Little Village Southwark - please vote and support us!

[honeybee79]

I'm part of a team of local volunteers working to launch the awesome Little Village in Southwark in early 2018. We'll be based in Peckham Rye. Little Village is like a food bank but for clothes, equipment and toys for babies and children up to the age of 5. We'll be collecting good quality donations from local families and getting these out to the families who need them via friendly weekly drop in sessions. We want to make it as easy as possible for families to support each other and we also want our donations to feel like gifts and not handouts. It's a way to strengthen our community and for us put kindness into action.

Little Village really needs your votes in the Aviva Community Fund! This funding will help Little Village save 250 cots and buggies from landfill and ensure they are given out safe, clean and serviced to the local families who need them most. Please vote - it's free and only takes a couple of minutes.

https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voti?/project/?/17-5228

Little Village hears far too often about babies sleeping on towels and sofa cushions, toddlers in broken cots, and siblings and parents sharing dirty or broken mattresses. And many mums can't even visit drop-in sessions because they don't have a safe way of transporting their babies and toddlers.

This is a problem we can do something about.

If Little Village win this funding it will help to cover the costs of the new mattresses we give out with each and every cot, along with the costs of replacing minor parts, cleaning buggies, and transporting these bulky items to the families who need them.

You can use all 10 of your votes on Little Village :) Please vote, and share, share, share this post in your own networks. Thank you!

(and here's a two minute video to tell you why this work is so important...)

Watch this space for more info on the launch of Little Village Southwark and check out our website: https://littlevillagehq.org/

[jmowat]

Hi there,

This is a fantastic initiative, a good friend of mine was involved in the one in Streatham. I would love to help out so when you are looking for volunteers please let me know, I will be starting second mat leave in March so will have more time then as well. Jenny