Hey everyone 

I just joined here today I used to sing semi professionally a few years ago but lost my way with things and now I'm very rusty with my vocals... Could anybody give me any advice on what I would need to get to create a little mini home studio that's simple to set up and use? Also song writing and production is something I would love to explore as well any help and advice would be great 

Welcome, Nicole!

The quickest (and cheapest) setup would be downloading a free Digital Audio Workstation (recording/editing software) like Audacity and buying a USB microphone like the AT-2020 (not an ad - this comes highly recommended by many semi-pro singers with home studios and it's under $200). 

For production tips and instruction, I follow Recording Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/user/recordingrevolution.

And here are some resources on songwriting for you: https://www.30daysinger.com/forums/discussion/songwriting/resource-list-songwriting-for-beginners-live-lesson.