Our Schools Partnership Scheme supports families through over 90 Northamptonshire Primary and Secondary schools.
Our charity runs a Schools Partnership Programme which supports over 90 Primary, Secondary, and Alternative Provision schools across Northamptonshire – and the families they serve.
By working closely with our school partners, who have a deep understanding of the unique needs and challenges within their communities, we ensure our services reach those who need them most.
Through this collaborative system, our schools identify families in need, and we provide tailored, specialised aid to support them through difficult times. From essential items to comprehensive support services, we empower children and families to navigate crises and work toward lasting, positive change.
We support all of our 90+ partner schools across the county with regular and emergency food parcels. These parcels are a vital part of many families’ daily lives, and ensure every child and their family is able to eat a filling, healthy meal. Our Food Parcels contain a variety of food items weighing in at between 13-15 kilos total. This includes foods such as pasta, rice, sauces, tinned goods, cereal and other snacks.
From purchasing, to packing and then eventually delivering, our amazing volunteers are at the heart of our work, making sure schoolchildren across Northamptonshire have access to the food they need. We provide food parcels on a regular basis to ensure children who receive free school meals are able to continue to eat over the school holidays. We also provide emergency parcels for families suddenly facing financial hardship and crisis.
We strongly believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support to fulfil their potential. Eating a healthy breakfast before the start of a school day is linked to increased energy throughout the morning, improved concentration and better test scores, a healthier body weight and higher intake of essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients.
The Breakfast Box Project provides schools with monthly supplies of nutritious breakfast items such as dried fruit, snack bars, fruit juices and cereals. These items are small enough to be kept in the classroom and discreetly given out by the teachers to those children who missed breakfast at home.
If you can help us to support schools in creating a healthier and happier environment for learning, why not sponsor a Breakfast Box?
We provide Northamptonshire schoolchildren experiencing poverty, crisis and disadvantage, with new school shoes, ensuring they have the comfort and confidence to reach their full educational potential.
Having worked alongside schools to support families in need, our charity has become increasingly aware of the struggles local school families face. Often, in times of hardship, families cannot afford even the most basic essentials. This means when the new school year rolls around, the pressure to purchase new uniforms for children can be immense.
We believe no child should face the discomfort of wearing unsuitable shoes. To ease this burden, we provide vouchers for families to purchase high-quality shoes in-store, allowing children to choose footwear that fits their unique needs (and style!). This approach ensures families can access durable, high-quality options that might otherwise be out of reach, reducing the need for frequent replacements which can become a financial strain. By providing this support, we enable local children to focus on their education without distraction, empowering them to step into the classroom with confidence and dignity.
Our charity provides essential tech items, such as laptops and tablets, to ensure that every child, regardless of their circumstances, has the tools they need to access a full education. Whether a child is away from the classroom due to illness, mental health challenges, a family crisis, or a fixed-term exclusion, they still deserve the opportunity to continue learning and accessing educational resources. We also recognise the importance of access to online resources for home-learning and homework, even for children who are able to attend school during the day.
By providing these devices, we aim to bridge the gap that many families unfortunately face due to tech items like these often being unaffordable. This ensures every child can fully engage with their education, both in and outside the classroom.
During festive periods, such as Christmas and Easter, we distribute additional goods to families in difficulty.
We provide donations of children’s toys, games, Christmas Turkeys, Easter Eggs, festive sweets and chocolates. At Christmas, we also provide vouchers for toy stores, which parents can use to purchase specific items on their child’s Christmas Wishlist.
These items can make an enormous difference for families facing poverty, crisis and hardship. Being unable to properly enjoy and engage in significant cultural events like Christmas or Easter can be detrimental to people’s mental wellbeing, leading to feelings of isolation, shame and sadness. Our goal is to ensure every family we support can still enjoy the festive seasons, no matter their circumstances.
Do you or someone you know need help and support to get through a difficult time? We know that asking for help is not easy, just complete our contact form and we’ll be in touch with more on how we can help.
