Friends For Families

Please share in solidarity: The @ukhomeoffice Flexible Fund is now open for applications – offering one-off payments to survivors over 16 to help them flee #DomesticAbuse & secure a better future. Applications via member services & our delivery partners: womensaid.org.uk/flexible-fund/

Please can you donate any of these items? 🙏 Our crisis-cupboard is running low. 😢 - We stock this to help our most vulnerable local residents when facing extreme hardship. We also provide personalised support to try and tackle the root cause. Please like & share to help us! 👍

More children expected to arrive at UK schools with dirty clothes and hair theguardian.com/society/2023/s…

📚 It's almost back to #school time! Having to buy a new school #uniform every few years is just not financially possible for many families, so we've awarded grants to fantastic #charities like @edi_little and @F4FSev who are supporting those struggling with this cost. #Charity

@Masonic_Charity @edi_little We've been spending your grant on exactly this right now. In recent weeks we've provided school uniform for children from several disadvantaged families, including ones that are domestic abuse survivors starting again in new homes and schools, thanks to you.

Charity says number of children classed as living in destitution has increased significantly in past year Full report here: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Thank you very much to the organisers of the @thenewbeacon Charity Golf Day! m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

@KnockholtCCC Thank you so much for your support, it means a lot to us.

We are delighted to be able to donate £500 to Friends for Families (@F4FSev), a charity supporting those in need across the Sevenoaks district. Find out more at friendsforfamilies.org.

We took a trip to King's Hill to meet the team at @wardsofkent who have given us a generous grant towards our work. Thank you very much!

🎤Are you a Kent charity that works to improve wellbeing in your community? You could be eligible for one of our grants of up to £10,000 - check by taking our quiz here: bit.ly/3i9UgpL #fundingopportunity #kentcharities #wellbeing

📣 There are just two weeks to go to apply for one of our grants! If you’re a Kent charity working to improve wellbeing in your community click here to read more about our grants: bit.ly/3JpXEaT #funding #communitygroup #kentcharities

@CitrusDavid A huge thank you to you all for your support with our Christmas Appeal! This year, more than ever, there are a lot of children to provide for and we're very grateful for your help.

A huge thank you to everyone who could make our Coffee & Cake morning today. We had a great time and got to meet the amazing Kelly and Hayley from @F4FSev . The work they do for vulnerable families in our local community is truly inspiring! #charity #friendsforfamilies #thankyou

We're very grateful to @ManakSolicitors for their support with this fundraising event for a second year. As a small charity embedded in our local community, the generosity of local businesses like Manak is vital to us.

Why not join us at the Heavy Horse Show in Shoreham tomorrow? Organised by the Sevenoaks Lions, there will be craft stalls, Classic Cars, Birds of Prey - lots for all the family. sevenoakslions.org/heavy-horse-an…

Fears of widespread child hunger spark calls for universal free school meals in UK theguardian.com/business/2022/…

Wow, quite a response from Asda. We're trying to buy food for vulnerable families but their website's glitching. Will they help us? No - they say to just keep trying online in the hope that the website problem gets fixed!

@AsdaServiceTeam I would really appreciate a reply to my DM: it's not the first time we've had problems with your website + your customer service response is once again not helpful. We're trying to feed vulnerable families, please don't make it so difficult!

In light of the new energy price cap estimates, @ProfJBradshaw and Antonia Keung have updated their modelling and added other thresholds. In January, they estimate that 11.7% of households will be spending MORE THAN 30% of their net income on fuel. cpag.org.uk/news-blogs/new…

@BritishGasHelp The account is open, I can assure you. I will DM you the account number but I hope you will investigate why your customer service operatives are giving inaccurate information and obstructing third party payment.

@F4FSev Hi, I am unsure on why this would be advised, If you can send over the customer number I can check to see if the account is open and also provide the number needed for the payments. Owen

@BritishGasHelp we sometimes help struggling families by paying into their energy account by phone. Never had a problem with any company until today, when you told me the client has been migrated onto a new system and third party payment is no longer possible. Really?