERS
SENIOR SCHEME MANAGER OFFICE COORDINATOR
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Our allotment project kicked off with funds from Frimley NHS Health and Get Berkshire Active. Sarah joined the team, specifically to develop the project, recruit allotment volunteers and support expectant mums. All the team and our volunteers have at some point throughout the year enjoyed the harvests and the project continues to grow!

Home-Start Slough families were fortunate to benefit from many very generous donations from the John Lewis and Waitrose partnerships. Christmas was a very special time for all our families who received the most incredible hampers and gifts.

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SARAH DOE JULIE PAPWORTH
ADMINISTRATOR DATA OFFICER
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This year with the help of our data officer, Julie, we were able to continue with our digitisation plans and our referral forms are now online, saving time and further streamlining the organisation. Operationally, we created volunteer hubs to enhance volunteer communication and feedback and our volunteer-to-family matching process was optimised which greatly assisted with the increase in family referrals.

CLAIRE ALLISON CARIS THOMAS FAMILY SUPPORT COORDINATOR FAMILY SUPPORT COORDINATOR

We have also introduced “Reflective Safeguarding” sessions for the team. We have an exceptional safeguarding trustee. Leah is very knowledgeable and supportive, and we are very lucky in these challenging times to be blessed with such a hard-working trustee.

In early summer, we heard that Slough was subject to a section 114 notice. I worked collaboratively with my colleagues across the voluntary sector to bolster our continued commitment to families and assured support to our referrers in Slough who also faced huge pressures and still do.

SARAH HARRIS NAFISA SARWAR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR FAMILY SUPPORT COORDINATOR

I have enjoyed delivering parenting programmes, HomeStart family picnics, days out with volunteers celebrating our successes, guiding expectant dads on changing nappies and furthering the beginnings for some positive changes for Home-Start Slough.

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AGA GAWLAK PAULA IMBER
LITTLE STARTERS LITTLE STARTERS
SESSIONAL WORKER SESSIONAL WORKER
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It has been a very busy year, a positive year, and I am looking forward to reporting on next year!

Anne Gilbert, Senior Scheme Manager

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Home-Start Slough Who we are

Home-Start Slough is a charitable company limited by guarantee that was set up in Slough in April 2015, incorporated in August 2015 and registered as a charity in June 2015. Home-Start Slough is affiliated to Home-Start UK.

[Trustees 2021-22 ]

Chair

Treasurer

Individual Representative Individual Representative Individual Representative Individual Representative Individual Representative Individual Representative Individual Representative Individual Representative

Lesley Michaelis David Ashwell Leah Price Cox Irene Kyme Mary Mcilhone Mette Sorensen Kiran Dhoot Karen Olney Charlotte Marks Sandra Hennessy

Until October 2021 Until December 2021

From March 2021 Until December 2021

Staff 2021–22

Senior Scheme Manager Anne Gilbert Senior Family Support/Development Michelle Herring Until November 21 Family Support Coordinator Nafisa Sarwar Family Support Coordinator Claire Allison Family Support Coordinator Caris Thomas Family Support Coordinator Priya Davis March 2021 until May 2021 Family Support Coordinator Sarah Harris From May 2021 Admin Assistant Sarah Doe From September 2021 Office Coordinator Alison Bowers Data Officer Julie Papworth

Independent examiner: Martin Gatehouse, Microentity Limited Bankers: CAF Bank, West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA

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Home-Start Slough Funding our work

Treasurer’s Report for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

In a challenging and uncertain environment Home-Start Slough has continued to innovate, adapt and expand our model to meet the needs of the local community and support record numbers of children and families in the past year.

Our hybrid offering of remote support, digital learning, groups, and core home visiting has enabled us to reach out to so many families following the unprecedented demand post-Covid.

This is only made possible with the dedication and commitment of our amazing volunteers and staff and the support from our generous funders and donors. Their efforts are truly inspiring and make a real difference to so many people – we give a huge thank you for all your contributions.

From a financial perspective we have continued to focus on the three pillars of sustainability, adaptability, and innovation and despite the challenging macro environment, we continued to grow our funding levels, sustain stable reserves, and reduce our cost-per-family enabling us to reach out to more of those in need than ever before.

Financial highlights

• Fantastic support and backing has been generously provided by all of our funders and partners including several new donors

• We have maintained sustainable reserves of ~ 3 months operating costs

• Circa £18k restricted funds have been carried over to help support anticipated demand

Funding

Whilst we remain confident in our compelling offering, the charitable funding landscape has been increasingly challenging. It is vital that we continue to innovate and adapt to the rapidly changing market for funding by enhancing our outreach, continuing to demonstrate our value for existing funders and attracting new partners to maintain our delivery model.

Finally, a huge thank you and recognition to all our staff and volunteers for their efforts during this period, your efforts to support those in need is truly inspiring and has made such a difference to so many lives.

David Ashwell, Treasurer

• We have implemented a wide range of digital offerings with over 1361 people participating in activities

• We have supported 226 families and 345 children

• We have achieved a record £237k of funding

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Home-Start Slough

Annual statistics

Reasons families need us

% of families expressing need

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% of Families Expressing Need 2021-2022
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
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How we have helped

% of families expressing significant improvement

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% of Families Who Expressed Improvement With Support
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
2021 2022
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Length of support

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Length of Support
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
< 6 months 6 - 12 months > 12 months
2021 2022
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Sources of referrals

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Source of Referrals
Health Visitors Social Services Self Referral Other
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Home-Start Slough Annual statistics

Ethnicity of our Home-Start community

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Ethnicity of Home-Start Community
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60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Families - 2021 Families - 2022 Volunteers Trustees
BAME British/Irish Other
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Family types

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Family Types
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2020 2021 2022
Single Parent BAME Protection Registers
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Home-Start Slough Working in partnership

Working with BBC Children in Need Addressing health inequalities in Slough

positive differences for families in their understanding of healthy eating and exercise. It's great to read how enthusiastic children are about brushing their teeth when it is made a fun activity. Having access to outside space is really important for children. Your groups and the walk and talks sessions provide families with the opportunity for children to be encouraged to play outdoors in a safe space with supervision from adults.”

We have now successfully completed our 3-

year funding from BBC Children in Need, with outcomes based on behaviour, diet, exercise, and oral hygiene.

Quote from funder:

“Your case study really does capture the vital support you provide in making a real difference to the lives of parents who are struggling with parenting issues, coupled with a focus on physical and mental health in families. It really emphasises how much real change can be experienced by having a trusted and trained volunteer to walk alongside parents and provide them with support and tips on parenting and family matters - it really is life-changing.

Dental Health in Children

Most of the parents and children we encounter are not registered with their local dentist, and whilst the waiting lists are long, following on from the lockdowns, we encourage parents to register their children and themselves if appropriate. A weekly tooth brushing activity is led each week by the keyworkers for the children, focussing just on brushing and how long to brush for. Everyone joins in and after 3 months of sessions there is a significant difference in the children's brushing techniques.

We have heard about the challenges being faced by so many third sector organisations supporting children and young people and their families across Slough, which has resulted in even more pressure through referrals where there are few/no obvious LA support services. This has come off the back of Covid-19 where LA services stepped back and the third sector stepped up to fill the breach. You've clearly recognised the value of retaining some online intervention, as well as providing in-person support.

Children's Physical Activities

Our setting for the groups means that children and parents can enjoy outdoor play. In many cases the children do not have access to any outdoor safe play for 2 hours a day. Each week at the group there is a theme to outdoor activity. Volunteers encourage the families which they are working with to spend time with their children outside in messy play, sharing with them the importance of quality time, and how to incorporate “incidental learning” into this play time.

Your emphasis on the physical health issues affecting young children from across the Borough, coupled with the recognised mental health and wellbeing issues, mean that you take a slightly different approach to most Home-Start organisations. It's been so interesting to see how your team has developed and adapted to continue to target these issues and read about the different ways you are providing support to families to ensure firm foundations are understood and developed in the early informative years of children.

