Home-Start Blackmore Vale

03/11/2026

What could go flying in your car? 🚀

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We all do our best to keep the car organized, but heavy bags, water bottles, laptops and toys have a way of piling up. In a crash, anything loose in the car can become a projectile. You can't always keep all objects home, but you may be able to rearrange some things in your car to keep them from flying in the event of a crash.

02/11/2026

What it's like when your Home-Start volunteer arrives 🤣😅

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31/10/2026

As Halloween is here, it can add things to your to do list. We'll just leave these reminders here...Pass them onto another parents who needs to see them

29/10/2026

This Halloween, Sturminster Newton is set to Stur the Cauldron with a week of spooky, family-friendly activities culminating in a big community Halloween celebration on Saturday 31st October, from 3pm–6pm, centred around the Railway Garden and The Exchange, Sturminster Newton

The event is being brought together through collaboration between a fantastic range of local community organisations, businesses and groups. The aim is to create a fun, welcoming Halloween celebration for children, families and the wider community, while linking together activities taking place across the town during half term.

Come and see us and join the fun!

27/10/2026

Don't mind us, just reminiscing of warmer days...

In August we invited 20 mums and dads and over 30 children to our annual beach day out 😎🌞
The day included pick up by coach for each family and a day spent on Studland beach. We were so lucky with the weather and the sun shone all day.
Four of our Home-Start volunteers came on the day to get covered in sand and seaweed and be an extra pair of hands.

Everyone had such a great day and enjoyed the sea, sand and picnic. For some families, this may have been the only visit to the beach this year, so a HUGE thank you to Wessex Internet for giving us the donation to make this special trip happen.

Wessex Internets continued commitment and generosity are helping to improve the wellbeing of local families, and we are extremely grateful 💜

25/10/2026

✨Starting in November, spaces available ✨
💜Feeling the ups and downs of deployment? You’re not alone. 💜

We run a friendly online support group, Apart Not Alone. The group is for service families and extended family members to share experiences, learn practical coping tools, and support each other through every stage of deployment and homecoming.

It’s 45 minutes a week, online and open to serving personnel, spouses (with at least one child under 5), and extended family (such as grandparents) linked to a child under 5.

If you’d like to find out more, please email us on: [email protected]

If you would like to join, please complete the registration form: https://bit.ly/3LoV74m

24/10/2026

If you need urgent help for your mental health, you can call NHS 111 and select the mental health option 💜

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If you need urgent help for your mental health, you can call NHS 111 and select the mental health option.

➡️ https://nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/

23/10/2026

The biggest of thank yous to the wonderful Battens Solicitors for providing funding for a group volunteer to support families 💜
Groups enable us to reach more families, help parents meet others in a safe and supportive way and engage with lots of children!

21/10/2026

This Halloween, Sturminster Newton is set to Stur the Cauldron with a week of spooky, family-friendly activities culminating in a big community Halloween celebration on Saturday 31st October, from 3pm–6pm, centred around the Railway Garden and The Exchange, Sturminster Newton

The event is being brought together through collaboration between a fantastic range of local community organisations, businesses and groups. The aim is to create a fun, welcoming Halloween celebration for children, families and the wider community, while linking together activities taking place across the town during half term.

Come and see us and join the fun!