Priory Rotary presents donated funds to Home Start NW Norfolk

Priory Rotary King’s Lynn have recently donated £600 to Home-Start, which will be used to help families in the West Norfolk area. Home-Start work with struggling families with young children to help them cope with whatever life throws at them. In West Norfolk they are currently supporting 19 families, but have another 11 on the waiting list, and need more volunteers to meet the growing demand.

They have diversified their offer to volunteers to encourage more to sign up that includes pieces of work with a family over a shorter period of time, telephone support, signposting and group support as well as our core home support. Full training is given along with additional training across the year to upskill our volunteers. All this naturally needs more resource, which is dependent on voluntary donations.

Liz Cross, Senior Lead for Home-Start Norfolk, said “we are taking every opportunity to raise awareness that Home-Start Norfolk were among the first to be awarded the Kings Award for Volunteering (KAVS – the highest award for a voluntary organisation and the equivalent of an MBE) a testament to the dedication and commitment of our volunteers.”

Photo shows Liz Cross and Sarah Rogers, an experienced Home-Start volunteer, receiving the cheque for £600 from members of Priory Rotary.