'Kind strangers gave my son a bed because I couldn’t afford to buy one – I’m a working single mum, it’s embarrassing'
- saving her around £50-£100 a month. Without it, she wouldn’t be able to afford these items at all.
“We live in a one-bedroom flat and it’s electricity throughout, so in the winter our monthly bills can be as high as £700 - an amount I would not be able to afford without the help of the baby bank,” she says.- Baby banks provide essential items for babies and young children whose parents are living in poverty – including nappies, wipes, clothing, bedding, Moses baskets, cots, blankets, toys and books.
“If the baby bank didn’t exist, I would have been faced with the impossible choice of paying for electricity or feeding my son.
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