The Family Support Project has developed over more than ten years to help improve the circumstances of local school children whose education is adversely affected by exceptionally difficult family circumstances.
These include illness, domestic abuse and sudden emergencies. It also supports groups such as young carers. It operates through Home School Link Workers attached to schools, making use of funds donated by local Christian businessmen to buy items such as school uniform and shoes, pay for school trips the child would otherwise miss, or contribute to the household by buying basic food or new bedding for the child. The project works with and supplements assistance from formal agencies such as Social Services. By giving freely and immediately, this project helps demonstrate Christian love to the children and their families. This project is supporting families in 8 schools in and around Farnham and many individual gifts continue to be made.