Families charity Home-Start Wessex is delighted to welcome Harkwell® as the latest official supporter of its 30 for 30 campaign.
To celebrate 30 years of supporting local families, Home-Start Wessex has launched a search for 30 businesses to support 30 local families. By pledging to donate £960, each company can support a struggling family and make a positive, significant difference in a child’s life. £960 is the amount it costs the charity to help a family for 6 months to get back on their feet.
Home-Start Wessex offers friendship, practical support and emotional advice to parents in Dorset with at least one child under 5 when they are in crisis, providing specialist groups and one-to-one home visits. Families are experiencing various issues such as poor mental health, disability, domestic abuse, bereavement, isolation, multiple births or family breakdown.
For twenty years, Harkwell®, a family-run business based in Poole, Dorset, has been a leader in label and pouch solutions. They utilise state-of-the-art equipment and premium materials to create vibrant, durable labels and packaging solutions that make a lasting impression.
Darren Lewis, Community Fundraising and Events Officer at Home-Start Wessex, said, “We are incredibly grateful to Harkwell® for their support of our 30 for 30 campaign. Their backing helps us take a big step toward our goal of reaching 30 businesses pledging to donate £960 each to support 30 local families in crisis.
We believe that parents are key to a happy and secure childhood. We know our support makes a life-changing difference. But our support is more in demand than ever, and we need companies to help us continue our work to give children the best start in life.”
Home-Start Wessex has already welcomed several companies on board to support the 30 for 30 campaign, including Holt Recruitment, Saffery Bournemouth and Town & Country Communications. Each contributing company will be invited to a special end-of-year 30 for 30 campaign event, where they will be introduced to other socially aware businesses and have the opportunity to promote their positive contributions to the local community.
Over the last year, Home-Start Wessex has transformed 1,716 lives, helping a record 526 families. Their reach covers the Purbecks, Swanage, Weymouth, Dorchester, Bridport, the whole of the BCP Council area, including Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch, across the borders of Hampshire and Wiltshire, going as far north as Cranborne and Fordingbridge and as far east as New Milton – a huge area with a population of over 650,000, including many pockets of high-level deprivation.
To pledge your support for the 30 for 30 campaign, email darren@homestartwessex.org.uk or visit https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/hsw30for30.