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REQUEST HELP

Hello

 

We're guessing you're here because things have become difficult financially and you need some extra help. We completely understand. So many of us who work and volunteer at First Days understand how it feels to not be able to make ends meet financially and what it feels like to be overwhelmed. You are not alone. 

We can offer you help in a number of ways. There are lots of ways we can support you practically with those expensive essential items that your family needs like School Uniforms, laptops for learning and anything else for school, beds and bedding, baby clothes and equipment and much more. 

We can also help you find other support you might need. When you get in touch with First Days, using the form below, one of our Family Support Team will talk to you to find out how we can help and can expertly advise you on what other support is on offer in our community. 

We want you to feel confident that calling us is a great step to reducing that overwhelm, or getting help with things that feel too expensive to face. 

We would rather not be here - it's not fair that you can't afford everything you need for your children, and we will be campaigning for fair wages, proper state benefits and a society that is fair until we are no longer needed. 

Whilst we are needed, we will do all we can to help you - just fill in the form below. 

 

Emma - First Days Chief Exec

Our Family Support Team are not available until the 6th January. If your request is urgent, please do not fill in the form below, but instead email emma@firstdays.net. Thank you 

How we can help

Our Family Support Team are experts - trained to offer you support, both practically with access to all sorts of support in our community, and emotionally - they offer a listening ear, sound advice and one to one coaching.  

Fill out the form below to see what we can do to help. 

The essential items we offer for children: 

School Uniforms and Equipment:

  • School Uniforms

  • Laptops for learning 

  • School shoes and trainers 

  • PE Kits and sports stuff

  • Bags, bottles, stationery and more 

  • Holiday Food Vouchers

EVERYTHING for a new baby

  • Baby clothes

  • Cribs, cots, bedding and blankets

  • Toiletries and nappies 

  • Bouncy chairs, play gyms

  • Feeding equipment and much more! 

  • Prams and pushchairs 

Other Essentials:

  • ​Energy saving items

  • Blankets and other items to keep you warm 

  • Winter Coats

  • Toiletries

  • Stair Gates

  • Highchairs

  • Bed guards

  • Play pens & much more 

  • Beds and bedding (including single beds) 

FOOD

  • You might be eligible for membership at our community supermarket - Roots. 

Please note that we can only support families who live in Wokingham Borough Council, Reading Borough Council or Bracknell Forest Council areas. If you do not live in any of these areas please contact your local authority or local Citizens Advice service. 

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