There's a hot chocolate and bronkies sale at break time led by the Local action team in support of Friends for Families who support local families in a diverse range of ways! 🍫🫕 Friends For Families

After housing costs, some of the poorest UK households will be required to pay two-thirds of their income on energy costs in 2023/24. welfareweekly.com/2022/07/21/poo… via @Welfare_Weekly

Sevenoaks Panto will this year team up with a trio of top Sevenoaks charities; @SevenoaksLarder thehygienebank and Friends For Families

In light of the new energy price cap estimates, Jonathan Bradshaw 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…

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

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…

We're very grateful to Manak Solicitors 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.

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

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

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

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…

📚 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 The Little Edi Foundation and Friends For Families who are supporting those struggling with this cost. #Charity

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

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! 👍

Please share in solidarity: The Home Office 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/