Our community food store and supermarket voucher scheme ensures families won't go hungry.

We also open our kitchen to families, who having sought safety and asylum and are forced to live in unsuitable and overcrowded hotel accommodation for an extended period. This provides parents with the dignity of cooking a meal for their children.

We provide supported accommodation to young people (aged 16-24) experiencing homelessness, with round the clock care.

Our Family Centre has extended its opening hours providing: a safe place for children to take part in well-being and educational activities; warm meals for families and a place where parents receive support and can access advice.

As many people may no longer be able to afford home WIFI, our Digital Hub will allow children, young people and adults to study, learn or fill in online forms or job applications with our staff on hand to support them.

Our specialists team help people to access the information and support they need to reduce their stress and isolation. We help ease financial pressures.

As more people struggle to manage and face making impossible choices, our welfare and housing team ensure that low income families rights are represented so they can access financial assistance and secure housing.

We partner with organisations who provide advice around energy bills and money management such as Green Doctors.

The Resolution Foundation estimated that to afford the increase in energy bills in January-March 2023, the poorest fifth of households will have to cut back 24% of non-essential spending.

Plus housing benefit has remained static since the start of the pandemic.

Westminster suffers from a lack of affordable housing. 3,514 children in the area are living in temporary accommodation which can impact health, education and childhood development. 

This means they are more affected by price increases.
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Facing choices between food, heating, toiletries, school uniforms, work and childcare pushes vulnerable households over the edge and into a cycle of poverty.