Parenting Support

The parents in the Parenting group also learnt the importance of healthy living, food and exercise and of balancing exercise and rest. One parent commented that she was unsure how much time to spend walking with her daughter. Following the course she walked with her daughter 3 times a week, using praise and reward to encourage participation. The parent has some great rewards for her child: 1 walk a week equates to 5 bits of dry pasta in a pot and an extra 10 minutes with mum making fruit faces!

The diverse range of activities you provide, face-toface, online and interactive are resulting in clear

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Home-Start Slough Little Starters Support Group

This year, our primary focus has been on reducing isolation, improving children's wellbeing and their relationships with their parents/carers and healthy wellbeing (oral health, diet and exercise).

Funded by the BBC Children in Need, Little Starters Support group reopened its doors to Home-Start families in July 2021, after a year of closure due to Covid-19.

The new venue is situated in central Slough, making it more accessible to the local community, only being a short walk from Slough bus and train stations. Parents and children are now able to enjoy a spacious enclosed garden, which was not previously available at our old site.

The friendly group provides activities that stimulate learning and development, through the free flow of indoor and outdoor play. Due to COVID-19, many children had been deprived of regular social interactions and Little Starters was their first real interaction with the outside world. Many young children have been able to play and interact with their peers, which is all the more significant as some have not been able to do so for the first years of their life. We have continued our popular monthly walk sessions which provide an opportunity for children to explore nature whilst doing gentle exercise.

Project Case Study

A parent said that coming to Little Starters has helped her confidence and has been good for her mental health in addition to boosting her child's mood. The child, aged 2 years old, has appeared much more comfortable exploring both inside, outside and during the park walks as time has progressed. Her child looks to mum for reassurance, which she gets, then will happily go exploring the environment and what it

has to offer. This disposition from the parent to encourage her to freely explore is enabling the child to become more autonomous, which will help her when she starts nursery soon.

The child watched other children and initially just played alongside them with support from her mother and staff. However, as time went on, she initiated play by offering toys to her peers. Moreover, the child has become more sociable with the staff as she holds out her hand for Paula to play with her. The parent said that she has learned techniques about managing behaviour by observing other parents and staff role modelling, which has given her more confidence in dealing with challenging behaviours if they arise. We had many discussions about healthy meals for families over the weeks, and mum was keen to share ideas about what works well for her child with other parents at snack times. The child became more confident drinking water from an open-top cup with encouragement and persistence from mum.

In addition to the group sessions, we have hosted Online Family Workshops such as Comic Drawing, Virtual Cook Along, and Craft and Zen Drawing sessions. Parents and their children have learned new skills and bonded through art, all within the comfort of their own homes.

Quote from a parent whose child took part in the online craft workshop:

“I was so surprised to see my son (aged 7) engaging with the group. He is usually very reserved but was happy to offer comments and learned a lot about healthy food whilst having fun.”

Project Case Study A parent of 3 would often resort to unhealthy frozen meals as her own parents often did and she wasn't confident in cooking. The Cook Along sessions helped develop her confidence and cooking skills which enabled her to make easy and affordable meals. The children loved the dishes she created, and she felt a sense of pride that her children were in fact eating a meal that she made from scratch. She went on to cook the same dish using various different vegetables and meats. She began understanding different food groups and the nutrition they provide to growing children. She plans to get her children involved in cooking to pass on her newly learned skills. “I'll be honest, I didn't think they'd eat it, but they did! I want to teach them to cook too, so they know how to make themselves a decent meal when they are in their teens.“

Furthermore, home visiting support has helped tackle isolation by connecting families with other local groups and communities in the area. Helping to build parents' selfconfidence has enhanced their resilience and empowered them to make healthier choices for their children.

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Home-Start Slough Working in partnership

Working with The Henry Smith Charity Support service for families with children with autism

This year we have seen better engagement from parents who self-refer for support and from schools, which make up the major referrers into Home-Start ASD support. However as with all face-to-face activities, people have remained fearful and anxious owing to the danger posed by COVID-19.

Support has focussed on parenting, with 4 CONNECT courses delivered to over 32 parents.

The main aim of this course is to deepen their understanding of their neurodiverse child and fully embracing their role both as a teacher and parent, by giving them actionable tools and strategies that aid their child and their family life.

Louise Brookes, CONNECT course facilitator:

“I have had the pleasure of delivering the Connect Course, designed for parents in Slough who are having to adapt their parenting to meet the needs of a neurodiverse child. This is often a tumultuous time for parents who are having very little access to support and answers to questions they require in order to best navigate what can feel like a bumpy ride.

Because of the demands of raising a child with additional needs, another important aim of the course is to cultivate a mindset of self-care as a prerequisite of being able to sustain the ups and downs of family life.

The Connect Course takes parents on a 6-week journey, allowing them to meet weekly with other families in a similar position. The introduction to a network of likeminded people in close proximity to themselves has proven invaluable for so many of the attendees, many of whom have subsequently kept in touch and grown their friendships, upon completion of the course.

The course is carefully designed to grow a new skills set and hone their own parenting strengths to create a family life that feels more enjoyable for everyone.”

Parent quote:

‘My sincere thanks to you and Volunteer for your consistent support, effort, advice and guidance. I really appreciate the time taken for all the telephonic conversations. The Connect Course was a wonderful platform with new ideas to understand and connect with a child having special needs. The course also help connect with other parents of kids with special needs which is a great help and additional support. I hope other parents out there are also privileged to be able to get your support and also join the connect course”

Because we are aware that many of the families are raising more than 1 child and are having to meet a diverse range of needs, we have created the course with the whole family in mind. By introducing parents to strategies that benefit all their children, a lot of the guilt that often accompanies giving one child a lot of attention, is lessened and parents consistently report that they feel better able to meet the needs of all of their children.

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Home-Start Slough Working in partnership

Working with The National Lottery

Our National Lottery funded project “Improving Mental Health in All the Family” started on 1 October 2019. It is a partnership project delivered in conjunction with HomeStart Reading and Home-Start Bracknell, with HomeStart Slough being the lead partner.

• “I enjoyed the Q&A part its always good to learn more information.”

COVID-19 restrictions meant that the Year 2 delivery of this project had to change. We responded to the challenging circumstances by developing a digital hybrid solution with most support being face-to-face. Support included facilitating a dads group, baby massage group, a first aid session and a bumps & baby group.

• “I have always done massage with my baby but it was good to learn the right way.”

First Aid Session

Home-Start Slough also offered baby & child first aid sessions to families. The session was delivered by Liane – Daisy First Aid. As many of our families find themselves in a situation where childcare is a barrier to access training, we planned and delivered our session for the parent and child.

Referrals from health visiting/perinatal teams and Early Help Teams who make up some of the principal sources of referrals (in addition to families who self-refer increased by 83%. This reflects the increased levels of need amongst families and that our colleagues in statutory services see the benefits of our families’ experiences.

Areas covered included: care of an unconscious baby – DRABC, baby CPR, febrile seizures, choking, burns, recovery position and poisons.

Dads Group - Being Dad

Home-Start Slough offered online support to expectant dads and those dads with babies under 6 months via virtual support sessions. The monthly sessions included talks from guest speakers. The dads had an opportunity to talk to each other and engage in conversations which often led to dads supporting each other.

For all of the parents who attended it was the first time that they had taken part in a face-to-face first aid session. At the end of the session all of the parents said that they feel more confident delivering first aid and have confidence to know what to do in an emergency. All parents shared with us that they learnt something new.

Feedback from some of the dads included:

Comments received from parents who attended included:

• “It was my first dads group session, I had a pen & paper by my side and I was writing down all of the information. It was good to meet other dads and learn from them.”

• “Just want to say thank you for teaching us lots of things. Really enjoyed this course.”

• “Very informative and useful. Well organised. Venue and facilities were good. Very pleasant and sensitive delivery by trainer and coordination by the organisers.”

