Offer your support and time to families from another country, with either young children or during pregnancy. To them you are a temporary neighbour/ aunty/ friend/ grandma that helps them on their way.

‘Thanks to Jenny my family feels more at home in the Netherlands’.
Parents coming from a foreign country have extra questions about their new situation. As a volunteer you support potentially refugee families or other families with a migration background. De parent can confide in you about the challenges they face in a new country: a different style of raising children, different traditions or cultural background, learning the language or organisational questions. For example: What expectations does the school have for my children and me?
The family misses having their relatives and friends from home near and can find a warm connection in their contact with you as a volunteer. Together you can discover how to extend their social network further and help the family feel more at home.

Does this sound like a good fit for you? You get to discover a different culture, get to see a family develop and gain confidence and really make a difference in their lives.
As a volunteer you receive coaching from the Home-Start Coordinator and a fun volunteertraining at the start. Also we have multiple activities and training options during the year.

Our next English-speaking training for volunteers start on Febuary 4th, so let us know soon if you would like to join us!