Here’s a quick look back over the numbers for 2024.
We’re so pleased to have been able to help so many families with essentials, clothes, toys and more. Behind the numbers are the families we meet and the stories of the individual parents and children. There are so many experiences that bring people to our door, whether the hardship of life as a refugee, the loss of a partner who supported the family, the struggle of living without recourse to public funds, fleeing domestic abuse. We wish we could do more, but taking away some of the financial pressure and worry by providing items that families need is what we can do. There are also amazing stories of resilience and progress as we hear about children doing so well at school, parents finding work or going back to college, finally getting proper accommodation and so on.
And we can do what we do because of the generosity of the community who want to see their buggies and clothes reused by another family and who send us money or raise money for us by sponsored runs and all the other amazing efforts. Thank you to the other charities who support us with items they can provide and to the corporate donors who quietly donate tons of items we need. Thank you to the grant funders who enable us to continue to run and to plan for the future.
There’ll be more to do in 2025, you can bet on that.
If you’d like to help there are lots of ways, such as donating items, buying from our wishlists, sharing our social media posts, setting up a small monthly donation, coming in to volunteer. To find out more, don’t hesitate to get in touch on hello@hackneybabybank.com
Thank you all and here’s to 2025❤️