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Managing finances, food and wellbeing
Published
An update on new information to support families in Gloucestershire with cost-of-living concerns, activities and wellbeing during school holidays alongside details of free seminars around illegal money lending.
The Gloucestershire Family Support Guide
The Gloucestershire Family Support Guide connects families with useful resources locally, which can help with cost of living concerns, wellbeing and activities during the school holidays.
Gloucestershire’s Holiday and Activities Fund has produced this helpful booklet to guide and signpost families to access available food, activities and wellbeing, including:
- Free and low-cost foods
- Foodbanks
- Food support for under 4s
- More help feeding the family
- Physical activity guidelines
- Household support
- Welfare and health support
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Dental and oral health
- Adult Education in Gloucestershire
- Advice from the Government
To see copies of this booklet, please visit the Grants and Additional Help page in the Money and Financial Support category of Gloucestershire’s Local Offer, Support for Families with SEND
Food map
Gloucestershire is home to a rich network of community-led food projects. This new Gloucestershire Food Support Map helps bring these efforts together, making it easier for families to find support and helping partners understand the wider food system, coordinate services, and identify gaps.
Co‑developed with community partners, the map features over 115 organisations and offers an easy way for families to connect with the food support that best meets their needs. Support is organised using the Food Ladder model to help families find the support that best fits their specific situation:
The map is available at: https://www.feedinggloucestershire.org.uk/food-map/
If you belong to, or know of, a community food project who would like to feature on the map: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/njwvAfmS9x
Please visit the cost-of-living pages which is on Gloucestershire County Council website, detailing the support offered by each district.
Stop Loan Sharks
The Illegal Money Lending Team helps people who might find themselves in difficulty with loan sharks.
“I feel ashamed and embarrassed at having to need the money but also upset that I have been taken advantage of with the high interest rate. The threats to me and my family are really upsetting”.
Stop Loan Sharks is offering a FREE online, one-hour seminar (which are live, trainer-led sessions) called Could You Spot a Loan Shark?
Places are limited and to book, please follow the links below to Eventbrite.
MAY 2026
Wednesday, 13 May 10.00 – 11.00am
Friday, 15 May 10.00 – 11.00am
Monday, 18 May 10.00 – 11.00am
Thursday, 21 May 10.00 – 11.00am
JUNE 2026
Tuesday, 2 June 10.00 – 11.00am
Wednesday, 17 June 10.00 – 11.00am
Friday, 26 June 10.00 – 11.00am
Tuesday, 30 June 10.00 – 11.00am
For more information on Money and Financial support, please visit the Gloucestershire’s Local Offer, Support for Families with SEND