What We Do
Supporting Families is at the centre of everything we do at First Days
Our Family Support and specialist Coaches empower and encourage parents who are struggling financially to find the support they need, grow in confidence, and create a life they are proud of. We walk alongside parents for as long as they need, offering emotional and peer support, helping them access other services, life changing coaching and access to our essential items projects if needed.
Our team knows how it feels to need help from a charity like First Days because they have been where you are. You can make contact with our Family Support Team by filling out this form.
Essential items for families
We provide School Uniforms, laptops and equipment for learning to children aged 4-18 and we have a baby bank, with everything you need for babies and into the early years. We also provide beds to children who don't have anywhere safe to sleep.
It's really important to us that parents have everything they need to meet their children's essential needs, and we do this by giving parent's choice and empowering them to access the support they need in a way that is dignified, kind and understanding.
Our Family Support Team are available to help you access these provisions if you need them.
Low Cost School Uniform
School Uniform is one of the biggest expenses for parents with school aged children. It comes at a time, often all at once at the end of the summer holidays, when money is tight for a lot of people. Additionally, a huge amount of School Uniform ends up in landfill and we believe that our environment deserves us giving good quality school uniform a second life.
Throughout the year we make school uniform available, from our shop in Denmark Street and in sales in the community throughout the year. To keep up to date with when we are open sign up to our newsletter and follow us on social media.
Working with our Community
We work closely with SHARE Wokingham and Wokingham Foodbank, alongside Wokingham Lions and other members of our community to deliver a community supermarket, offering a choice of low cost food to local people who need it.
A Christmas experience like no other - A Christmas Presence gives families the chance to experience all the joys of visiting Father Christmas, meeting animals, creating christmas crafts and receiving gifts, without the hefty price tag that so often comes with christmas events.
We love working with others in our community - we are stronger together.
Working to improve our Community
We are part of the Hardship Alliance, alongside Wokingham United Charities, Citizens Advice Wokingham, Age UK Berkshire and Wokingham Borough Council, working to improve the lives of Wokingham Borough Residents who are experiencing hardship and inequality.
