Huddersfield charity achieves renewed Quality 4 Health and wellbeing accreditation
Award recognises the high quality of support to families
A Huddersfield-based charity, that provides families with confidential long term support through a network of expert trained volunteers, is celebrating achieving a renewed Quality 4 Health and Wellbeing award.
The award is recognition that Home-Start Kirklees has achieved an exceptional standard of health and wellbeing service delivery and has in place mechanisms to continually improve service delivery. The Quality 4 Health + Wellbeing accreditation requires organisational commitment, and devoted staff time to work through the quality areas, as well as gathering evidence and implementing changes and recommendations.
The award was received by Kerri Flanagan, Director of Home-Start Kirklees (pictured) and Debbie Winder, Deputy Director of Quality, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Kirklees and Calderdale Place).
Kerri Flanagan, Director of Home-Start Kirklees said: “We are incredibly pleased to once again receive the valued Quality 4 Health and Wellbeing Award. This award recognises the high quality support provided by our excellent team of staff and volunteers to families across Kirklees. We are proud to have achieved this award again, and we’re committed to continuing to strive for excellence”
Debbie Winder, Deputy Director of Quality, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board said “We are delighted to present this award to Home-Start Kirklees and recognise the work and commitment required to achieve this important quality accreditation which acknowledges the high standard of support provided to families”
Home-Start Kirklees helped 230 families with 343 adults and 489 children in 2021-2022. The local charity gives compassionate bespoke help to families on a wide range of issues including bereavement, postnatal depression, isolation, coping with multiple births, domestic abuse, loneliness, financial worries or helping out with a parent or child with disabilities.
For more information contact: Home-Start Kirklees, info@homestart-kirklees.org.uk, 01484 421 925. www.homestart-kirklees.org.uk
Home-Start Kirklees is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. Families struggling with postnatal depression, isolation, physical health problems, bereavement and many other issues receive the support of a volunteer who will spend around two hours a week in a family’s home supporting them in the ways they need.