• “The session really helped me with play and sleep. I look forward to telling mum about everything that I've learnt.”

• “Thank you Home-Start and I look forward to doing more.”

• “Fantastic session, everyone should learn baby first aid – its important to learn these things.”

• “I just want to say Thank you to Caris who gave me this opportunity to learn that and more. Specially Liane thank you so much.”

Baby Massage

We offered our families with babies aged 8 weeks to 6 months old a free 5 week baby massage course online. Baby massage is a special time to share, it helps the baby's emotional and physical development, promotes relaxation and sleep. It aids colic, reflux, constipation and makes for a secure and confident child.

Bumps & Baby Group

Bumps and babies group is a session for pregnant mums and babies under 1 years old. The aim of the group is to support mothers with their emotional wellbeing and provide a platform to hear information, share information, and is an opportunity to meet others and for the children to play together.

Comments received from parents who attended included:

• “Baby massage really helped my baby to sleep.”

Interested families register their interest to attend the group. This is then followed up by a call from the staff team to join the bumps and babies group.

• “Baby massage was great, it really helped with my baby’s reflux.”

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Home-Start Slough Working in partnership

Working with The National Lottery

Family Support Co-ordinator Caris called mum Rachel. Rachel shared that she was worried about attending the group as she hadn’t been to any other groups before. It is Rachels first baby. Rachel’s days were spent with just mum, baby and dad at home. Dad often worked nights so it was generally just Rachel looking after baby. She hasn’t made any friends outside of her family network as a result. Caris talked with Rachel about baby group and all the benefits and encouraged her to attend.

Rachel attended baby group each week. As the weeks went on Rachel was more relaxed, grew in confidence joining in group talks and conversations and having a coffee and cake! She said she looked forward to her Tuesdays.

calm, relaxed and happy.

At the end of the 12 weeks Rachel comments:

Every week we discussed various topics including: weaning, teething, sleeping, relationships, wellbeing and at times we were supported by speakers. Rachel shared her thoughts with us, saying that the group was very helpful for her baby, she was meeting new friends and was so happy. The best part is singing time, which she enjoyed and when she attended the session she was so

What was the best part of attending baby group? “The way you welcomed me was so worth for me and then you offered me snacks coffee it was so delicious and really means a lot for me. Then when you discussed my problems related to myself or baby or give me solutions it gives me confidence relaxation.

The table below shows the improvement in relation to five key outcomes relating to mental health:

I have no words to admire your efforts, I am very impressed .“

Percentage of families showing improvement in scores (1 Oct 2019 – 31 July 2022)	Slough *99 families
Parenting Skills
Managing children's behaviour, lis- tening to children & respecting their rights	67%
Being involved in the child's develop- ment/early learning and socialisation	74%
Parenting Wellbeing
Coping with feeling isolated	79%
Coping with mental health	75%
Parents’ self-esteem	75%

Now that we have come to the end what will you next steps be?

“After attending this baby group I am more confident and excited to attend more groups. I wish you could start a new session please. “

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Home-Start Slough
Women’s Allotment Project
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Cultivating better Mental Health

Gardening has been proven to boost mental and physical health. When a lack of local perinatal support for women living with anxiety and low mood was identified in Slough, it led a midwifery team to create an allotment project to encourage pregnant and new mums to grow and cultivate vegetables.

In an area where many families live in high rise buildings with limited access to outside space, the project was an opportunity to encourage mums to spend time outdoors. Having access to this space quickly proved to help the mums’ mental and physical wellbeing but it was clear the support could be developed further.

In early 2021 Home-Start Slough was approached by the NHS Foundation Trust to take on the project. In May 2021, Sarah Harris was employed to manage the programme initially focusing on recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers so that every mum had individual one-to-one support, and to build relationships with key partners such as the PNMH specialists, Wexham Park hospital, Solutions 4 Health, Children Centres, Slough CVS etc.

Jahseen Foster is one of the mums who is part of the allotment project. Jahseen was referred to the project when she was pregnant with her son. She explains:

“I love spending time outdoors but I’ve no nice outside space where I live. Going to Home-Start’s allotment group with other pregnant women became a sanctuary for me. I love planting and it felt so good to be outside in the fresh air.

At first I was so ill and weak, I needed someone to help me with planting and weeding. I was matched with Liz, a Home-Start volunteer. Liz is very knowledgeable about gardening and taught me so much. She is so gentle and understanding. With Liz’s support the allotment became my safe place. Soon I was going almost every other day.

Everything I put my hands on just bloomed. When I planted those very first seeds, I was isolated and depressed. As those seeds grew my depression and isolation lessened. Going to the allotment turned everything around for me. Mentally, emotionally, physically, and socially – the allotment group changed my life.”

The project empowers women through building up friendships and connecting with nature to improve their emotional and physical wellbeing. It also encourages the

women to spend time outdoors and connect with nature. They are each supported by a volunteer who can explain to them about what to plant, but most importantly they’re there to listen.

Most of the women we support have never gardened before. Some are domestic abuse survivors, some struggle with mental health issues and some feel anxious about being a new mum. Planting a seed and helping it to grow feels incredibly empowering. As their plants and vegetables have grown, so too has their confidence. It’s been wonderful to see the change in the mums as they connect with each other and realise how much they’re capable of.

The Cherry Orchard Allotment is located on the Stoke Road, Slough close to Wexham Park hospital. The project is a collaborative funded project from Frimley Integrated Care Service Preconception and Maternity group, Home-Start Slough, Get Berkshire Active as well as local fundraising from Lydia; a Slough volunteer. Lydia has done an amazing job in helping to raise money for the project by making and selling biryanis and has raised £2,225 for the project.

The site is also supported by the Good Gym Slough ready for service users to start planting and growing vegetables.

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Home-Start Slough Home-Start Slough omen’s Allotment Project Digital Delivery

Over 87 families, including parents and children enrolled on our Digital program delivered over a 3-month period. We received funding from Pears to support parents’ and children’s wellbeing. The sessions focused on mindfulness for parents, bedtime stories for children and mindful Pilates.

smile and for me it’s very relaxing and I enjoyed a lot got many ideas for stories when I’ll share with my little one in future. Thank you.

My baby seemed to be soothed by the calming voice and became very relaxed. I can’t wait to try these stories with him myself.

Our digital activities enable us to support and keep in touch with those families who are unable to attend face-to-face sessions and those that are still anxious. The activities are also available to our staff

I love Home-start, my kids are always learning a lot I liked about this session the amazing people who run these sessions and it helped me for my mental health, my anxiety and just to relax and not think of anything else.

team, trustees, and volunteers to enjoy. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive as the photos and feedback quotes show.

Relaxing and a new pattern to learn. Helped me relax and feel calm. I accomplished something positive just for me.

“We enjoyed a lot the stories of today and the ways of how to relax. I personally find it very relaxing specially forget about what I have been through during the day. I think you are doing an amazing job.

The way to teach the pattern is easy when I saw the pattern it’s looks like impossible to draw but when she drawn and I copied her It was easy and also very interesting.”

My daughter is 8-months-old when she listened, she

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Home-Start Slough Looking forward

Our future is bright

Home-Start Slough is committed to being there for parents when they need us, because childhood can’t wait. We want to ensure that no child’s future is limited due to issues experienced in the early years of their life. Our three-year plan sets out our aspirations to double the number of families we help in the community.

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Home-start Slough Our Year in Pictures

Home-Start Slough Feeling the love

About volunteer Adam

“I had court today 10.30 and it went on until 11.45. I came downstairs and Adam was still here. He didn't have to stay as I had a friend providing childcare but he was a great help. My friend couldn't help my baby to nap and she was screaming. I was getting upset but I was in court. Adam to the rescue and his magic sleep skills.

I couldn't have done it without him.“

Home visiting support end visit

“I have never felt so comfortable to talk to anyone about my life. Thank you for coming. I feel so relaxed to message or call you. Home-Start is lovely, and I wish I can be with you forever. This will help me and my children. I already feel better and happier. Thank you for coming.”

