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1 September 2020The best job in the world…
After 5 years, our founder and current CEO Sophia will be stepping down in the New Year. That means we are recruiting for a brilliant new Chief Executive. Could this be you? You’re passionate about tackling child poverty and motivated
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6 August 2020Find out more about The Duchess of Cambridge’s baby banks initiative
Watch this video to find out more about The Duchess of Cambridge's new initiative with Little Village and other baby banks around the UK.
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4 August 2020The Duchess of Cambridge’s new initiative supports work of Little Village
We are thrilled to be part of a new initiative launched by the Duchess of Cambridge helping to bring British brands together to support the work of three baby banks.
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3 July 2020Global’s Make Some Noise Appeal update
We’re delighted to be one of the charities being supported by Global’s Make Some Noise Appeal. Funds raised will enable us to help even more families. See if you can spot us in this heart-warming round up video. Click on this
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4 June 2020Global’s Make Some Noise Emergency Appeal to support Little Village
We’re thrilled to announce Global’s Make Some Noise Emergency Appeal will be supporting our work. The money raised will help us to continue to support those London families who are most at risk of hardship thanks to Coronavirus. Click on this
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3 June 2020Black lives matter
One of our values at Little Village is solidarity – the solidarity of early parenthood that cuts across economic and social divides, and the solidarity that comes from a shared belief that every parent should have the right to give
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19 May 2020Be a #SofaForaging social media superstar and help support Little Village!
Did you know that the average amount of money found behind a UK sofa is £5.77? This lost change could help provide a Little Village family with a jumbo pack of nappies! We're challenging families like yours across the country to
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24 April 2020Do the 2.6 challenge for us!
Be a ‘Home Hero’ 🦸🏼♀️ and help Little Village today! Please take part in the 2.6 Challenge to help us to support more families during the pandemic.
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25 February 2020Mother’s Day 2020 – Help us give a special treat to the amazing mums we support
So many of the mums we see don’t see themselves as the priority, their money is spent paying for essentials like bills, food and items for the children.
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14 February 2020Little Village comes to Roehampton
Little Village is working in partnership with Eastwood Children's Centre, and we need a new team member to help run our service there.
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7 February 2020Children have had the highest poverty rate in the UK in the last 20 years
A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation echoes what we see daily at Little Village.
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5 February 2020Little Village is recruiting again! Stock Manager and Admin needed.
Our Southwark team is hiring a Stock Manager and our Wandsworth team are looking for an administrator.
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17 December 2019Join the Little Village team in 2020
Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund, we're able to recruit two new roles for 2020, and we're really excited about both of them. If you've got experience in fundraising and supporter development, we want to hear from you.
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14 October 2019We’re recruiting!
Are you passionate about tackling child poverty? Are you a brilliant communicator who loves working alongside people to share their stories to inspire social change?
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22 July 2019Some reflections from Sophia on this year
Our CEO Sophia has written a post sharing her reflections on the last year - what we've learnt, what's been hard, and what we're proud of.
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16 July 2019From one bump to another
This week we were lucky enough to capture the journey of one of the 409 prams you've donated to us, as it arrived at Little Village and was immediately gifted to a new family.
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10 July 2019Part-time work with purpose
Today our Chief Executive Sophia Parker had an essay published as part of New Philantropy Capital's series, Walking The Talk, where she shared our lessons about how we've hardwired flexible working into Little Village.
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20 June 2019Cycling one million metres for Little Village!
Fitness fanatic Anthony Powell is set to take on the fitness challenge of a lifetime when he cycles one million metres in a bid to raise £10,000 for us on the 23rd July. We’ve seen some pretty amazing challenges but
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6 May 2019Welcome to Baby Sussex!
We were delighted to hear of the safe arrival of Baby Sussex in the early hours of today and want to extend our love and good wishes to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they start their journey as
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5 April 2019Thank you Meghan and Harry!
We are honoured to have been selected as one of four charities the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are encouraging people to support as part of the #GlobalSussexBabyShower. Thank you for all your support! It’s been amazing. Their instagram account
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11 March 2019Support our Mothers’ Day campaign
This Mother's Day we want to acknowledge the hard work it takes to be a parent when life is throwing lots of challenges at you. And so we’re asking for your donations of gifts for the strong women we support.
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26 January 2019Donation Day at Little Village Southwark!
We held our first donation day of 2019 on Saturday 26 January and have been totally overwhelmed by the generosity of our local community. Although we only officially opened a couple of weeks ago, we have already supported over 40
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8 January 2019We’re hiring!
Thanks to the support of the Big Lottery Fund and the GLA, we’re hiring for four new part-time, flexible roles here at Little Village: We’re looking for an Operations Manager, a Fundraiser and a Finance Manager – these three roles
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7 January 2019Little Village Southwark is open!
