Vote for Baby Basics and Help Families Provide for their Newborns and Children
This November you can help provide baby and childcare essentials to families in need across the UK with Baby Basics. They are one of the fantastic charities taking part in the My Favourite Voucher Codes charity poll this November, and they need your help to win a donation of 20% of our profits. Find out more below and see if Baby Basics get your vote!
Established in Sheffield in 2009, Baby Basics now have almost 57 centres across the UK, providing essential practical equipment to vulnerable families to support them with life with children from pre-birth to 5 yrs. This includes Moses Basket Starter Pack for a new born, prams, pushchairs, clothing, toiletries, nappies, cots, cot beds, toddler beds, toys etc.
They don't just donate useful items to people in need, it restores dignity to families who have lost their sense of it through domestic abuse, poverty or displacement.
In ensuring that every families has what they need to provide for their children they hope to relieve some of the stress and anxiety felt by parents and enable the professionals who work with them to do their jobs best knowing that Baby Basics have the practical essentials covered.
How does Baby Basics Work?
They provide support for any new families, parents or mothers who are finding it difficult to provide financially and practically for a new baby. This can include women who are fleeing from abuse, refugees, teenage mums or anyone struggling to provide for their little one.
Baby Basics involves people of all ages in the community, from children who donate their toys, to older people who knit blankets and baby clothes with as much love and care as if they were for their own grandchildren.
They pride themselves on being led by, for, and with the community and could not function without its amazing teams of over volunteers who work alongside our small staff team to carry out this vital work.
What Impact has Baby Basics Had?
In 2022 they supported over 43,000 children and their families.
- 1 in 140 babies born in the UK received a Moses Basket from a baby basics centres
- 840 children & their families supported on average per week
- 1 in 1000 children living in the UK aged 0-5yrs received support
Baby Basics Centres work through professional referral from health & social care with 73% of referrals are from statutory services with 27% coming from other charities.
How Will The Donation Help?
As we continue to come through the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and face the ongoing and developing cost of living crisis, Baby Basics is committed to doing all we can to help as many families as need them.
Who knows what the next 12 months holds for them and the families in each of their localities, but they know that the communities in each area will continue to support them in all they do.
With the rising cost of living and many people struggling to make ends meet, this charity is a vital service for many families.