Family feedback

Fathima states she has benefitted hugely from Home-Start support. Anita (Volunteer) has empowered her to think positive and feel independent. She feels having someone to talk to has helped her regain confidence and control of her life. “I feel like I have more control and feel confident. When you first saw me Nafisa, I was a mess and now I feel happier. It was nice knowing you care.”

Zen drawing feedback

" I am very grateful, I appreciate everything you do, every email, every time you pick up the phone. Thank you a lot. You have helped me so much in just 2 weeks."

“Parent ‘Neelam (Volunteer) has been amazing! Just amazing! My son who has ASD really took to her and will miss her a lot. He has already asked me when she is next coming. She is very kind and really just listened to me without judging.”

“Thank you. I’m suffering a lot from anxiety which is so hard. These activities I find amazing; honestly I'm so so thankful to Home-Start for these opportunities.”

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Home-Start Slough Bags of appreciation

Parent very happy with Little Starters group and is thankful for all the support. She really enjoyed attending and so did her son. He has learned more about socialising after lockdown. She has found a couple of other local groups to attend on her day off and Little Starters was a great stepping stone. She was very thankful and happy to move on.

About Little Starters

“Hi. Thank you so much for including us in the workshop. We really enjoyed being a part of it! Boys are ecstatic to receive their craft packs and the surprise present for each one. That is really going to help keep them engaged, thanks.”

Feedback about Online Craft

“Thanks for the favour of extending by 2 weeks. I know it’s my last day here today but unfortunately my kids are not well so I can't come. Special thanks to you, Bernii and Nafessa and all your staff we had a great time, thanks for everything. Love you all and will miss you all.”

After end of Little Starters

“I would just like to say a Very big thanks to you, Donna and everyone at Home-Start, you guys are doing a great job. Yourself and Donna have both been extremely helpful with everything and it has really helped me improve within myself. I am feeling much better from when I saw you last, I have been getting out more. Keep up your good work, your an extremely lovely person and I am grateful for the support you gave to me and to everyone else who needs it... thanks again.”

After end of Little Starters

Neha reports that Little Starters Support Group has been a fantastic setting for Shanaya.

Shanaya has a 7-year gap with her elder sister, and was not familiar with sharing.

Over the weeks at Little Starters, Shanaya began sharing and becoming more confident to play alongside other children. Little Starters end call

“Thankyou very much for all the support that Home-Start gave us and thankyou because you gave us the best of the best volunteers. MARIA WILL ALWAYS BE VERY SPECIAL FOR US.

Thankyou very much, hope other families will benefit from your team like me and my family did!!”

Feedback about Volunteer Support

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Home-Start Slough Our Volunteers

“Hearing a mum saying she feels so much better is so rewarding, especially when you felt you weren’t really making an impact.” Sarah S

“Volunteering with Home Start has given me a sense of fulfilment. It is an amazing feeling, when your actions can help a person in need. I hope to continue doing my bit and help people along the way as much as I can.”

Umber

“It's a fulfilment, a sense of being part of this wider family, full of love, care, gratitude and support! I'm glad to being doing something very positive with my spare time.”

Maria H

“My first volunteering experience has been marvellous. The HSS team has been supportive and my FSC has offered me support along the way. I feel part of the Home-Start family. My first family support has gone smoothly, and I've learned a lot from the family, just as much as they have learnt from me. It's important to gently guide and not push parents. They all work at their own pace. I am prepared for challenges along the way when supporting other families, but I feel ready!“

Tracey S

“Engaging and interesting, a good flow in the course. The right amount of interaction and thought provoking not feeling exhausted overwhelmed.”

“Overwhelming first week, yet being on the course with a mum who has been through this is showing me its going to be a great experience.”

Comments on volunteer prep course

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Home-Start Slough A huge ‘thank you’!

OUR SINCERE THANKS GO TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US THIS YEAR

Our fantastic volunteers:

Adam, Agnieszka, Alex, Amanda, Ashleigh, Asma, Belinda, Colette, Donna, Ekta, Elizabeth D, Elizabeth J, Helen, Illham, Jane, Jaswinder, Julie, Kamlesh, Kerry, Lucinda, Lydia, Maria, Michelle, Navneet, Neelam, Paula, Ramanpreet, Rupali, Ruth, Sally, Sarah, Siara, Suman, Teresa, Tracey, Umber, Vicki, Wai Ying, Yvonne

Our amazing Management Board:

Charlotte, David, Irene, Karen, Kiran, Leah, Lesley, Mary, Mette, Sandra

And to everyone who has supported Home-Start Slough in the past

Absolutely Karting, Maidenhead Adam Scott Amanda Tibbels—Mamadadda Amanda Schenk (Zen Drawing) AmazonSmile Arnold Clark A. Spicer & Sons Atul Kochhar Baby Bank BBC Children in Need Beatrice Laing Trust Belron Bernice Littleboy—Be Fit Ascot Berkshire Community Foundation Big Lottery Brook Trust Caldicott School Circus Starr Dorothy Milne Dunelm Frimley NHS Foundation Trust Fullard Fine Jewellery George Burbridge—MB Creative Cathy Carr—Get Berkshire Active Four Acres Goodgym Slough Groundworks Hannah Love Home-Start UK Huber Car Park Systems Jacqui Shadrache Jessica Thompson—Norden Farm John Lewis and Waitrose Partnership John Whitby

Josephine Harvey Kayleigh Robinson—Norden Farm Langham Homes Louise Brooks—Parenting Success Liane Jackson—Daisy First Aid Lydia Mowll—Volunteer and Fundraiser Martin Gatehouse NatWest Slough Norden Farm Patrice Ashe (Magician) Postcode Society Trust Premier Inn Slough Roly Richardson (Magician) Raman Mann—Volunteer Shanly Foundation Slough and Burnham Children Centres Slough Borough Council Slough CVS Slough Healthy Smiles Slough ONE Slough Outreach Spin Master Ltd Sun Chemical Sylvia Lotz The Henry Smith Charity The Link Foundation Tony Alexander Victoria Kitcatt Waitrose Gerrards Cross Waitrose High Wycombe Waitrose Maidenhead Wentworth Golf Club William Baker

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Home4tart Slough (a company limited by guarantee) Trustees Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2022 Company roglstratlon number: 09563378 Charlty reglstratlon number: 1162003 20

Home-start Slough Contents Pag• Rewt of the trustees Indep8nd8nt •xamin8¢s r•wl Statement of financial aCtsYrt￿s BaL8nc8 sheet Notes to th8 acmunts 21

