The Family Haven
The Family Haven is a small local charity based in Spa Road, Gloucester, which provides practical help and support to deprived and vulnerable families with pre-school children.
The Family Haven’s mission is to help vulnerable families with pre-school children a brighter future through providing a warm, caring and supportive environment where assistance and encouragement is available to help them to improve the quality of life of families in need, particularly the homeless or those living in unsuitable accommodation with pre-school children. To empower families to take a greater responsibility for their own well – being, to broaden positive life experiences, to improve the health including mental health of parents and children, to encourage development of new skills for parents and children, to encourage mutual support amongst the families, improve parenting skills, enabling parents and children to maintain a healthy diet, and to be a viable and sustainable organisation. Families living in B&B or unsuitable accommodation, those with mental health issues, victims of domestic violence and pre-school children with special needs – they all receive practical and emotional support.