Welcome to 2019! We’re back after a festive break and very excited to announce the formal opening of Little Village Southwark, our third site. We’ll be accepting donations every Tuesday morning from 9.30am till noon. We’re looking for volunteers to
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17 December 20182800 gifts…
Wow. When we launched our festive #OneGift campaign we thought we were being quite ambitious aiming for 1000 gifts to give out to kids who are homeless or living in temporary accommodation. The final count is in and in fact
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9 December 2018Nappies, wipes… and hope
“Baby banks ought not to exist – but while we do, we want to be there for every struggling family. It’s not about the rich giving to the poor, but about families helping families in the same community; a cycle
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8 December 2018Little Village on Woman’s Hour
We’re super proud that Little Village featured recently on Woman’s Hour. You can listen again here. The 8 minute feature explores how families feel when they visit, the pleasure they get from being free to choose the items they’d like
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6 November 2018Could you be our new volunteer treasurer?
Little Village Southwark is looking for a volunteer treasurer to help monitor our finances and to report to the Board of Trustees on a quarterly basis. The treasurer will be involved in budgeting and strategic financial planning, financial and management
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5 November 2018Little Village Southwark is recruiting a Stockroom Manager
Join our Village! Little Village Southwark is recruiting for a Stockroom Manager. The role is 16 hours per week for 43 weeks a year (this must include the 39 weeks of Southwark school term time), £25,000 pro rata. Please have a
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28 October 2018Sunday Mirror features Little Village
The Sunday Mirror wrote a features piece about our work at Little Village, as it emerged that 35,000 families have used a baby bank for essential items for their kids this year alone.
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26 October 2018Take 2 minutes to help us gift on 250 cots!
Vote for us in the Aviva Community Fund challenge, to help us secure vital funds so that we can gift on 250 cots this year to the families who need them most.
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17 October 2018Eradicating poverty, one step at a time
Today it’s the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and to mark that we want to pay tribute to the amazing network of volunteers and donors who power our work here at Little Village.
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11 October 2018Little Village Camden is recruiting!
Looking for a new work challenge? Little Village Camden is recruiting an administrator 🙂 Check out the details in the attached job description. The role is 15 hours a week, 43 weeks a year and a we’re a very family
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11 October 2018Little Village Southwark – Open Morning, Friday 2 November
Little Village Southwark will soon be open to start taking referrals for families. Come and join us at our Open Morning on Friday 2 November 2018, 10am – 12noon if you are interested in finding out more about Little Village
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10 October 2018Hidden homelessness on World Homeless Day
On World Homeless Day we want to highlight the issue of 'hidden homelessness' and the growing number of families we see in temporary accommodation.
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9 October 2018Thank you The Funding Network and Camden Giving!
Last week we were lucky enough to be one of four local charities who participated in a special event hosted by Camden Giving and The Funding Network. Here's our CEO Sophia telling everyone about our work.
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4 September 2018Summer donation sessions
Little Village Southwark held their first two donation sessions over the summer, and as a result the team in Southwark have gone from 100 empty boxes to a stockroom bursting with great quality clothes...
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4 September 2018New donation day for Wandsworth
From September, we’re moving our weekly donation session from Wednesday mornings to Tuesday mornings. It’s still 9.30-11.30, and still at 53 Rowfant Road, Balham...
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4 September 2018Wimbledon Grant Fund
Our cutest and our biggest donation this summer came from the Wimbledon Grant Fund...
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4 September 2018Summer stock sorting
We had a great couple of sessions this summer sorting out stock and pulling together packs of donations to go out to families whose circumstances meant they couldn’t wait until we re-opened...
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20 June 2018Meet Sue and Jo from Happy Baby South
This week is Refugee Week and to celebrate that we want to introduce you to some of the incredible local refugee charities...
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11 June 2018Little Village Wandsworth: 1000 families reached
Little Village Wandsworth supported its 1000th family this week, and as we hit this bittersweet milestone we want to celebrate the incredible generosity and kindness that underpins our work...
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11 June 2018Join Little Village Southwark!
Thanks to the Big Lottery Fund, we have funding for a Site Director!
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11 June 2018Meet Elly, from CARAS
This week is Refugee Week and to celebrate that we are profiling a few of the brilliant refugee charities we work closely with here at Little Village. Today, meet Elly, who runs Tooting charity CARAS.
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7 June 2018Volunteers: you’re all amazing
Did you know we have just 7 part-time staff who co-ordinate things across our three branches in London...
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25 May 2018Homelessness doesn’t discriminate
Here we hear from M, one of the participants in a series of storytelling workshops with Little Village which were funded by the Big Lottery Fund and facilitated by sounddelivery...
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2 May 2018And so my story continues
So my story continues taking on new chapters that are different from my original plan...
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18 April 2018
V’s week from hell
I’m too emotional to talk and I keep getting upset because I’m ashamed of the week I have had...
