Pilots of the Volunteers in Child Protection Scheme - run by volunteering charity CSV - have already helped 60 children in Sunderland and Bromley.
The scheme sees volunteers offer families support with everyday tasks, such as getting children to school and sorting out bills.
CSV is in talks with five local authorities about expanding the scheme and wants to get a further five involved by the end of 2008.
Jean Pardey, director of part-time volunteering at CSV, said: "Many families feel out of control of what's happening to them. The volunteers find some perspective in that."
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