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Baby Basics Leeds

Baby Basics is a charity which aims to provide much-needed baby essentials for needy and vulnerable families. We work with healthcare professionals to provide beautiful starter packs for new parents/mothers, which contain clothing, toiletries and essential baby equipment.

Baby Basics Leeds is a volunteer-led project based out of St Paul’s Church, and in partnership with many other churches and organisations around Leeds. We work mostly with refugees and asylum seekers, and teenage mums, but aim to provide as much as we can for anyone who is in need.

babybasicsleeds@stgeorgesleeds.org.uk

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Leeds Baby Bank

The Baby Bank offers a unique service to those whom have or are expecting children aged between 0-4 years and are struggling financially to meet their needs in the short term, this may be due to domestic Violence, immigration, benefit cuts or sanctions, illness or disability, there are so many reasons we receive referrals it would be impossible to list them all, but most of the referrals we receive are for service users whom are vulnerable and have no recourse to public funding.

We offer everything one might need for a child within the catchment age group, from food, sanitary products and nappies to pushchairs, cots and feeding equipment. Each referral is assessed individually by the referrer (social services, midwives, health visitors and so on) and the items requested are matched to that person’s immediate need. Our aim is to provide the item’s that often the food banks don’t have or have very limited supplies of. We aim to be not a long term support but a safety net for those awaiting applications, sanctioned or unable to apply for public funding.
Our unit is based at St Catherine’s Business Complex in Bramley, however, we are a city wide charity and there are drop off points for donations in various locations across Leeds.
In order to achieve this, we rely entirely on the generosity of the public, we always need donations of used products or new items such as food, toiletries, mattresses and car seats which we cannot provide second hand. All the details of items we need can be found on our website or on our Facebook page, where we often post updates on items we have run out of or have waiting lists for.
We also have a Go Fund Me page, where we welcome cash donations so that we can pay the bills on our premises and reimburse our drivers with fuel expenses. No one at the Baby Bank is a paid member of staff, all funds raised go directly to the upkeep and running of the baby bank. There are links to our Go Fund Me page available on our website www.leedsbabybank.org
We would like to also express our thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Baby Bank so far, whether it was a jar or baby food, your time or clothes your child has outgrown, without you the baby Bank would not exist.
We look forward to supporting families in need for as long as there remains a need for the service in Leeds.
Leeds Baby Bank was established in January 2017 by Co-Founders Chantal Nogbou & Lynsey Jayes, since then it has been run wholly by volunteers and has grown hugely in such a short time. We currently have two further trustees, Faye Freeman and Emma Cosgrove who have helped develop and manage the charity and its day to day running. We have 5 volunteers and drivers and are lucky enough to have the help of local companies on their team building days and work experience students from time to time. Everyone who volunteers for the Baby bank does so along side their own work and family commitments which highlight the enthusiasm and dedication of our volunteers and management. 
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OWLS Children’s Bereavement Service Leeds

 

OWLS – Overcoming Worry, Loss and Sadness – primarily serves children aged 4 to 11 and their families, who are struggling with grief.  There is no right or wrong way to grieve and different children will react in different ways

OWLS can help in a number of ways, including offering practical and emotional support, direct 1-2-1 therapy, schools workshops and peer activity days where affected children and their families can get together to share experiences and support each other.

The service is free of charge; OWLS is funded by donations to the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. 

Self-referral service so parents/carers can access OWLS without a professional referral.

Further detail and referral forms can be found on the OWLS website.

Tel: 0113 433 3737

Email: owls@janetomlinsonappeal.com

Website: https://www.janetomlinsonappeal.com/owls

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SELFA Charity

SELFA was set-up in 2007 as ‘Skipton Extended Learning for All’ (Registered Charity Number 1124020) by Chief Officer, Emma Pears. The Charity provided an inclusive holiday club and some holiday workshops for primary-aged children. Since then it has gone from strength to strength and now supports over 400 children and young people aged 4-19.

SELFA has a packed calendar, including a range of health and wellbeing programmes, peer support groups, targeted holiday workshops, trips and residential breaks.  In March 2017 ‘Skipton Extended Learning for All’ was incorporated as ‘SELFA’, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Registered Number 1169686).

Our vision
A community where all children and young people are celebrated and know they belong.

Our mission
SELFA is a charity that supports children and families experiencing vulnerabilities to build resilience, thrive and achieve.

Who do we support?
We receive referrals for children who are facing a range of adverse childhood experiences.  For those accessing our services in the last year:

46% had emotional/behavioural needs
22% had autistic spectrum disorder
21% had learning disabilities
17% are young carers
10% have physical health issues
They often have low self-esteem, lack confidence and are socially isolated.

Our social objectives for the children and young people we work with are to:

Encourage independence
Support positive relationships
Build self-esteem
Give children a sense of belonging
Build resilience
Promote aspirations

SELFA run a full programme of activities for school-age children (4-19) who live or attend school in North Yorkshire. This includes health and wellbeing programmes, peer support groups, targeted holiday workshops and trips & residentials.

Our current programmes are available here.

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