On Thursday 17th June it was that time of year again, when we ask Team Stork to express their love of both Stripey Stork and stripes to mark Stripes4Stripey Day. This year we concentrated our efforts on building up our fund to buy new clothes needed to complement the pre-loved clothes we are donated. As …
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Stripey Stork are delighted to announce that HM Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, Michael More-Molyneux, has appointed Nicola Dawes as a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Surrey with effect from today (2nd June 2021). Nicola is the Chief Executive of Stripey Stork, the Reigate-based baby bank. She founded the charity in 2013 as a practical way …
As September dawns we particularly feel the love, as our supporters sign up to Run Reigate for Stripey Stork. They put their determination into action and join our orange army of Team Stork runners, united in their mission to raise funds to support our work all year round. We welcome them all – from our …
“Thank you very much indeed for the amazing activity bags. The children were absolutely thrilled to receive such a thoughtful and generous gift to keep them busy during the holiday. It’s been a long and difficult term for many families in our school community and your kindness is greatly appreciated, it really has made a …
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“Us Mums need to stick together.” -Supporter’s message- …which is what Mum2Mum is all about. A gift from one Mum to another, a gesture which speaks a million words, in the year that it’s been needed more than ever. Mother’s Day, the one day officially designated to celebrating all the amazing Mums out there. But …
We are so proud of the fact that despite the many challenges faced in 2020, we were still able to respond to every single request for help. Amazing when you consider that the number of families referred to us was up by nearly 40% from what we were expecting. The strong relationships we have built …
Gifts distributed (Includes late requests) 3,631 children 1,537 parents/carers 5,168 gifts in total 2,116 families helped £82,000 estimated value of gifts 2020 has certainly been a year to remember, and the consequences have been far reaching in our community. We knew the demand for our Christmas campaign would be greater due to COVID-19, we factored this into our planning …
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And what a year it’s been! Highs and lows. Desperation for many, but also many acts of kindness. Community spirit like we’ve never seen before, flexibility required from our team and volunteers like we’ve never had to ask before. 2020 has been an extremely busy year for Stripey Stork; to date we’ve answered 2,123 regular …
Total raised: *£5,349.59 *We’re still updating this fundraising total with last minute sponsorship. This figure, and those amounts mentioned throughout the blog, do not include gift aid. Run as one We can proudly say that whether #TeamStork are running together or virtually, they still smash it! When the pandemic escalated and Run Reigate was cancelled, …
Although we’re missing the buzz of Run Reigate this year – as well as being a great fundraiser for us, it’s also a really fun day which we get to share with our supporters and community alike – we’ve still rallied the Team Stork troops and have lots of adults and children running virtually for …
