Baby bank opens bigger premises to meet demand – BBC News

by Wendy Middleton
BBC News, Yorkshire

Baby Basics UK, which provides practical essentials to families with children between 0 and 5 years old, has moved to Albion House, in Savile Street, Sheffield.

Since 2019 it said demand for help had risen from an average of 80 referrals per month to around 270.

CEO Cat Ross said: “The massive difference for us is that we’re all on one level, which means that our wonderful team of 70-plus volunteers are not having to climb up and down multiple stairs – so it’s just enabling us to be far more efficient.”

“It means we have more space to take in larger items like cots and prams in bigger quantities each week through donations from members of the public,” she added.

Read the full article on BBC News here – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c890gv5j0dvo

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