Home4tart Slough Report of the trustees lincofporating the directors report) For thè perlod ended 31 March 2022 The tnjslees presenl thdr report 8TrJ the 8ccoJnts JEar eTrJed 31 Marth 2022 cOM￿￿e9 the Dkeclors, Report requir•J by the Companies Act 2016. ObJ•ciivK and aciivltl•• The wncip81 obieclNe ol the charfty Is to provide SUFPYt. frlendshlp help to f8m4les th th"hJren li hr￿nes. Achl•v•m•nt and p•rfomi•nc• Home.Sl8rl SiW has been surF<lrfiThJ knal famlliès ￿Ing IhrtsLb3h a dlllkdt tlmè 1998 As a bxal tharity. The ￿ett$S of Home-S￿rt L% deperthnt on dependaÈ4e stsff aThJ Klunteets and on both c￿nts th￿ Is Ihe rase. We are very grateful 10 have suth dedicated vnkers and vc4tsnteers. FIMn¢l•l r•vl•w ReseNes The unfestrthd ￿ndS rewesent the free reseThes ￿kh are required for ¢Mgotng cap.ial ago the luThairrfJ requred for ot4iyaiions to S￿ff. InclLJiro any potenthal pens￿ fund defidL ReSt￿le￿ are funds W1￿h are to be used h aCcOrd￿ce wilh spechk restrttkw knrA)8ed by th￿Or9 or ¥thkh hove been raised by Ihe tharlty fcrf partiojlar wxwjses. The Cowd pandemic had a Ma￿ Impact cm our charty from an cyer8tK￿a1 perspective as we W to move all our services from face to face to dighal s¢Jppcrt and ￿ s8W 8 signfficant Inuease In fvndlng lo ￿Jppcrt w)rk and &Japtiig tyjr servKtt. We suttessfully moved our f8ce ￿ lace supwt seNices to a remo mC￿e1. and our $￿ff and vobjnteers have worked hard to adapt and prtiwde the tsesi serwicè io trjr f¥nilies. We lulty rÈtr4ntse the increase m need eaused by the paThJem and a￿ very ItKAJssed on galnirrfJ kncrèayéd luThJlThJ to Inttèsè our rap￿ty. Frcrfn a fknandal perspeclve 81 of our hjnders have teen lknit4e aThJ thL8 hag us lo algn thdr fwdiThJ ilh needs of w benefidaries. We 8re very gr81efvl for thi8 flexlbllty. ¥thith, together ilh the addit￿￿81 furNJs Ihal were awarded. meanl thal did not need to p¢Jt any staff members on fudoLyh arwj enabkn1 us to cover all our additKX)al cthts. Thjr overall finanaal heallh has not been Impacted by the alsis lhoL￿h we th) r￿n￿e Ihai potenb.ally there WUI be futLbre luThJlng as av8ilabie sources we reduced. We are therefo￿ re-allgntng our strat￿¢ pLqn to ensure Ihat we accelerate our abllmy to dellver IrKwseAI c£nmerdal valL and outcome driven Inlervent￿s to emure that are attractive to luThkn in the future. Pagè 1 22

Home-start Slough Report of tho truste (incorporating the directors report) For the porfod ended 31 March 2022 StnKtur•, gov•mane• Ind minay•m•nt Legal and •dministr81ive ststus The organBation. incuporat&l on 27 ￿1th1 2015. 15 8 ch8rl8bk cxynpany limiw by Guarantee. no share capltsl and regi8ter•Y as 8 tharty wlh H M Revenue & Customs. The crynp8ny establL8 uThJer a Memorandum of A8swk8lh)n whlch e51abli8h•Y ￿ C￿leCts and p￿erS of the cknarltab￿ company 8ThJ ts go￿ed uTrJer its Artkts ol Assc¢l8fjon. The 0rg8nL8at￿n ccnme￿&￿ adttvles kn knJust 2015, cx)nbNirrJ the a(awes crf the u￿ted ch Home4tart Skyjgh ltharty registratm￿ nwnber 10547131. 9antsati)n81 stnthre The ￿mPanY is rn8n8pJ by è towd of dtre(A￿ rr￿MberS we In ￿r￿an h the ArtKJes of Assc(iatk•n. The t￿arlI of direc￿r$ has eaThJucted Its OV4n of ihe major risks ￿ whth thè etthpany is Èxposed. in rticuL4r. relaied io thè ewatK)ns aThJ finanees ol the trjmpany, and are sati8fied thai s￿￿M5 ar• in F4ac io rnitlgale those rlsks. Thè prtxedurès are ￿r￿Al￿allY rev￿ tts ènsure that t￿Y sldl mÈei thè Trust••$ and dlr•ctot By 0￿rat￿ of law all. Irusiees are dSreclors the Ccmpanies kn120C6 and all dSrectors are truslees uThJer Charb￿9 bJi$labcn and have ￿$P￿s1bIrfles. as wxh. under both company and charity L$L?￿On. Thcfje seryed durfng the pwlc4J 8TrJ up to ts dale ol ihks we as fc4lry¢￿. Cu￿rtt tnJees.' O Ash%ll P Dhool C M8rks L Mlth8dis K ¢￿￿Y L Price(ox M S(ffewen AprrAntéd 12 Da￿bÉr 2017 Ap￿inted 1 Marth 2021 Aprx)inted 31 J8nuary 2022 pointed 27 Aprfl 2015 pointed 10 Augusl 2020 pointed 10 Augusl 2020 nted 9 September 2019 S Hennessy IA Mcdhone Removed 31 Decemkr 2021 Removed 31 Decemt¢r 2021 Psge 2 23

Home-slart Slough Report of the trusteè8 {incorporating the directors report) For the perfod ended 31 March 2022 ststsmont of tnts1￿. •nd dIr•￿OIS Y•$pon$lblllll•• The charity Irustees. a￿ also the directors ol the company under c(mpany Lqw, a￿ reSpOn￿b￿ for eparing the Report ol Ihe trustees and the 8ccoJnts In acCorda￿e ¥￿￿h apFATrc4ble law Untted KIr￿￿rn Accounb"rwJ S1aNJw￿s (United Kln9dom Gener￿lY Accepted A£coJntsn9 Practstel. Company and tharity law requires the charfty tru$￿t$ to prepafe aectyjnts for each year vthlch g￿t a true d lair ￿tW of Ihe state ol affays ol the thariiabk rxjmpany of the incomiNJ resourees arpliltson cd re%)urrs. indudiro thè Iromè aNI èxrrtTh111urè. of Ihè ehty lor thal Frkn1. In wÈparlng ihè Ihe trustees are required trj.. suiiat4e 8ccounllng pc41cies then appty them e4n8L8tenty, make judgemenls ests"mates that are re8$c￿able aThJ pnthnl: slates vthether vthether Ihe counts comply vlth the trust deed and the re¢l￿Menda￿0ns of the SORP FRS 102 have teen fc4kMed, subied to any mateflal depaflures disdosed expLqlned In the acco￿nts,. slate vtheihtr #Oitab￿ UK arthUn￿n9 standards havè b￿rt sut4•d io any malèn departures d&dosed and explained in the finalK￿ slatemènls.. prepare the financ￿1 statements on the gory C0￿M basts wless il k4 inapbxoprwte to presume th8l Ihe chartty will ¢￿ts"nut In trMJsiness. The InJ￿e•s rtsponslblè fcK kew.ro rrtpèr acC￿n￿r0 recJrds that d￿st lth rèasonab￿ at any tlrne the finamal Fthttion of the c8rily aThJ to enabk them to ensu￿ that Ihe accounts CoM￿Y ilh Ihe compan￿ A(1 2006 and the Ch8nknes Act 2011. They are also resE￿SINe lor s81gJuardlng Ihe assets crf the chanty and her￿e tsklng reasonab￿ sleps for the prevention and detection of fraud aThJ other The ¢ruslees are ￿[￿6Ible for the rn8kntenan￿ and inlegrity of ts ccrfporate Inlomèkn chWIlab￿ Oyn￿Y'S tAbshe. 4rnlat￿n ab¢trul In•nd•nt 0￿MIn1r Mr M G8tePh)use BA(HOr￿) ACA Member ol the Insts'tute ol charte￿ Account)ts In Eryland Waleg Contacl". The Stables Old Vkarage, 8Lqkes Hll Ro8d. S￿mbr￿JYe. Deve￿ EX32 OPH Small company pro¥l*loM These #CL￿nIS have been prepared in aeetsrdarte vAth the yts¥i>bJns In Part 15 of thè Companlts Aet 2{￿ aFWiGgble to companies subfvt lo the small Cx)mpan￿5 reglmè. On behall of the board 21 Sepiwnber 2022 DIr￿knr and truslee Date Page 3 24

