Our work
Family support
Support for children, widows and widowers, older people, single-parent families, carers and vulnerable households.
Families absorb an enormous amount before they ask for help. By the time they do, the strain is rarely new — it has usually been carried quietly for months.
We work alongside families rather than over them, and we start from the assumption that they know their situation better than we do.
The challenge
Bereavement, illness, disability, separation and caring responsibilities all reshape a household's finances and capacity, often without warning.
Carers are the least likely of anyone to ask for something for themselves, and the most likely to reach breaking point unnoticed.
What we do
We offer practical and emotional support built around what a family actually needs, and we stay involved long enough to be useful rather than only long enough to be counted.
Support for children
Practical help and stability for children in households under strain.
Widows and widowers
Support through bereavement and the upheaval that follows it.
Older people
Practical help and company for older people, including those who are isolated.
Single-parent families
Support for parents carrying everything alone.
Vulnerable households
Help for households facing sustained difficulty.
Caregiver support
Support for the people who look after everyone else.
Family resilience
Building the capacity for a family to withstand the next setback.
Who this programme supports
- Children and young people
- Widows and widowers
- Older people
- Single-parent families
- Unpaid carers
- Households under sustained strain
What good looks like
These are what we are working towards, not achievements we are claiming. We will report against them once we have verified figures.
- Families stay together and stay afloat.
- Carers get support before they reach breaking point.
- Older and isolated people are known and not forgotten.
- Children experience stability during a difficult period.
Where we work
Locations are not yet published
Our impact
We have not published figures for this programme yet
Current projects
No projects are published yet
Stories from this work
No stories are published yet
Ways to help
- Give towards family support.
- Volunteer to visit or befriend an isolated older person.
- Partner with us as a school, church or community group.
Our other programmes
- Community careFood, clothing, household essentials and emergency support when a household cannot cover the basics.
- EducationSchool supplies, scholarships, literacy, digital inclusion, mentoring and vocational learning.
- Health and wellbeingHealth education, outreach, mental wellbeing, disability inclusion and help navigating services.
- Crisis reliefEmergency food, shelter support, disaster and displacement response, and help through recovery.
- Community developmentSkills, employment readiness, enterprise support, small grants and sustainable livelihoods.