Life under lockdown #4
“With the children in lockdown and not going to school, the families are all stuck in one room, going stir crazy. It is affecting their mood and their sleep.” This week, we caught up with Lisa Gavin from Children &
Please note, we do not work directly with individuals or families. If you are in need of help, please speak directly to a support agency such as your home school link worker, local family centre (find your nearest Surrey family centre by borough/district), housing support, family support, health visitor or social worker.
Our service is free of charge and there is no assessment criteria, but items will need to be collected from our offices in Reigate by the referral partner.
We are always quick to respond to the referrals we receive as we know all too well the urgency behind these requests.
Read all about this year's Mother's Day campaign and how we distributed gifts and cards to 565 local Mums in need. A fantastic response during very difficult times.
1 From your work email account, please email [email protected] with a list of items needed and supporting information:
2 Once the items are ready, you will be contacted. Our storage space is limited so we would appreciate it if items could be collected promptly. Our offices are open for referral collections term time only, Monday to Friday 9:30am-12:30pm. See Contact page for more details.
Please allow plenty of time to be shown how to assemble and operate the larger items, such as cots and prams.
3 Join our Referrals Facebook Group to keep up-to-date with available items, referral news and how our campaigns can help the families you support.
A rule which we live by at Stripey Stork is that our recipients should feel like they are receiving a gift and not a hand out, so all of the pre-loved items we re-distribute are clean, stain-free and in good working order.
As well as our day-to-day operations, we are well-placed in our community to undertake specific projects as the need arises. See blog posts on our Bags4School, Easter Bags and Stork Sacks projects.
Sometimes the requests we receive go beyond the remit of our resources and capabilities, so here’s a useful list of other support services.
“With the children in lockdown and not going to school, the families are all stuck in one room, going stir crazy. It is affecting their mood and their sleep.” This week, we caught up with Lisa Gavin from Children &
A family already overwhelmed by the immediate medical needs of their new baby, now faced the seemingly impossible task of financing an expensive pushchair –
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