Help with food, travel and school costs

• Food support
• Healthy meals on a budget
• Help with travel costs (and £2 bus fares)
• Help with school costs: meals, transport and uniforms
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Food support

Foodbanks:

If you need to get food for you or your family, there are a number of foodbanks in Adur and Worthing that can help. To find one that is local to you:

• Find your nearest foodbank

If you are pregnant or have children under the age of 4:

You can get help to buy food and milk:

• The Healthy Start Scheme - on the NHS website

Reducing food waste can help save money:

These websites offer advice, tips and recipes to help you save money and reduce food waste:

• Preventing food waste at home
• Love Food, Hate Waste website

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Healthy meals on a budget

UKHarvest:

Discover some of our favourite and most loved leftover food recipes for you to try at home:

• Recipes - on the UKHarvest website

You can also check out the:

• UKHarvest's Hairy Harvester cook along videos - on YouTube

British Heart Foundation:

Find information on seven days of healthy meals on a budget see:

• Seven days of healthy meals on a budget - on the British Heart Foundation website

NHS Better Health:

Healthy eating doesn't need to be dull. Whip up tasty, affordable family meals with easy step-by-step recipes for breakfast lunch, lunch boxes and dinner. See:

• Healthy recipes - on the NHS Better Health website

Also sign up here to 'Cook Together' and receive two tasty, healthy recipes with easy to follow instructions, and a shopping list of all the ingredients you'll need to cook a healthy meal every week, for four weeks! You will also receive some handy tips about healthier eating and how to be food smart when you're out shopping. See:

• Sign up here to 'Cook Together - on the NHS Better Health website

BBC:

The BBC have lots of recipes for £1 per portion, as well as family, couples, vegetarian and vegan recipe plans. They also have cooking energy-saving tips. See:

• Budget recipes and advice - on the BBC website

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Help with travel costs (and £2 bus fares)

Single bus journeys are capped at £2 until 31st October 2023 on most routes in West Sussex under the Department for Transport's Help for Households-funded Bus Fare Cap. After this, the bus fare cap will change to £2.50 for single tickets until 30th November 2024.

• £2 bus fare cap: A list of bus companies and bus routes included in the £2 bus fare cap scheme - on the GOV.UK website

West Sussex County Council's website (WSCC) has more help with travel costs including:

• Discounts on bus and coach travel for all ages - also includes £2 bus fares information
• Free older person's bus pass
• Free disabled person's bus pass
• Discounts on train fares
• Community transport providers
• Find help with transport costs - on the WSCC website

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Help with school costs: meals, transport and uniforms

If you have school age children and are experiencing financial problems they might be entitled to free school meals or help with school transport, see:

• Apply for free school meals - on the GOV.UK website
• Help with home to school transport - on the GOV.UK website

Most local schools, some charity shops and some local foodbanks also have second hand uniforms for sale at very low prices, or to swap, see:

• Get help with school uniform costs - on the GOV.UK website

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See also ... Cost of Living Helper

If you are worried about money there is a lot of help out there. Knowing where to start can be tricky, but in this tool you will find advice and handy tips about what you can do. It includes information about: paying for housing; paying your bills; paying for essentials (food, medication, transport); dealing with debts; and maximising your income. See:

• Cost of Living Helper website

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