Supplied Sarah was able to provide a bed for her child and put food on the table over Christmas thanks to the kindness of strangers. AdvertisementLast Christmas, support workers from Action for Children were able to provide Sarah with a £250 supermarket voucher, as well as a brand-new bed and mattress for her daughter, through the charity’s Family Fund. “Being able to give my child her own bed to sleep in was the best Christmas gift I could have asked for,” Sarah said. A quarter of applications for crisis help came from working families (25%). One family support worker said they helped a family whose nine-year-old was sleeping in a toddler bed as they weren’t in a position to buy a single bed.

Source: Huffington Post December 14, 2025 07:43 UTC