The purpose of this page is to be an area where parents and carers can access links to websites, apps, agencies that can support you and your family.

Here are some important links that can help:

Gateshead Family Hubs

Early Help

Early Help – advice and support for Gateshead families – Gateshead Council

Mental Health and support

Medical Advice and support

Practical and other Support

 

Feeding Families is charity in Blaydon providing support through emergency food boxes and hygiene packs to those experiencing food poverty.  We can request support for our families in school as and when support is needed, either as a one-off or on a more regular basis.  Feeding Families offer vegetarian, gluten free, halal, low cook and essentials boxes.  They will do their best to accommodate requests for male/female hygiene packs and household cleaning packs.  Parcels will be available to collect from the school office between 8:30am and 4:00 pm.

 

The Trussell Trust is an anti-poverty charity and community of food banks providing practical support to people who can’t afford the essentials, and campaigning for a future where none of us need to use emergency food to get by.  We can request e-vouchers to access your nearest food bank (maximum of 3 within a 6-month period) to support our families in school.

 

Food Waste Action

Did you know that over a third of all food produced is lost or wasted, contributing to over 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions?! Here are some ideas for what you can do to mark the week:

  • Download OLIO and Too Good To Go apps: help save waste in your community and bag some great deals and good food!
  • Go to the Love Food Hate Waste website for a whole host of tips, recipes, and advice about good food habits and reducing food waste at home: their recipes section is particularly good, you can just type in the ingredients you have to search for recipes.
  • This year’s campaign is about buying loose: if you buy loose, you are more likely to only buy what you need so not waste. Share Love Food Hate Waste’s social media campaign posts throughout the week: #FoodWasteActionWeek hashtag.
  • Support Gateshead’s organisations who rescue food from going to waste by volunteering, donating, or shopping with them: including Fareshare North East, Pickle Palace, Winlaton Centre, The Bank Chopwell, Gateshead Big Local, Refuse, Strathmore Road Methodist Church, Blaydon Community Larder, Gateshead Community Organisation, Embells.
  • When you next do a food shop, ask the manager whether they donate their surplus food to local organisations: most retailers now have the infrastructure and policies to do so but some store managers still need a nudge or help to connect with local groups who will take the food. To smaller shops, restaurants and cafes: they could use Too Good To Go or OLIO.
  • Share any of the above with your community, get the conversation going and share tips with each other! If you post anything on Facebook please tag Gateshead Food Partnership so that we can share it.