Home-start Slough Independent examlnèrf8 rnport to tha trustèes C￿anY Thjmw. 09563378 Charfty nuth.. 1182003 on tho accounts for tho year endot31 March 2022 I report to the trugtees Lm my examln8th)n ol the 8CCOLmts of the Charflab￿ t>)mpany fthe Companfl for the ended 31 March 2022, as presented on the fo1kX￿n9 10 wes. R•sponslblllll•$ and b•sl$ of rnp As the charitys truslees. you a￿ respr￿￿tIe lor ihe weparauon ol the accourts In ￿rdance ￿th the u1￿Ments cdthe Chartdes Aca 2011 llhe £n. I feport in res￿1 of my eXamInat￿ of the Companys aeeounts earFled oul U￿tr sedknn 145 of the 2011 Ad and in &grryng out my examinatknn. I have all Ihe applkatrAe Dlreckns gNen by thè Charty Commissitin urKJ8r seclon 1495llbl ofthÈ ka. Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•r' tst•m•nt I havè Compl￿•d my èYAmlrtab"on. I confim that M ma￿rIal matrs havè thmé to my allertlk￿ kn r￿1th ￿1h ￿ examlnatk)n glves me cau58 trj believe Ihat kn. any matènd resrrtt: the accountw)g records were Mt kept in accordance wrth seclon 1 ￿ of Ihe Chartties knt". Ihè acewnts dkl ￿e0rd vlth thB &e<MJnbro records., or Ihe acLounts did nol comply wilh Ihe applical￿e ￿qUirements (￿￿emir￿a the fom) and content unls get out kn the charrt￿ IAcxounts and Reports) ReguL8th)ns 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts g+ve a Inje aThJ fair view whkh is 8 matter cx)nsh1e￿d as part ol an kndeFendent examknalth. I have M caneems and have come no othw matters in ts)nneclh)n lth tl)e examinalh)n to attenth￿ shtyjld té In thls rtpth1 th) ordèr ts er a undotsthnth)g of thè &etsJnts to bè reathed. 20 September 2022 Martin Gaiehouse 8AIHI)nsl ACA Memterolthe In￿rtU1e olChart&redA¢¢ountants lft Eft9laftd 8 Wales (memtstship no.. K110481). A(hJress.. The sta￿e$ (Jd Vicarage. Blakes Hdl Road. S%MmbrKh3e. Devtsn EX32 OPH PxgÈ 4 25

Hom•4tart Slough ststèmènt of flnancbal actlvltlos IIThx￿crf8ttrs lh8 In(x)me and expeTrthtLxe aeL￿nI a& requlr8d by the Coffpani8s A£1 20181 For the yearended 31 March 2022 2022 Tot•1 2021 Totsl D￿alK)n$ Charilabie a￿￿tieS 31,182 29.728 31.182 206.142 22.705 210.400 176.414 60.910 176,414 237.324 233.105 Exp•ndltur• C05t olraslry fvnd$.' Fundrdk8iNJ events and CAisIs Charit8ble actwrtie$.' Empboyee cc6 Recrultsng 8nd 8dvertL8lng Empkjyee Ifaining EmpkI￿e expenges Volunteers expenses Rent and olThce njnnlng cnsts siatimery. priniing and p)sts9e Telephone IT r￿ts Insurance F8mlly ServK GrourQcourses Volunteer reerurtmeni and tralning DKJltsl delNery (Xher chariiabk expense$ Other expen¢tU￿.' Bank ¢h8rges Ac£ounlr¥J and prolesskjnal Home-stsrt Central lees 282 520 802 141,123 179.506 150.198 1,010 4,770 415 5.685 6,233 4.318 2C 5.260 1,3 14,113 5.780 415 7.705 6.969 5.383 728 5.260 1.820 14.113 3.899 933 9.553 1.989 5.748 2.020 736 5.459 520 11.400 70 192 192 928 4.149 714 133 2,8C15 714 714 186 742 234.464 N•t Inconwll•xp•ndllur•l 13.188 (10,3281 2.860 36.361 Twglers betrfftn ftJThJg Nel movement In 10.328 2.860 36.361 R•concllh•tlon ol funds Tc481 l￿d8 broL4hl torw*d 48,798 28,751 77.549 41.188 Totsl lund¥ WTl•d forw•rd 80.409 77.549 Al dertve from ts)nIn￿Nj operabons. A seF44rate siatement ol Tc4al Rects3nlsèJ Gains Lctsges i8 nol ￿wIred 09 IhL8 ststeM￿t Indudes 011 rwised gains 8nd losses. The fomi an h)tegral part ol Ihese aCts￿nts. P￿5 26

Homfrstart Slough Balance sheot Charty r&3islwed number. I162￿3 Company regIStra￿on number." 09563378 As at 31 March 2022 2022 2021 Fix•d Asuts 714 Cuff•ni •$Mt• Deblors and accnjed Income Cash al bank and in hand 90.782 90.7B2 78,835 Cradltor= amounts lllltvJ du• wlthln on• y•ar 10.373 N•t ¢urr•nt •ss•ts 80.4Tr3 78.835 Tot•1 n•t asg•ts ofth• charlty 80.409 77.549 Th• totsl •$s•ts of th• ¢h•rliy •rn fund•d by th• lund$ of lh• ¢hailty, •• follow•: Unfestrkted kKome funds Resirthd kncome funds 61,986 18.423 48,798 28,751 10 Tot•1 funds 80.409 77 549 The beL9n￿ sheet eonlnues on Ihe folknvlry pa9e. The tY)les lomi on inltyral part ol Ihese accounts. Page 8 27

Homtrstart Slough Balance sheet (contlnuod} Trustees 8latemont8 requlred by the Companlos A£t 2006 For the year ended 31 March 2022 In 8Fprovfirg Ihese •c¢wnlS, $ trustses of ￿ (rynpwry w￿ ￿rebYe¢￿hrrn.. al Ihat frjr the y slaled 8btye the comwy w•$ entrtlwl lo the exemplicffl conlwred by sedon 477 of Ihè Comwiès Aci 2006 ' bl that no notiee has been deposbted ai the regisiered office ol the eompany pursuant to Sett￿ 476 of Ihe Companies Act 2006 reqvesb"ThJ Ihai an audil be CLY)ductet1 for Ihe par ended 31 M¥ch 2022. cl Ihat ￿knO￿ledge our responsibl1￿ fcf.. 11 ensuring that ¢l￿panY keeps proper ac¢owt¥¥J records wN¢h tsynply wlth Sect￿ 386 of Ihè Ctsmpanks Aci 2006. and 21 wepartng financial Statem￿1$ wh￿h gNe a true and l8Sr of the stste of affalrs ol the mpany os at the end ol the financi81 ￿&r and of profrt or kjss fcrf the ￿r then end&J in accordan￿ wth the requirements of secliorts 394 and 395. aThJ which otheryAse comply wth the 0ViSI￿5 ol Ihe compan￿ kl relaung lo fina￿￿ slatewnts, so fw as apF4icable to the company. TW fin8ncig1 slaterrwts are FYep8red In ￿)rdance 4th the s￿1￿1 prtsvlskThs of P•rt 15 rf the Comp8niès Act 2006 reLqtiro 10 5rn811 cOmpan￿S and In ac£ordarKe FRS102 The Finantial RerKxbng SlaThl8rd apFdkable Sn the UK Rep￿￿ ol Ird8ThY.' Thè fi￿d31 ststèmants wèrè apwovtd by thè tthrd and sh3n8d on ￿ bèhaf by. 21 September 2022 Direeior and trustee Date Page 7 28

