HOME START EAST HIGHLAND (FORMERLY HOME START ROSS & CROMARTY)

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That this House congratulates Home Start East Highland on its recent Big Lottery Fund's Investing in Communities: 21st Century Life award of £513,212; notes that Home Start East Highland's five year project aims to develop and expand the current service to benefit isolated and vulnerable families across a wide geographical area around the Highlands of Scotland to provide practical and emotional support to any parent or carer with at least one child under eight; further notes that Home Start East Highland, as a registered charity, has been providing a home visiting service to young families in Easter Ross for 27 years and currently supports up to 90 vulnerable families a year in Easter Ross with funding by Highland Council, and 20 vulnerable families in Inverness West with funding from Public Social Partnership; recognises the valuable work this charity undertakes; and welcomes the news that this award will allow the charity's work to be extended to support an additional 55 vulnerable families, which will include 110 children and their parents.