At Little Village, every donated item is given a new lease of love. By passing on good-quality clothes, toys, prams, cots and other essentials, you help us create personalised bundles for babies and young children, from newborn to pre-school. Every day at our baby banks, we meet incredible parents doing everything they can for their children, often in the toughest circumstances and your generosity helps families worry a little less about affording the essentials every child needs.

Little Undies Emergency Appeal – June
We aim to provide underwear to every child we support – but right now, our shelves are running low and we can’t keep up with increasing need. We work with families who are desperate to give their children a healthy start in life but when you are living in poverty in London, this can feel impossible. To help, we’ll be launching our Little Undies appeal the start of June to help little bums and feet – one pair at a time.

As well as donating as much money as you can, we’ll particularly need:

Multipacks of knickers or pants up to age 6
Socks for children – age 2-6
Tights for babies and children – all sizes

Keep your eyes peeled on here, Instagram and via our newsletter (scroll to the bottom of the page to sign up) for when we go live!

What else we currently need
We’re currently really short of Moses baskets for newborns. Other items we’re always short of include: children’s toiletries (nappy cream, baby wash / shampoo, baby lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes); adult’s toiletries (period products, maternity pads, shower gel, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, soap); great quality 4-5 year old clothing; 0-6 month sleeping bags; pyjamas and buggies from birth.

Donation guides

Before you pass anything on to one of our baby banks, please check out our Donation Guides to make sure you know all the things we can receive, and anything we can’t. Please ensure that you are donating nearly new, great quality pre-loved items to be gifted to families.

Find your nearest donation point here. If you’d prefer, you can also support our work by donating money to help us reach more families with these items. Most items we give families are donated or preloved, but if you’d prefer you can buy some essential items directly here. You can also become a volunteer at one of our baby banks which is at the heart of what we do.