Day One Trauma Support Winter Appeal 2026: Vital Support for Trauma Survivors

Feed a family in crisis this Christmas

When someone you love is in critical care, time stops for the whole family. But the bills keep coming, and that’s no different at Christmas.

Families hit by life-changing injury can face financial hardship overnight. Income can disappear as people take time off work to recover or stay by a loved one’s bedside. Many of the families we support will struggle to put meals on the table this winter.

Day One Trauma Support is the only UK charity providing emotional, practical and financial support to survivors and their families, from the hospital bedside and beyond.

Our Hardship Fund sends food vouchers directly to families whose lives have been turned upside down by a life-changing injury, so they can focus on recovery rather than where the next meal is coming from.

Demand is rising. Between April and September 2026 we sent £28,020 of food vouchers to families, an increase of 50% on the previous six months. Winter will push it higher still, with rising fuel and heating costs on top of everything else.

Every gift to our Winter Appeal goes directly towards the Hardship Fund.

Donate today and help a family restock the cupboards, put food on the table and focus on what matters most.