Locations
HQ
Little Village Camden
Little Village Wandsworth
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wandsworth@littlevillagehq.org
Little Village HQ, St Mark's Church,
53 Rowfont Road, London, SW17 7AP
Little Village
camden
Little Village Camden
Wishlist October 2019
Wishlist October 2019
Items we need
We desperately need:
- Moses baskets, Travel Cots, Cribs, Cots and Cotbeds (don’t forget instructions and all the fixings please and sorry we can’t accept your used mattresses)
- Sheets for cots and cotbeds (please label their size!)
- Buggies for newborns, double buggies, strollers and buggy boards (including footmuffs and rain covers)
- Slings
- Sterilisers and breast feeding pillows
- Weaning plates and bowls
- Baby baths, bath supports and baby toiletries
- Changing mats and changing bags
- Fabric and Board books ONLY
- Baby monitors
- Playmats, play gyms, baby bouncer chairs
- Sanitary towels and breast pads for Mums
- Towels
- Winter jackets (boys and girls) for 0-5 years
- Clothes: Newborn, 0-3 months and 2 – 5 years ONLY (boys and girls) and good quality shoes.
Also in high demand:
- Potties
- Breast pumps (closed system only please)
- Highchairs and travel highchairs
- Baby bottles (teats must be new)
- Bibs and muslins
- Stairgates
- Dummies and teethers
Items we don't accept:
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- Large toys
- Open packs (nappies, breast pads, toiletries)
- Open system breast pumps
- Baby food or formula
- Maternity clothing
- Cot accessories (bumpers and mobiles)
- Door bouncers
- Car and bike accessories (including car seats)
- Changing units
- Nursery decorations (framed pictures, night lights)
- Nappy bins
- Religious or political themed items
- Pregnancy or Parenting books
- Chapter books
- Sleep positioners – e.g. Sleepyhead Pods or Cocoonababy Nests
- Unless they are in unopened, original packaging – mattresses, bottle teats, dummies
Thanks to your incredible generosity, we ONLY need newborn and clothes for 2-5 year olds this month, plus light jackets. If you have other clothes to pass on please do hold on to them until next month when we will likely need our stock replenishing.
If you don’t have the things we need but you want to support Little Village families, check out our Amazon wish list for items that we need to buy new Camden Amazon. We’d hugely appreciate any items on this list. Thank you so much as always.
All our items are gifts from one family to another. Please only bring us items that you think a friend would be delighted to receive. Thank you!
Steps
Step 1. Check the wishlist - Do we need it?
In every site, space is at a premium so we run a monthly ‘wishlist‘ highlighting the priority items we need. Some months, when people have been particularly generous, we may not be able to accept the items you have. If you can, hold on to them because we’ll probably need them soon!
Step 2. Is it safe?
Safety is our number one concern. Please only bring us items in full working order, ideally complete with an instruction manual if needed. Check out our safety standards here. To donate a cot, please watch this short film, and here’s one if you want to donate a buggy.
Step 3. Is it great quality?
Ask yourself, would my friend be delighted to be gifted these items? Please only bring us items that fit that bill. That means clean, unstained clothes; toys with all parts and in full working order; and equipment with all the screws and an instruction manual.
Step 4. Bring it to one of our drop in sessions
We are largely run by volunteers so can’t offer a collection service, but if you’re struggling to reach us, you can ask for help from our volunteer community on the local facebook page for Wandsworth, Camden and Southwark. Other people have clubbed together so that one person brings donations from a group of friends. If you have a high demand item we can usually arrange for you to drop off at other times.
Step 5. Enjoy a big thank you!
And if you’d like a hug of gratitude from one of our volunteers, please sort your items into age categories, bring instruction manuals, and bag up toys into packs. You’ll make our day – and you’ll be saving us precious volunteer time and helping us to reach even more families.
Opening times
Little Village Camden is open for you to drop off donations every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during term time, between 9am and 1pm.
Did you know...
That in the first three months of this year, we gave out over £150,000 worth of beautiful quality items to the 291 families who visited us at Little Village Camden. That amounted to more than 19,400 individual items. All thanks to our wonderful donors who decided to gift their kit to Little Village.
