A FAMILY support charity has welcomed seven new volunteers.

Home-Start Wyre Forest has taken on the group after they completed a preparation course funded through a Comic Relief grant and administered by The Worcestershire Community Foundation.

The volunteers are now looking forward to being introduced to local parents with young children who are experiencing difficulties.

Belinda Darby,manager, said: “This Comic Relief grant has enabled us to ensure our volunteer capacity is maintained and that more local parents have the opportunity to gain new skills, recognise their own abilities and to be friend a family who are experiencing difficult times.”