This Christmas please remember families who have less reason to celebrate

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year for most of us, a time to gather with family and celebrate together, but for too many families Christmas isn’t like this.

Across the UK Home-Start is working to support vulnerable children and their families.

Our volunteers are working with families to help children like Daisy, Thomas, Lucy and Zoe, whose mum Becky desperately needed help when her mental health problems meant she was finding it just too difficult to cope.

Becky’s Home-Start volunteer spent around two hours a week with Becky and her children in their home. She helped Becky attend medical appointments, make calls to pay bills and supports her through crises.

It has been a long road, but both Thomas and Daisy and are no longer considered 'at risk', while Lucy has been moved down to the child in need register. There is still a long way to go for these vulnerable children, but through supporting their mum to be a good parent, Home-Start has changed their lives.

As you enjoy Christmas today, please remember those families for who today is not the day of joy it is for most of us, and please make a donation and support our Snowflake Appeal so we can make their 2016 more enjoyable.

If you feel as if you would also like to do more to help transform the lives of families, why not set up a monthly direct debit so you can help a family over a whole year? Even a small donation each month can make a big difference. Please click here to find out more.