Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme featured on BBC Morning Live
In an open letter sent today to the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt MP, over 100 non-profit organisations across the UK have joined together to call for more targeted support in the form of a social tariff for the energy market to help older and disabled households heat their homes.
The BBC Children’s in Need’s Emergency Essentials Programme, which Family Fund delivers, was highlighted in an emotional appeal on BBC Morning Live on Monday 24 October 2022.
Mr Motivator visited our headquarters in York last week. He met with Gemma Walker, Partnerships Manager for the programme, and Emma Walton, our Referrer Engagement Officer. Together, they discussed the scheme and how it support families by providing essential items such as beds and cookers.
Watch the full TV interview on BBC iPlayerThe Emergency Essentials Programme supports children who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances, providing essential items to ensure their basic needs are met.
Since we started delivering the programme in 2018, we have delivered over 64,000 Emergency Essentials grants to families who needed it the most. 40% of the applications included a request for bed items. As the cost-of-living crisis is having a huge impact on the families we support, needs for bed items and furniture are drastically increasing.
In the last two weeks alone, we have granted 231 bed items for children across the country.
This programme for emergency essential items focuses on providing a safe space for children to sleep at night. It can also provide house essentials such as cookers, furniture, fridges, or washing machines.
Supporting families
If you are a professional working with children and young people in a crisis, you can register as a referrer and find out more about the programme here.
How you can help us support more families
You can donate to BBC Children in Need to help more families with essential items.
You can also support us at Family Fund by clicking here to donate. Your donations help families on low incomes, raising disabled or seriously ill children to receive essential grant items.