Christmas can push families already living on the edge into crisis. Across the North East, parents are choosing between food, heating, rent and bills, while children feel the worry around them. Hunger brings shame, anxiety and isolation. For families facing domestic abuse, homelessness, benefit delays or sudden loss of income, one food box cannot solve poverty, but it can stop a family going without, create breathing space, and remind people they are not alone at the hardest time of year.

Feeding Families works through 200+ trusted partners already in people’s lives, including schools, housing teams, NHS services, domestic abuse support and local charities. Families do not have to queue, travel or explain themselves to strangers. Food reaches them quickly and discreetly through someone they trust, alongside wider support that can help with safety, housing, health, benefits and stability. It is practical help, delivered with dignity, at the moment people need it most.