Thursday 13 December 2018

THE EMERGENCY ESSENTIALS PROGRAMME

Previously known as the Buttle UK Families Programme, the BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances.  
The programme provides items for the most basic needs of vulnerable children and young people who may be:
o Living in severe poverty and suffering deprivation as a result; and/or
o Affected by additional social issues such as domestic abuse, substance misuse, estrangement, disability or serious illness, mental health or behavioural difficulties, abuse or neglect.
Support is for:         

o Children aged under 18 years who are experiencing a crisis or emergency;
o UK or EU citizens who are normally resident in the UK;
o Where the child or young person's family do not have access to support and have insufficient resources to meet their needs;
o Where a child or young person's family are experiencing poverty or destitution or are in receipt of a means tested benefits.
Consideration may also be provided where a child or young person, or their family, have an asylum application under assessment or in circumstances where residency criteria is not consistent across the family unit.
Funding is available for critical household items as follows:
o Electric cookers;
o Essential household items, furniture and kitchen equipment;
o Clothing;
o Baby equipment;
o Fridges and freezers;
o Washing machines; and
o Children's beds and bedding, including cots.
Where possible, items will be provided directly rather than awarding a cash grant.
Applications must be made through an organisation that is supporting the family or young person and is capable of assessing their needs, and that can also administer the grant.
Funding is not available for :
o Children whose care is the responsibility of the local authority;
o Adults aged 18 and over;
o Families and young people who are non-EU residents on a student or work visa;
o Families or young people not normally resident in the UK;
o Payment of fuel/utility bills, council tax or rent;
o Payment of loans, debts or bankruptcy fees;
o Rent costs or deposits;
o Household repairs, adaptations or additions;
o Holidays, school trips or play schemes;
o Childcare, childminding or after school clubs;
o Children’s toys or Christmas presents;
o Specialist medical equipment;
o Computers, laptops or mobile phones;
o Televisions, DVDs or other entertainment equipment;
o Musical instruments;
o Driving lessons;
o General subsistence costs;
o Funeral costs (including the cost of a headstone); and
o Items solely for the use of parents, eg beds for parents.
Applications based purely on financial hardship will not normally be considered.
Applications may be submitted at any time.
Applications should be made online at the Family Fund Business Services website or by post in exceptional situations.
Contact details for the Fund are:
Family Fund Business Services 
Unit 4 Alpha Court 
Monks Cross Drive 
Huntington 
York 
North Yorkshire 
YO32 9WN 
Tel: 01904 550011 
Email: 
emergencyessentials@familyfundservices.co.uk
(Source:GRIN)

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