Home4tart Slough Notes to the accounts For the year ended 31 March 2022 1 kcountlng polkl•s The prindpal act￿nts￿) polic￿$ are a￿￿m8￿9ed bdow. The ￿0￿JnIlrrfJ wk"(ies have ￿en app crmdstenty thrO￿hrAJI the pericAI. 1.1 Bas￿ of accoun￿￿9 The acrtsjnts have been prep8red In 8cceKdJnce wlth the Ststeffent of Rec4)mrneThged F¥actke'. AcUMJn￿.rS and Rep)rtin9 by Chariik5 weparlng theSr 8c£ounts in ￿£OrdanCe wAlh the Financi ReF¥Jlin9 Stsndard apFlicab￿ in the UK and RewNic of Ireland IFRS 1021 Issued in Odober 2019 and the Financial Reporliry StaTrJard apF4icabk in ￿ Unlied KIn9dL￿ and Reput4ic of Irdand IFRS 10218ThJ Chwitleg A(1 2011 UK Getv8lly ￿￿ept￿y Prth 89 tt ￿FIleS Irrm l J￿Uary 2019. Home-S￿rt Sough meets the defn1t￿n of • wbmc benefft ents.ty FRS 102. Assets Ilth"lils are I￿1￿1￿ reo>an&ed al Iu"slorical cc6L 12 Inc(wnlng r•gourc I In¢(ming resojrces are 1ndL￿ed In ihe ststement of fIna￿alaCt￿lIe3 when the charty Is entltted lo the irtcffje and the arn¢￿nt ean be quanlthÈd with rea50nabk &curacy. The ft410￿Trj spedfic re aFvlla to portk>Jlw ¢8twes of Irm￿.. Voluntary Inc3Jme Is recefved by way ol gran￿. donalion8 and gffts 18 InCI￿￿ed in frjl In I $tstwn￿1 d fin8n¢iBI eAvltles r￿4V8tAe. Granls ￿ere ￿t11thent Is cond￿￿81 delivery of a speofK perfomarte by Ihe chanty. are retswnised vthen Ihe charity tetomes u￿r￿d￿lty en￿lled to ￿ ￿anl Dortabj servkes and l>i1rt6es are Indwjed ai vahJÈ to d)ty thÈre thts can ￿ Qu￿￿[￿￿. The vdue of serv1￿5 pyovitjed by w￿Unt￿$ hos rn)t t￿Th Imgtyjed. Grants. IndudirrfJ grants for the purchase of fixed assets, are reco￿1&&1 in the stsment cl fina￿￿ 8ctiviles In Ihe yw in vthith they are receN8ble. 1.3 R•sOurC￿ •xpend•d ExpeNJilure Is ￿tO￿niSed on an accnjal besL8 88 a Ikrybillty ts IncuThed. Expenditure includes any VAT ¥thith canrKst be lulty recovered. and 15 rep￿led as part of the exwdlture to vthich It reLgtes. Costs of gew8tlng l￿d& rAynr￿se 8$9Of9W vlth altr&ctkng vohJnt8ry IrKx)me ¢0s1g ol tradlNJ f￿ fundrairwJ Chthtable eX￿￿lI￿re Ixxnpr￿e5 lkne IrKAJrTed by the tharty In Ihe d￿￿ery ol swvKes lor its benefiuatles. 11 indlths both cc6ts that can be albc4ted t1Yecty to aclfvkn.es aTr thtse tsjsts ol an iTrJlrect nature ne￿SSary ts SUPFQrt them. SupFxI eosts are those cLtsts h)oJrred ¢Jirecly kn siwxt cl exFeN1thre on Ihe cl eh&lty and indude project manèJemenL In Ihe SORP. In retwibrffl ol the dWIth1t￿ In pladr#J a Monet￿ vthe on th2 coniributth fr¢)m volunteefs, Ihe of vdunieers is Th)1 indLhled *ilhin the Income of I tharty. P8ge 8 29

Homo4tart Slough Notes to the accounts For the yoar •nd•d 31 March 2022 countlng ptslltl•• Icontlnu•dl 1.4 R•Mrrts polley Hom&Swrt has a Re8er¥es Pdicy. Fac￿r8 taken into a¢￿￿nt fcmul&tiThJ this polky Induded need ￿ eover fluciuatkns irt knts)mè due to n&d ￿ tt)n5tandy aFpty for 9rant luTrJir¥J due lo the Lack of $ustainaNe funding from $18tuttYy services. current IIatrMllt￿ and urwlann exFendibJre. The minimum reswe 013 M￿th$ runni¢vJ costs has been a&pied in c¢der io ensure all 118txlltw con be athjresged the apr￿F￿ate nots.￿ perlod g￿en to empk)yees. The 18 revith4ed ￿r￿jaIlY In Ilne wth ts FIna￿l81 CLMtrt48 t)oJment qth 8 fem bd esented to the lull b)ard cl IrusleÈs. T•ngltl• flx•d •wts WKI Tongitde fixaj assels 8re slatJ at ¢08t less ¥ccurwI8t￿ depwaats'on. Depr￿￿tk)n L8 prow¢Jed at rates talcu&ted to wdte off Ihe cc6t less w¢Jud valuè ol Èath assd over ts expected tsseful lrte, 4$ IrAkxvs.' Fthreg. fft11r￿ equipment 25% slr8bJht Yne 1.$ L•oslng Rent￿9 payable under ryeralkn¥J knes are agwnsl Inc4Jne on 8 gtrahJht lkne b8sky over lease ￿rm. 1.6 D•ffln•d contr11￿110￿ p•nthn ￿MpanY oper81es a defIn￿ ￿ntrIbution CMtribution$ are ¢h8rg&J lo the profrt ènd &touni 8$ Ihey become payab￿ in accordarte Ihe rules of Ihe scheme. 1.7 TAxatlon The charitys xt5vllies lan wlhin the exemptkjrts afforded by the provisk)rts of the a￿1 Corp)ratk)n Taxes l£12010. A(tudlngly. there i8 no taxats￿ tharge in these a(ownts. 1A Wlndlng up or dlMoluiion ot th• c￿lIty If upc4) windiThJ up er dk8s01uD"on of the chthty Ihere remaln any assets. after the satL8faclfjon of am debts 8nd ILgbilIt￿S. Ihe assets reWeseni￿ by the a(￿muL91￿ shall be tr8nslerred to srmmè chtlMab￿ toales having g#nlar ot4ects lo Ihe charty. Pa9e 9 30

Home-start Slough Notes to the accounts For the year ended 31 March 2022 2 Incom• from ch•rltsbl• •cilvlll• Urw•strbct•d R•strlct•d fu￿1¥ funds 2022 T<>t•l 2021 Totsl Frfmley Heallh Berkshire C(Mnrnu￿ty FourKJ81 BhJ HoFes. BIJ Fubjreg R￿k￿l Get Berkshire Aclfve Henry Smith The National Lottery Commurty Fund One SI0￿h John Lewks FtyJr Acres 14.3C 14.3C6 7.421 7.421 19.728 3.125 38.513 19.728 20.7 77.130 10.C 3.224 20.791 77.130 10.oc 3.224 10,C( 27. 92.212 10,C BBC chIdr￿ In NJ 38.437 29.728 176.414 210.4CiI 3 N•t Incornlrwloulgolng) r•Kw1¢￿ lor th• y•¥ 2022 2021 Nei I￿ornIn￿l0Ulgt1ng) rèsoLrtès & glattd xft•r eharglrrfJ.' De￿¢18t￿ ènd other amounts Yltten off lang￿le fixed assets Indepenikni ex8mlner8 fee 714 714 4 Emplojw 2022 2021 Employin•nt costs Wages and soWeB S)c￿l secAJrlty cx>&ts Per￿on costs 136.889 25.197 17.440 112.973 23.4&3 13.742 179.5 150.198 No emrA0￿ rec￿fved emthments olmre than £60.IKKJ In Ihe ￿rren1 w pr8¥k)￿ Jwr. Numb•r ol •mploy••i The average mmthty r￿MberS of emph)ytes lexelLk4lNJ the Imsteesl cakuLgted on Ihe bosis of lull Ume equNaknts. was as foll¢y*s'. 2022 2021 No M•M9&nent and •Jmlni%tratbn 10 Page 10 31

