Little Village provided her with 40 items of clothing plus equipment for her unborn baby, including nappies and toys. I spent last week with Little Village at its baby banks in Camden and Balham (it has a third in Southwark). “Baby banks ought not to exist – but while they do, we want to be there for every struggling family. “My mum and dad had substance misuse issues, so when I was little we relied on baby banks,” she says. “It’s not so bad.” But, in a profoundly unfair society and as long as there is a need for baby banks, it is.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2018 16:01 UTC