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BBC Children's in Need's Emergency Essentials Programme, delivered by Family Fund, featured on BBC Morning Live about the families need with essential items ...

Your vital donations help families on low incomes, raising disabled or seriously ill children to receive essential grant items and improve their lives at home. As the cost-of-living crisis is having a huge impact on the families we support, needs for bed items and furniture are drastically increasing. [donate to BBC Children in Need to help more families with essential items](https://donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/). In that time, 40% of the applications included a request for bed items. [click here to register as a referrer and find out more about this programme.](https://www.familyfundservices.co.uk/emergency-essentials/) [The Emergency Essentials Programme](https://www.familyfundservices.co.uk/emergency-essentials/) supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances, providing essential items to ensure their basic needs are met.