# £80,000 fund launches to help families with school costs

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/01/26/80000-fund-launches-help-families-school-costs/
- Published: 2017-01-26T10:18:02+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**[Action for Children](http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/) and consultants [Turner & Townsend](http://www.turnerandtownsend.com/)
have launched a joint education fund to help families in need across the UK pay 
for school uniforms, textbooks, and school shoes.**

The £80,000 fund will provide grants of up to £50 per family for school essentials.
It has been set up through the charity’s partnership with Turner & Townsend, which
launched a year ago.

Turner & Townsend announced at the end of last year that it had raised £65,000 for
the fund in its first year: 30% above its target. The money was raised through staff
participation in a number of fundraising events including sponsored sleep outs, 
the London – Surrey 100 cycle challenge, and the Great North Run.

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Jon White, managing director for Turner & Townsend, said:

> “It’s a huge achievement to have raised £80,000 for Action for Children since 
> we launched our partnership a year ago. We know that more than one in four children
> in the UK now live in poverty, and this can have long lasting effects on their
> educational achievements. We’re proud to be helping make a difference to so many
> lives.”

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