Our Impact
Here’s a taste of how we’ve helped you, and how you’ve helped us.
“The family hub has supported us with transitions between nursery and primary school and making sure everyone is supporting my son. Additionally to this, the family hub has supported with my daughter with safety around online use and health conversations and relationships keeping her safe with using her phone, explore emotional support services, morning routine with getting ready for school.”
A parent
I have gained confidence within myself as a new mum, as a partner to my other half, as a friend and as an individual. My daughter has been able to socialise, play with new toys and experience new sensory filled activities. I have been able to make new friends (after moving) and I now have a support network.”
A parent
“The course has made a massive difference to my approach to parenting which has made me understand my children so much better. I am able to remain calmer in challenging situations and I have noticed a real change in my daughter’s behaviour. Thank you for such a good course in a safe and supportive environment.”
A parent
April 2024 – March 2025
Here are some of our headlines
Adults and children supported by our service
Number of outreach cases during the year
Adults completing parenting courses
You said, we did
At Spurgeons, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to live a happy and hope-filled life, and that no child should face abuse, neglect or uncertainty. As a charity we have been in existence for over 150 years now, and in Wiltshire we have been delivering services for more than a decade, becoming part of the very community that we serve.
As a team we are here to make sure that every child has the best start in life, sometimes by providing services ourselves and sometimes by helping families to access our wonderful partners and the many excellent other services in Wiltshire.
We can only do this because of the funding we receive from Wiltshire Council and, quite rightly, we are responsible for providing evidence of the impact that we are making. This page contains just a taste of what we have achieved and what families have to say about our services.
Your Views
By telling us what you think of our services and what might be missing, we hope to make sure we’re doing the best we can. Please let us know how we are doing or send us ideas using the links below:
“[Our family hub practitioner] has been amazing to work with. She is such a wonderful, caring lady who really listened to me and understood my situation. She was always full of praise and gave suggestions that helped and encouraged me.”
A parent
“Empowered to know how to access help. Being signposted to the place where I could get school uniform, help with filling forms. I am able to recognise what healthy relationships look like, and prioritise mine and my children’s needs.”
A parent
“I have been able to share the course content with my husband and we have therefore had a more united front in our parenting. Together we have learned some new techniques for managing challenging behaviour.”
A parent
Good news stories
Our partnership with Wiltshire Council and KCA around the use of the Five to Thrive Trauma and Attachment approach in Wiltshire has meant that we have been able to create two new Five to Thrive groups – Five to Thrive Teen Approach, and Five to Thrive Primary.
How we’ve helped
We were able to increase the range of parenting groups on offer to include Time Out for Parents Teens, Time Out for Parents Primary, Time Out for Parents Teens SEND, Time Out for Parents Dads and Time Out for Parents Early Years. All accreddited programmes from Care for the Family.
Established community navigators across the county, supporting over 400 families with signposting, advice and through groups within libraries.
We completed a project with 4Youth (South West) to provide a community garden within Melksham.