Are you receiving benefits, pregnant, or have a child aged under four? You can apply for a free Healthy Start Card to buy healthy food and milk and collect vitamins. Visit the website to apply. Or speak to your doctor, midwife, or health visitor.

Rose Vouchers help families on low incomes buy fresh fruit and vegetables. Families receive £4 of Rose Vouchers for each child every week; or £6 if the child is under one year old. Children's Centres issue the voucher, ask staff if they are part of the scheme.

Age UK Lambeth and Carers’ Hub Lambeth are working in partnership to support to unpaid carers, while the person they care for is in hospital, and after their discharge. They will ensure you are connected to essential information and support for your caring role. The service is for unpaid carers, who either live in Lambeth or care for someone who does.

Carers' Hub Lambeth supports unpaid carers aged five upwards. They offer peer support groups for both young and adult carers, plus tailored support from the Carers Hub team.

FamilyLine can support adult family members via telephone, text, email and web chat. They can listen with your parenting questions or offer guidance other issues.

Free Cakes for Kids Lambeth provides free birthday cakes to families on low incomes across the borough. An organisation can refer you (e.g. advice centre, faith group, school, nursery, etc,.) Email or contact via website.

Get Rid of and Donate provide free clothing, shoes, and other living essentials for people in need. People can self-refer or be referred by organisations. Donations also welcome.

Kinship offers advice and support for kinship carers. Kinship care is when a child lives full-time or most of the time with a relative or friend who isn’t their parent, usually because their parents aren’t able to care for them.

Kinship Carers Cooking Club is a free, online and in person group where children and carers can cook a meal from scratch. See website for current sessions.

Telephone suppport and sign-posting for Portuguese people facing language barriers. Portuguese speaking.

Little Village is like a food bank, but for clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children up to the age of 5. They accept referrals from professional and voluntary organisations working with families in an official capacity. They accept donations of quality goods.

St. Michael's Fellowship offers a range of support to parents in residential centres and in the community. They offer support around relationship issues, parenting, domestic abuse, and much more.

The programme provides items for children like a bed to sleep in, a cooker to provide a hot meal, and other items or services critical to a child’s wellbeing. All applications must be made by a registered referrer.

Welfare Grants programme provides grants for essential personal and household needs to assist families and individuals with low incomes, particularly those living on benefits. Currently closed for remainder of 2024.

The Family Fund supports low-income parents and carers of a child disabled or seriously ill aged 17 or under. Deadline ongoing.

Lambeth Council's Emergency Support Scheme is open to residents with a household income of less than £30,000 per year or receiving benefits. Visit website for full details. Email for support to apply or apply online.

South London Relief in Sickness Fund provides one-off grants of up to £300 (average £130) for people who are mentally or physically ill or disabled and who are in financial need. The grants can be used to purchase items such as furniture, kitchen goods, clothing, holidays, etc.

Walcot Foundation offers grants to Lambeth residents on a low income towards a first degree or a vocational (work related) qualification. Eligible costs can include course fees; travel costs; books; special clothing; equipment; study/field trips and childcare.​ Visit website or call for more information.