Help During Christmas & New Year
We will be adding any other related Christmas support services that come to our attention in the run-up to and during the Christmas & New Year season. Visit this page again for updates.
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Money Advice Service – Christmas Money Planner
How are you planning to pay for Christmas? From presents to food, the costs can add up quickly. Using The Money Advice Service Christmas Money Planner will help you set a budget for the festive season.
Labour pledge to end food bank use just 3 years after taking power
Labour has set a dramatic target to halve food bank use a year after Jeremy Corbyn enters Downing Street. And the party will aim to end the need for food banks completely within just three years of office.
Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market 2019
The city’s renowned Frankfurt Christmas Market will mark its 20th year in Birmingham when it returns next month. The popular market will open on Thursday 7 November, filling New Street and Victoria Square for six weeks.
Christian charity says churches are filling hunger gap government should be preventing
Human Rights Watch have released a new investigative report which says that tens of thousands of families in England have been left without enough food to eat, apparently because of Government welfare cuts.
Universal Credit has led to people using foodbanks and parents can’t afford to feed their children
“It’s not easy for someone to ask for help and it’s not easy for someone to say ‘I can’t feed myself’.” Those are the words of one worker at a food bank in Essex. She sees people walk in every day in a desperate situation.
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