Meet the Funder: BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme

We are delighted to be facilitating our next Meet the Funder webinar in collaboration with BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme.
This one-hour free webinar will equip groups and organisations with the knowledge about the programme itself and how to join the network of referrers for the children, young people and families they support and work with, or know of through their work.

You can find out more about the programme itself by reading on below:

BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme

BBC Children in Need believe every child and young person deserves the opportunity to thrive and be the best they can be. Delivered by the team at Family Fund Business Services, the Emergency Essentials programme provides items that meet a child’s most basic needs, such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker to provide a hot meal and other items critical to a child’s wellbeing. Our dedicated suppliers work hard to get grant items out quickly to families. Everything is taken care of from – delivery, installation/build (furniture) to recycling of old white good appliances.

Emergency Essentials grants aim to alleviate the pressures associated with furniture poverty and the wider impact on a child or young person’s wellbeing. Growing up in poverty brings additional educational and health challenges, leading to significantly diminished life chances.

For any parent or carer, knowing your child will have a safe, comfortable night’s sleep or being able to prepare a warm meal for them and wash their clothes for school the next day, reduces parental stress and helps build better family relationships.

The programme has a growing network of referrers across the UK who regularly access these grants on behalf of the children, young people, and families they support.