On Tuesday 17th May 2022 we attended the Surrey Choices Celebrating Success Awards at Denbies Wine Estate. These awards highlight the achievements of the young people and adults supported by Surrey Choices and recognise employers and organisations who have created opportunities for their clients to develop their skills. Surrey Choices provide a range of support …
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On Thursday 23rd June we were delighted to get everyone stripey for Stripes4Stripey again! We celebrate this annual charity event, asking everyone to wear Stripes and donate or fundraise for Stripey Stork. The money from this campaign is used to buy the new items of clothing that we like to add to the pre-loved clothing packs that we give out all …
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On Tuesday 22nd March, the Stripey Stork team attended the Reigate and Banstead Business awards at Reigate Manor. The awards are designed to showcase the vibrant and diverse range of businesses in the local area, with nine categories covering everything from food and drink to fitness. This year, a new category had been included – …
Reigate Hill Golf Club – a partnership which set a course record score! At the start of 2020, we were delighted to be chosen as Reigate Hill Golf Club’s Charity of the Year by the incoming Captains, Kate and Roger. They invited us along to the Captain’s dinner to tell the members all about Stripey …
A Stripey Stork welcome to all Ukrainian families Stripey Stork want to make sure that Ukrainian families arriving in the UK are supported with the items they need in their new homes. As one of the UK’s biggest baby banks we are well positioned to support families arriving across Surrey. We can help …
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A Gift for Mum A Gift for Mum is Stripey Stork’s Mother’s Day campaign. Our aim is to make sure that every Mum referred to us receives a small gift to open on Mother’s Day, to let her know that she is doing a fantastic job. This year, thanks to our amazing community we were …
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Gifts distributed (Includes late requests) 5,414 children 2,108 parents/carers 7,522 gifts in total 3,179 families helped £129,544 estimated value of gifts As Christmas approached and we started to plan our 8th Santa Stork project, one thing was clear to us – if 2020 was the year that changed the world, 2021 was the year the economic impact landed. We’d …
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2021 continued the theme of 2020 – a great mixture of high and lows. Whilst we have all adapted to different way of life that COVID-19 has placed on us all, what has remained constant is the incredible engagement of our community. Since 1 January 2021, we have responded to requests on behalf of 8,532 families, reaching …
???????????????????????? The run up to Christmas 2021 is officially here and the team at Stripey Stork have a simple question for you – do you believe? Do you believe that every child deserves some special Christmas magic, this year more than ever? Children like the 11-year-old boy who lost his Dad this year. He wants …
The end of Summer and our return to full operations at HQ came hurtling towards us at great speed. We had all been watching the news coverage of the situation in Afghanistan and knew that it would only be a matter of time before we received requests for assistance. Stripey Stork wanted to help …
