Last week Baby Bank Network Bristol reached a monumental milestone: our 10,000th family bundle delivered. Since our inception in 2015, we have distributed over 411,000 essential items to families experiencing poverty or crisis across Bristol. Bought new, these items would have been worth nearly £3 million.
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Today is National Play Day UK and this year’s theme is ‘Playing on a shoestring – making every day an adventure’. Here at Baby Bank Network Bristol we know just how important play is for young children, and that play doesn’t need to cost the earth. We asked Louise King, one of our wonderful toy room volunteers and mum of two, to tell us about what play means to her.
Here at Baby Bank Network Bristol we are incredibly excited to be part of Sparks Bristol – a new sustainability, creativity and education hub opening in the centre of Bristol on Saturday 13th May.
Today is International Women’s Day, a chance to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness about discrimination and work towards gender equality.
Last year, we distributed 142 mattresses for cots, cot beds and cribs, and a further 97 mattresses for Moses baskets at a cost of just under £5,000
‘A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities’, said Eda J. LeShan. This is certainly true normally, but where we are now, a new baby can also bring anxiety and stress. Usual comforts and safe places may not be an option due to Covid-19.