A Van for Love, Amelia

Funded on
10 Jun 2022

We are helping more and more families in our community with essential items for their babies and children. We need a van to collect donations and help deliver referrals to families

£12,310 Raised of £12,134

64 Backers

101%

The idea

A van will help support more families in our community as it will give us the chance to collect donations and deliver referrals to ensure families get their much needed items .

We currently distribute up to 160 bundles per month of essential items to help keep babies and children safe, happy and healthy. We gift bundles of clothing, nappies, toiletries, toys, beds, prams and much more to families experiencing poverty and hardship.

What we'll deliver

We will purchase a van
We will collect donations from our community
We will help deliver referrals to families

Why it's a great idea

We often miss out on much needed donations when donors are unable to deliver the items to our warehouse. A van will enable us to get out in our community and collect donations of pre-loved baby items, giving them a new lease of life and saving them from landfill

We have the team and resources in place to action referrals quickly, often the same day, however referrals can be sat in our warehouse for weeks waiting to go out to a family. A van will speed this up and help us deliver referrals to families quickly so no child is going without.

Steps to get it done

Purchasing a van
Recruit volunteer drivers

Location

By Love, Amelia

Love, Amelia is a children’s charity set up ... Learn More

About

http://www.loveamelia.org.uk

Love, Amelia is a children’s charity set up to offer practical support families who are living in very challenging situations often attributed to poverty and financial hardship, illness or crisis. Our charity is named it in memory of our founders daughter Amelia, who passed away 12minutes after her birth in 2018 at Sunderland Hospital. Her parents founded the charity in her name to help support local children in need in the community. Since becoming a registered charity in 2019, we have supported over 3000 children and have been working to create a circular economy whereby we collect donations of preloved items and distribute to children who need them most. We pride ourselves on passing on items in great condition and would only distribute items we would be happy for our own children to use. All items are cleaned and, where necessary, safety checked.

We currently support children from birth to 11 years however in 2022 we are extending this further to support children up to 16 years who are experiencing poverty and deprivation as there remains a gap in provision for this age group.

We are a small team with lived experience of the issues the families we support are facing. We strongly believe that every child deserves equal opportunities, and all families should have access to the essential and practical items they need to raise their children. A child needs to have their basic needs met to then enable them to have their more complex needs fulfilled as they grow up. No child should be without nappies or a safe place to sleep at night.

Project Owner: Love, Amelia The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.