When I first made contact with Home-Start I knew I was at a point of withdrawal and felt quite isolated in dealing with my son’s difficulties on a daily basis. However with my volunteer’s support we have been able to chat, laugh and work through some of the problems I have been faced with. As well as being given the opportunity to catch up on a few errands while our volunteer is here, just simple things like making phone calls to change appointments can be a mammoth task in itself. What has also been nice is to see the interaction and relationship that has built between my son and volunteer and this has to be attributed to her great patience when working with my son. "Thank you again for the support you have provided both my son and I with, if we did not have such an organisation as yourselves then I know I would not be as able to cope as I do. I hope Home-Start and all your volunteers receive the recognition they rightly deserve for doing such a wonderful job. "