About 400,000 UK children supported by baby banks, up 11% on previous year
The Rev Caroline Hewitt set up Little Lighthouse baby bank in a church hall in Wythenshawe. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe Rev Caroline Hewitt set up Little Lighthouse baby bank in a church hall in Wythenshawe. Families are needing help for systemic reasons, not because there’s a one-off shock to their lives.”About 75% of families supported by alliance members point to unsuitable or insecure housing as a pressure they face.
- ▪The Rev Caroline Hewitt set up Little Lighthouse baby bank in a church hall in Wythenshawe.
- ▪Photograph: Joel Goodman/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe Rev Caroline Hewitt set up Little Lighthouse baby bank in a church hall in Wythenshawe.
- ▪Families are needing help for systemic reasons, not because there’s a one-off shock to their lives.”About 75% of families supported by alliance members point to unsuitable or insecure housing as a pressure they face.
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The Rev Caroline Hewitt set up Little Lighthouse baby bank in a church hall in Wythenshawe. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe Rev Caroline Hewitt set up Little Lighthouse baby bank in a church hall in Wythenshawe. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The GuardianPovertyAbout 400,000 UK children supported by baby banks, up 11% on previous yearExclusive: Charities say they ‘cannot continue to absorb the impact of child poverty’ without government supportSammy GecsoylerTue 23 Jun 2026 00.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 23 Jun 2026 00.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleFour hundred thousand children in the UK were supported by baby banks in 2025, an 11% increase from the year before, prompting warnings from charities that they “cannot continue to absorb the impact of child…
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