Give to someone in need
Acts 435 is about giving to people directly, to help them bridge the gap when they are facing a financial crisis.
Can you help a specific person in need?
Read stories of the applicants below and give as you feel able. Any amount will make a big difference to someone who is struggling.
You can instead make a general donation and the Acts 435 team will allocate it to the most urgent requests.
S is a single father with two children, aged four and nine. Due to genetic and health factors, the children suffer from incontinence at night which necessitates one child needing a new mattress and another child needing a full new bed. Father, who is not able to work and is on benefits, struggles with his finances and is receiving help to sort these out, and also support with budgeting. S can purchase these items from a local charity shop and would appreciate any help. Thank you.
Still £120 left to donate
Total needed £120S, who is suffering from anxiety and stress, is in temporary accommodation. The family are not eligible for the local welfare provision fund and are waiting for benefits to be processed. The property is over-crowded and mum and baby are sleeping on a sofa air bed with a puncture, causing sleepless nights. The bedding is worn and torn. The family are hoping to be housed soon.
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200E, who has mental and physical health difficulties, is a single parent of three children. The family was subject to a no fault eviction from their private rented home and were housed in their current accommodation by the council. They are dependent on Universal Credit and mum was recently sanctioned, due to not having access to her Universal Credit journal. E's washing machine is broken and she needs help to buy a new one.
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200Dad is a single parent looking after his four children. Safe Families are working alongside dad to complete general maintenance around the home and improve the conditions. The family, who are struggling financially, would really benefit from a replacement fridge freezer, as the current one is spilling water out at the bottom and leaking all over the kitchen floor. The freezer door is icing over and sticking shut so the family are unable to access their food. Please could you help?
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200Safe Families are supporting a newly blended family who have had to adjust really quickly to sudden changes as they have become a family of ten. The family are living in a three bedroom property and the youngest child, aged two, is sharing a bed. The family are struggling financially and we would like to support them by providing the youngest child with a new toddler bed, mattress and bedding. Please could you help? Thank you so much.
Still £105 left to donate
Total needed £165Dad is a single parent looking after his four children. Safe Families are working alongside him to complete general maintenance around the home and improve the conditions. This family, who are struggling financially, have two key stage 2 aged children who have an increasing amount of homework, with no technology to revise or research academic work within the home. They would benefit from a tablet to share between the girls. Please could you help this family? Thank you.
Still £125 left to donate
Total needed £125A is a single dad to three children aged ten, twelve and fourteen. He has always worked until a nasty fall has made it currently impossible to work. Dad is self-employed and is quickly running out of his savings. He will have no way of affording the children's school uniforms and shoes, and there are no items that can be handed down. The eldest two also need new blazers. Dad is at his wits end as to what to do. Please could you take some pressure off A, who is doing a great job?
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200K and her family, who are on a low income and struggling with debt, have had a problem with flees in her home. Their beds have had to be destroyed and they are currently sleeping on the floor. K, who has learning difficulties, did not ask for help as she thought she would be in trouble because of the poor living conditions. The school have been providing help, but please could we help with two beds?
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200H, an asylum seeking single mum of six, is living in the UK with three of the children, aged eight, eighteen months and three months old. She receives National Asylum Support Service (NASS) and housing at the moment. H is struggling to make ends meet and cannot work at the moment, due to her pending application. She needs financial support to buy milk, nappies and travel money to continuous hospital appointments for her older daughter, due to her physical health.
Still £200 left to donate
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