Baby Banks
The cost of bringing up a baby is rising. Parents need help
The cost of bringing up a baby is rising. Parents need help
The cost of essential newborn products has been rising for years with inflation, but things have grown substantially more expensive in the last few months
Baby banks are becoming ‘as normalised as food banks’ as 1,000 children a day need support
Baby banks are becoming ‘as normalised as food banks’ as 1,000 children a day need support
More than 1,000 children a day in the UK are being supported by baby banks, stark new figures have revealed
‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
A domestic violence survivor worried she would have to give her baby up for adoption when she was plunged into homelessness. A baby bank was a lifeline
I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials
I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials
Poverty doesn’t take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don’t either
Poverty doesn’t take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don’t either
Baby banks have quietly become a vital service for new parents – why have we allowed it?
Baby banks have quietly become a vital service for new parents – why have we allowed it?
Too many babies don’t have a safe place to sleep. This baby bank is trying to change that
Too many babies don’t have a safe place to sleep. This baby bank is trying to change that
Ukrainian mum who fled war dreams of buying Christmas tree and presents for her children
Ukrainian mum who fled war dreams of buying Christmas tree and presents for her children
Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember
Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember
‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year
‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year
Being pregnant during cost of living crisis made me depressed. Baby banks helped take the shame away