Home-slart Slough Notes to thè account8 For the year endad 31 March 2022 S Tnt••8 r•mun•r¥tlon •nd •xp•n￿9 The Trugtees relther I￿e1ved ￿ wafved any emoluments durlng Trusteea thd nol cLalm expemes relalng to other than Ilbxe relalty to Ihelr dulwJ as Iruslee, and being lor furtheran￿ ol eharithb Object￿tt. 6 Tanglbl• flx•d aM•ig Flxtur•s fftttiny and •qulpm•nt Tfal Cost Jhl fcfivard 2.142 2.142 D•w•claWon Broughi I0￿9rd Chaf9e for pen.od 1.428 714 1,428 714 2.142 N•t bcok valu• As ai 31 March 2022 A$ 8131 March 2021 714 714 7 Cr•dltors: amounig lalllw du• whhln 1 y••r 2022 20 Pa￿1 iaxes and sodal sÉeurity Pen5k)n cn5ts Other CreditC￿ and $¢¢xu* Delerrgj inc4)me 3.373 7.0￿] PthJè 11 32

Home-start Slough Notes to the aeeounts Forthe year ended 31 March 2022 8 Anatysis of net assets ol the charity Uweskncted ndi Reskncled fund¥ 2022 Tolal 2021 Fund bafances al 31 March 2022 as fepresenled by. Tangibk f￿ed assets Current assets Cunenl liablrt 714 76,835 90,782 14731 90.782 110,373) 19,9CKII 9 Unrestricted bjnds (￿ni1vj IncomiThJs OW"ng 20 General unresln.cted funds 48 798 61986 General unrestrided lund5 inthde5 £19,728 12021". £38,513) from RedKrtI hell￿d support us lo inciease oui capacrty lo support the incieased needs caused by the pandemic for whith the ouigoings are ￿dUded wrthin the £47.722 of total Unrest[￿ed outgoings. 10 Restricteil lunds OpenirvJ Incomir¥Js Outgc4ng¥ 20ZI Chli dren in Need Henry Srnilh Big H¢Jpes, Fulure Frimley Health Betkshire Communty Foundation The Nknonal Lottery Communty Fund (Note 101 Slough One The NalJ"onal Lottery COVIO Fund Gel Beikshiie Acbve John Lew 11,6701 4,524 38.583 20.750 7.421 14.3( I￿.700) 126.2641 17.4211 114.3061 {5551 11,78n 19901 555 24,121 77.130 10,OLKI 180.051) 110.0001 11,2211 15.0001 13.2241 21,200 1,221 s.oc￿1 3.224 28 751 176.414 186742 18423 Page 12 33

Homo-start Slough Notes to tho accounts For the year endod 31 March 2022 10 R￿trIct•d lundg leontlnu•dl Chlldr•n In N••d This pr9￿1 V+ill support chlldren frcwn low income famil￿5 and eXpe￿ftdng health In SI0￿h. Children will de¥dop a h￿1h￿r lifestye. knprove lamuy relatthsNps and ha¥e uyeater ¢￿1￿je￿￿. H•nry Smlth This sxojeci V4ill ￿de a SFeclalMI. besFike SUPFy18ervh% lo famil￿$ ￿1h CNI(￿ Aullsm. Skugh has above average number of autssbc chlldren and Ihe wol.e￿ aimg to reiluce Ihe h)n9 ie support cosis by FKovling help Sup￿ to ihe Parents in Ihe eat1y yews ol Blg Hop4s. Blg Fthur• The Big Hopes 8lg Fulure SUFvots lam5 wlth ￿adkne￿ 11 ￿m5 to In(¥ease re&liness ol thiklren lo atlend wfth a rwmber rrf M￿U[e8 In Intwtrwlk)n8. Frtrnl•y H•alth and Got B•rkshlr• Actlv• This lunding supports cwr alb)tmenl projecl for￿91￿j on kn￿￿￿ng mental heath kn wurKJ mothers by eThJagiw in out¢knr acliwbes ond gro4￿ng fnjit and vegetables on an alktment. A team Lrf vdunieers aThJ 8 Famlly &Jpport CoQrdinators SUPF(¥i the mothers h Ihese thties. Th• NAtlonal Lott•ry Communlty Fund This project is a joini projeei wilh Home-stsrt ReadirvJ Bracknell lth the key obJeCt￿t of imwovlrg menW he8th throug￿￿1 Ihe lamity. Through a n¢Jmber ol drflerent inteThent￿ns e.9. groups, ci)urses 8nd Msrtln9 the Supp￿ pack89e is ￿l￿￿ed ￿ KKovJe Ihe best ros￿b outeome fu Ihe benefkwy. Slough On• This kyolect SUppC￿ts ￿Jr work llh dads wllh p￿C￿lar focus C￿ ￿jppCrtng the mo81 vulnerab Commun￿8, iso￿t￿ and those wJfferirKJ from po￿ menlal heallh. The project seeks to minlm¢se Ihe Impxl iffi chldren and fwnll￿s ty reduckng isolalh)n inwovhwJ mentsl weltjelng. John Ll Chlldren I￿ng in lernrxy8ry acrx1mm￿1a1knn. suTrivrKs of ￿rnestic ￿0knce parents th? losl Ihelr Ilvelihcths bec8u5e ol the paThlemic %%Ere amcry Sorr￿ ol the Homevstart supwled 18mllies wtho re￿Ned a Mag￿1 Chtslmas Irorn John Lth￿S and W8Mrose. John Leis 8nd Waitros& delver8d 8 Magi&91 Chrt5trn8s io 165 HoM￿Star1 18mllies in the kYAI areas arcAJnd their Jthn Lewls Slores. The famllies were s8￿Cled by 8 draw. were gifted John Le￿ts and W8rfTose pTrAI￿ ihat tsy had chosen to make Cmslmas 9p&*I them and thl¢knn. Page 13

Home-start Slough Notes to the accounts For thè year ended 31 March 2022 11 Th• N•ii¢)n•l Lott•ry Comrnunlty Fund The Nafjond Lottery Commuth FuThJ k5 Fffovhjed thrcl￿h a consorts'￿ (rf Bracknell, Readlrg aThJ Skiugh Hom&Sl8rt8 to reFxesenl the Thames Valley region. HomeStsrt ￿OUgh Is the ￿¥d for Ihe consortium 8ThJ consc4idates the reF￿1￿9 aThJ distnbutes the lundlng on behatr of ihe grtyjp. The underspend lor the year was primartly due ￿ COVID aThJ not b"rvJ able ￿ ddiver the anileipated lace ￿ faee gtOLtps. We have agreed wlth Ihe futhjer how we wll uttlise the uTrJetspeThJ M) fijtura s ol the project. Bekm are the delalls ol Ihe Thames Valley region 85 a whcAe.' Opwlng Inrornlng Oui901ry8 2022 Braekndl Readiro Slough 24.2&8 40.728 77.130 124.5891 146.8121 180.0511 13231 1,845 21.200 7,931 24.121 32 OS2 142.122 151.452 Th• NtloMI Lottary Communlty Fund- Covld Prol•ct Op•nln¥ Inrornlngb Ovt9oIN4• 2022 Br$ekn￿l Re8diro Skugh 1,221 11.2211 1.221 Ddivery ecth￿tted in ￿￿OlLI fin￿e4a1 >tar, cthwre in ￿ar was an cAJtstaThth"rwJ balance. 12 Ch•riiabl• ctynp•ny Ilmii•d by g￿rants Hom&Slart SknJ9h is a company lthltèa by wwantee contrc41ewJ by Its memters and act￿￿thn9￿ not have 8 share capttal. Every membef of the c¥)mpany undertakeg Io c4Jntrlbute aM￿JnI as may be requlred not exeeet11ry £1 to the assets of Ihe charilab company in the evenl of Its b"ry %￿jnd up Whi￿ he or she Is a member, crf wiiNn one year after he or she eeases lo Èe a member. The charfty was fcffiMIty registered wlth the Charity CoMmiss￿erS In 2015 uThJer thafty regtstered numbèr 1162CK)3 land frmÉdy urklÈr unhorptsrat•d charlty règi1￿rèd rk¥nbÉr 10547131. The registered office ol the thartty for Compan*s Aci PLYF4xes L8 111 Strerf P￿￿nham, SL1 7JZ. Pw14 35

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