The Family Counselling Trust Wiltshire has been awarded £6,600 from Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response Fund.
The grant will help pay the salary of its family liaison officer and fund courses of six counselling sessions for dozens of children aged between five and 18 from low-income families who are referred by schools, GPs and their parents.
'We are busier than ever' The trust’s chairman Dr Alison Sankey said the grant will make a "huge difference" and will allow it to cope with the additional demand.
“Since the schools went back in March we have seen referrals double and we are busier than ever," she added.