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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jess Clark

‘It gives us hope’: how baby banks are helping parents in the cost of living crisis

A Baby Bank at the Little Village charity
Sonia Amado and children play with toys at Little Village baby bank in Wembley, north-west London. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

“Sometimes my daughter would ask me: ‘Daddy, can we get these toys?’ – but I didn’t have any money. Being a father, I don’t want to show the sad expressions on my face to my children. This kind of support means at least I can give things to my kids, like clothes and toys.”

It is a chilly Monday afternoon in north London and a father in his 30s is talking about the help he has received from Little Village.

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