{"id":17622,"date":"2025-08-08T19:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/08\/08\/sheffields-baby-basics-uk-opens-bigger-premises-to-meet-demand\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T19:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:23:06","slug":"sheffields-baby-basics-uk-opens-bigger-premises-to-meet-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/08\/08\/sheffields-baby-basics-uk-opens-bigger-premises-to-meet-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield&#8217;s Baby Basics UK opens bigger premises to meet demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"__next\">\n<header><\/header>\n<nav data-testid=\"level1-navigation-container\" id=\"main-navigation-container\">\n<section>\n<nav>\n<ul>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"mainNavigationItemStyled\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/section>\n<\/nav>\n<p><main id=\"main-content\"><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new\" data-component=\"byline-block\">\n<p><span>Wendy Middleton<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>BBC News, Yorkshire<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\">\n<p><span>Baby Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-component=\"caption-block\"><figcaption>Baby Basics UK provides items such as bedding, clothing, toys and toiletries<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p>A baby bank which supports families with vulnerable children has moved to a bigger premises to help meet demand for its services.<\/p>\n<p>Baby Basics UK, which provides practical essentials to families with children up to five years old, has moved to Albion House in Savile Street, Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2019 it said demand for help had risen from an average of 80 referrals per month to about 270.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Cat Ross said: &#8220;The massive difference for us is that we&#8217;re all on one level, which means that our wonderful team of 70-plus volunteers are not having to climb up and down multiple stairs &#8211; so it&#8217;s just enabling us to be far more efficient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p>&#8220;It means we have more space to take in larger items like cots and prams in bigger quantities each week through donations from members of the public,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\">\n<p><span>Google<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-component=\"caption-block\"><figcaption>Baby Basics UK have move into a modern suite in Albion House in Sheffield<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p>The charity launched in Sheffield in 2009 and now has more than 50 locations across the country. <\/p>\n<p>Baby Basics has already helped 1,500 families in Sheffield so far this year and one in every 10 babies born in the city receives a Moses basket from the charity.<\/p>\n<p>The new premises were being officially opened on Friday by Baby Basics UK Patron, the Reverend Kate Bottley.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, Deputy Mayor and Mayoress of Sheffield and representatives from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority will also be in attendance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<hr data-testid=\"main-footer-divider\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Middleton BBC News, Yorkshire Baby Basics Baby Basics UK provides items such as bedding, clothing, toys and toiletries A baby bank which supports families with vulnerable children has moved to a bigger premises to help meet demand for its services. 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