Make a donation

Please support us by donating money to allow us to continue our work.

£ 5 provides toys for families on visits.

£ 10 pays one morning’s rent for a group meeting.

£ 15 funds a volunteer’s first visit to a family in urgent need.

£ 30 gives personal support to a struggling family.

£ 50 pays for a volunteer to support a family for a month.

£ 100 helps to train another volunteer to bring friendship and support to many more families.

£185,000 is needed for us to be able to continue providing our current level of services for one year.

Donate On-line

You can donate directly via BT MyDonate. Just click on the logo, which will take you to our charity profile on their secure website.

Donate by post

If you don’t want to donate on-line, there are other ways you can give money to support us:

Send a cheque – Please send us your gift by cheque, made payable to Home-Start Crawley, Horsham & Mid-Sussex, and send it to the address below.
Set up a regular standing order – If you are interested in making regular donations, you can download our Standing Order Form (pdf, 209 kb) to complete. Then just return it to the address below.

If you also complete and return our Gift Aid Form (Word, 466 kb), we can make your gift go even further by claiming the tax back from the government.

Any donations can be sent to :

1st Floor Barton House
Broadfield
Crawley
West sussex
RH11 9BA

News & Events

Gatwick Diamond Business – Charity Challenge 2013

Each year, Gatwick Diamond Business holds an annual Charity Challenge, involving local companies to raise money in aid of their member charities.
This year, they came up with a unique idea for an exciting challenge that hoped to raise more money and involved more companies and individuals than ever before. So on Saturday 11th May, twelve teams in cars, plus one team who were travelling only public transport, held a 15-hour Manor Royal to Monaco race.
The teams have raised over £16,000 so far, which will be divided between all the charities, including Home-Start CHAMS.

1st Vol Drop In April 2013 011_crop

Volunteers ‘drop in’

All Home-Start CHAMS volunteers were invited to visit our offices on Tuesday 30th April to come along to the first of our new ‘drop-in’ sessions.
These are being organized as very informal gatherings where the volunteers have the chance to meet staff and other volunteers. Plus, of course, enjoy a drink and cake!
One of the home-visiting volunteers who came along commented that it was good to talk with volunteers who they’d never met before and to have the chance to learn from them.
The next drop-in session will be on Tuesday 28th May, from 10 am.

Eating Well Training - May 2013

‘Eating Well’ training launched

The first course for our new ‘Eating Well’ training was held on Wednesday 24th April and was declared ‘a success’ by the volunteers who took part.
The training helps volunteers working with families to pass on the understanding of what a good diet is for children up to 4 years old. It includes information on portion sizes, nutrition, fighting infections, vitamins and minerals.
Our thanks go to the volunteer who specially created and ran the training for us and to Cardinus Risk Management Ltd, who produced all the recipe cards for us to use in this initiative.
The course is a fantastic addition to our training programme and this should be the first of many sessions to deliver the information to our volunteers.

Runners with medals on beach

Congratulations to our Brighton Marathon runners!

We were thrilled to have 8 runners raising money on our behalf in this year’s Brighton Marathon, which took pace on Sunday 15th April.

All eight took on this challenge after months of training and managed to complete the 26.2 mile route in good times, finishing on the Brighton seafront. We would like send our congratulations to them all for this fabulous achievement.

Gatwick Diamond Business – Charity Challenge 2013

Each year, Gatwick Diamond Business holds an annual Charity Challenge, involving local companies to raise money in aid of their member charities.
This year, they came up with a unique idea for an exciting challenge that hoped to raise more money and involved more companies and individuals than ever before. So on Saturday 11th May, twelve teams in cars, plus one team who were travelling only public transport, held a 15-hour Manor Royal to Monaco race.
The teams have raised over £16,000 so far, which will be divided between all the charities, including Home-Start CHAMS.

1st Vol Drop In April 2013 011_crop

Volunteers ‘drop in’

All Home-Start CHAMS volunteers were invited to visit our offices on Tuesday 30th April to come along to the first of our new ‘drop-in’ sessions.
These are being organized as very informal gatherings where the volunteers have the chance to meet staff and other volunteers. Plus, of course, enjoy a drink and cake!
One of the home-visiting volunteers who came along commented that it was good to talk with volunteers who they’d never met before and to have the chance to learn from them.
The next drop-in session will be on Tuesday 28th May, from 10 am.