Wood Street Mission

Wood Street Mission is a childrens charity helping children and families living on a low income in Manchester and Salford. We provide practical support to help meet childrens day-to-day needs and improve their life chances. Through our project Family Basics we provide struggling families with childrens clothes, bedding, baby equipment, toys and books which are important for a childs wellbeing and development. We promote engagement in education by helping families with the costs of going to school through our Smart Start project and running Book Roadshows with local schools to promote reading and improve childrens literacy skills. Each year we launch a Christmas Appeal and distribute thousands of toys to families in need so that their children are able to unwrap presents on Christmas Day like any other child. We raise awareness about child poverty through our communications, holding events and giving talks at schools, businesses and groups. We help thousands of children and th...