General Support - The Courtney Foundation

Find financial relief

Reduce food worries

Source clothes and equipment

We’re supporting people facing financial challenges in Luton. We can provide information, connect you to services, and help you complete tasks to help reduce your ougoings and increase your income. Please find out more below and contact us using the contact form on this page.

Examples of what we may be able to help with:

applying for benefits
accessing hardship grants
household budgeting
food budgeting
finding cheaper energy options
making referrals eg. for food or housing support
identifying local food projects eg. free meals or pantries
sourcing clothing or essential household equipment
becoming ready for work eg. CV writing, looking for work and preparing for interviews
identifying and connecting to other kinds of support eg. health and wellbeing or family activities

We can inform you of your options and support you in the decisions you make, including completing certain tasks.

Support Contact Form

Please complete this form and we will be in touch to arrange an initial session to see how we may be able to help you.

Note: Please tell us your availability below. This is is not your appointment time. You may be offered a 1 or 2 hour session within the time frame given. If you cannot meet us during these times we may be able to offer an alternative.

Today's date*

Your name*

Your email*

Brief description of the support you need*

Your availability to meet in-person*

Please tell us any acessibility requirements you have eg. if you are unable to walk up stairs or can't travel. This is so we can arrange a suitable meeting location and format.*

Are you happy for us to keep your details in line with our Privacy Policy in order to offer you support?*

Yes

What to expect next

Registration and initial assessment

This will tell us what help you require and what support you could benefit from.

Understanding your options

Some tasks might be straight-forward, eg. helping you to complete an application form. If it's not so straight-forward, we'll help you to understand your options.

Supporting you in your decisions

You will decide what kind of support you'd like to access (eg. from the list above). We can't tell you what to do, but will support you in your decisions if we can.

On-going support

We may have several meetings where we help you complete certain tasks. We might also agree that you (or your Support Coordinator) will complete tasks outside of those meetings.

Interim and evaluation assesments

We will do other short assessments to understand how our support has helped you and how it can improve.

Questions?

Please check the following questions, and contact us at support@thecourtneyfoundation.org if you have any other queries.

Do you give cash grants?

No, we don't distribute cash grants ourselves, but we may be able to help you apply to other organisations for hardship grants, if you are eligible.

Do you provide clothing?

Yes, we can provide you with clothing bundles for babies and children. We may be able to provide some items of adults' clothing too.

Can you help with job applications?

We can't write job applications for you, but we can help explain what things mean and help you explore how to communicate your skills and experience.

Do you provide food?

No, we don’t distribute food ourselves, but we may be able to help you find places to get food packs and hot meals.

Can you provide household furniture and appliances?

Yes, depending on your circumstances and our current funding, we may be able to provide household equipment, or help you apply to other organisations for help.

One-to-one support