Baby Basics Liverpool
Welcome to Baby Basics Liverpool: a volunteer-led baby bank supporting infants and parents experiencing hardship.
Working closely with health professionals and other agencies, we provide new and excellent quality preloved items for infants whose families are struggling to cope with the financial and practical challenges of caring for a baby. Items include: Moses baskets filled with essentials, nappies, clothing, toys, toiletries, and equipment like prams & cots.
Our vision is for no infant to be without the essential items and equipment they need to be safe, happy and to thrive.
About Us
In 2015 Baby Basics Liverpool was formed as part of Freedom Church Liverpool when we were made aware of a crisis in provision for vulnerable mums and babies.
We collect donations of new and pre-loved 0-2yr old essential baby items, such as Moses baskets or cots, bedding, baby clothes, nappies, toiletries, books and toys, highchairs, sterilisers, prams and more. These are gifted to local families experiencing hardship, for whom these items are classed as luxuries when faced with choosing between eating, heating their home, or being able to buy items for their baby.
Since 2015, our volunteer team has completed over 2800 referrals and the number of children we support monthly is regularly increasing. In 2024 we supported 668 children, helping to give them a better start in life!
Meet the Team
Baby Basics Liverpool is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable in our city.
Volunteers collect and sort donations, assist with administration, check equipment is safe to use, pack referrals and raise vital funds. We will always respond as quickly as we can to referrals.
Connect
Awarded a National Lottery Community Fund of £20000!
This incredible funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, to cover the period of April ‘25 – March’27, enables us to continue our provision of essential baby equipment to struggling families.
Get Help
We work on a referral basis which means requests for support are made solely by health professionals or organisations.
We primarily support families with children from pre-birth to 2 years of age.
Families
If you are a family living in Liverpool and need support with essential items for your children aged 0-2 years old then we can help you. (We sometimes have items up to 4 years of age.)
Please contact one of the following professionals who can make a referral on your behalf: your midwife, health visitor, social worker, welfare support, housing worker, child’s nursery, school, GP, or children’s centre.
Once we have received the referral we will contact the Health Professional when your items are ready for them to collect them. We do our best to provide everything you need, depending on what we have had donated. There is sometimes a short waiting list for larger items like cots and prams.
Make a Referral
A referral can be made by any health professional or charity who have identified a family who are struggling to provide the essential equipment for the mother, new baby or existing children. Please download our form below, complete it in full and email it back to us at babybasicsliverpool@gmail.com
We require the referrer or a colleague, (not the client), to collect the items themselves from our unit in The Big Yellow Storage Unit, L13 5TF once it is ready. We will endeavour to provide everything requested but this will depend upon what we have had donated at that time.
Give Help
See latest donation list
Donating secondhand items
The majority of what we provide are high quality second hand items and we love to reuse as much as we can to prevent them going to landfill. We are enormously grateful for all donations of items we need.
Each week we update a ‘Weekly Wanted’ list on our Facebook page and Instagram with the items that we are more in need of due to high demand or our stocks running low. Please check this before donating.
We ask that all second hand items that are donated are washed and stain free. If possible, please sort any clothing into sizes, in labelled bags, as this will really help to speed up our processing.
Please note that we cannot accept any items that are broken, missing parts or need excessive cleaning.
Donating equipment
Please only donate the items listed below:
What we CAN use
- PRELOVED:
- Moses Baskets and stands (clean covers / dispose of mattress)
- Baby baths
- Newborn prams (singles and doubles – fully functioning)
- Cots, cotbeds & covers (dispose of mattress)
- 0-2 year clothing
- Winter coats for newborn
- Muslins
- Scratch mitts, socks, bibs and booties
- Newborn blankets
- Changing bag (dispose of pre used change mats)
- First books (for bonding)
- First soft, sensory toys
- Newborn sling with instructions
- Play gym mats
- NEW:
- Toiletries for baby: shampoo, body wash and lotion
- Toiletries and treats for mum: shampoo & conditioner, soap & deodorant, toothbrush & toothpaste, maternity pads, breast pads, chocolates, etc
- Packs of size 0- size 2 nappies (any brand)
- Packs of baby wipes or cotton wool
- Changing mats
- Nappy bags
What we CANNOT use
- Electrical items like baby monitors or sterilisers
- Next to me cribs
- Travel cots
- Second hand mattresses for a Moses Basket or cot
- Formula
- Used safety gates or safety equipment
- Baby food
- Stuffed hand knitted toys without a safety label
- Talc
- Used feeding bottles, dummies or breast pumps (new are fine)
- Medication
- Car seats
- Maternity clothing
- Large baby toys (e.g. jumperoos, doorway bouncer chairs)
Donating new items
You can donate new items in the following ways:
- Buy and drop off items to us (see address below)
- Buy from our Amazon wishlist
- Buy from our forCommonGood list: https://www.forcommongood.co.uk/apps/giftregistry/find?name=Baby+Basics+Liverpool
Donating financially
Regular or one-off
Regular or one-off
Essential funds are always needed to continue the vital work we do. Funds cover our rent, wages for part-time staff, resources we are short of for referrals, and general day to day running costs for Baby Basics Liverpool.
If you wish to support us financially please email babybasicsliverpool@gmail.com for our bank details and gift aid form.
We also welcome community or work fundraisers so do get in touch if you have an idea.
How can you get involved?
We love partnering with individuals, community groups and businesses across Liverpool to be the ‘village’ supporting these young families.
- Like, share and follow our Social Media pages, to help spread the word about the donations we need. This will reduce landfill and keep our costs down
- Tell others about us
- Volunteer – get in touch to see if we have any vacancies
- Fundraise
- Donate (see above)
- Knit – we need numerous newborn blankets and cardies