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Guides and examples to support your baby bank.

Please note that as every baby bank is different, these are not a replacement for developing your own high quality practice.

Topic

Board and governance
Charitable status
Cyber Security
Evidence of need
Fundraising
GDPR
Impact monitoring
Media and press
New and donated items
Resources for families
Safeguarding, health and safety
Setting up a baby bank
Staff and volunteers
Storage and facilities
Updates and news
Wellbeing for baby banks

Type

Case study
Example document
Glossary
Guidance
Peer learning session
Report
Training

Fundraising

Watch: Fundraising with Crowdfunder
Fundraising

BBA Development Fund – Information Sheet
Resources for families

Energy Advice
New and donated items

Toys – Guidance for Donations
Fundraising

Watch: Fundraising Storytelling with Save the Children
Safeguarding, health and safety, Staff and volunteers

Watch: Safeguarding and DBS Webinar
Staff and volunteers

Whistleblowing Guide
Staff and volunteers

Whistleblowing Policy (example only)
Evidence of need

Joseph Rowntree Foundation Report – UK Poverty 2025
Safeguarding, health and safety, Wellbeing for baby banks

Watch: Safeguarding Yourself and Wellbeing Training
Fundraising

Watch: Meet the Funder – People’s Postcode Lottery
Staff and volunteers

Watch: Recruiting Volunteers Webinar
Media and press

Social Media Guidelines
Board and governance

Complaints Policy (example only)
Evidence of need

Resolution Foundation: Housing Outlook December 2024
Wellbeing for baby banks

Wellbeing resources
Evidence of need

Independent Food Aid Network Report – Nov 24
Safeguarding, health and safety, Staff and volunteers

Emergency Contact form Example
New and donated items, Safeguarding, health and safety

Portable Appliance Testing
Fundraising

Watch: Corporate Fundraising training with Save the Children and Sebby’s Corner
Board and governance, Storage and facilities

Guide to Community Asset Transfer
Media and press, Safeguarding, health and safety

Safeguarding Training 2: Social Media – slides
Safeguarding, health and safety, Staff and volunteers

Watch or view slides: Safeguarding 3 – Conversations with Families
Evidence of need, Fundraising

Watch: BBA training – Evidence of need & impact
Media and press, Safeguarding, health and safety, Staff and volunteers

Checklist for developing a Social Media Policy
Board and governance, Fundraising

Guide to writing a Donation Policy
Staff and volunteers

Guide to Induction of a New Employee
Safeguarding, health and safety, Staff and volunteers

Watch or view slides: Safeguarding Training 1: Lone Working
Cyber Security

Cyber Security Considerations – training notes
Staff and volunteers

Guide to Recruitment
Media and press

Guide to Working with the Media
Media and press

Guide to Press Releases
Safeguarding, health and safety, Staff and volunteers

Guide to writing a Manual Handling Guide
Evidence of need

Barnado’s Briefing: Empty plates and cold homes: What it’s like to grow up in poverty in 2024
New and donated items

Guide to writing a safety checklist for highchairs (example only)
Evidence of need

Barnado’s Report: No crib for a bed: the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on bed poverty
Evidence of need

Buttle Report: Growing Up In Poverty
Board and governance

Guide to Writing a Complaints Policy
Impact monitoring

BBA 2023 Annual Impact Data
Fundraising

Watch: How to Find Funding with Stripey Stork
Evidence of need, Fundraising, Impact monitoring

Evidence of need
Fundraising

Watch: National Lottery Community Fund
Fundraising

Watch: Grant fundraising 101
Fundraising

Grant application calendar
Staff and volunteers

Volunteer Policy (example only)
GDPR

Collecting and storing personal data (Example of a Legitimate Interest Assessment)
Evidence of need

Joseph Rowntree Foundation report: Destitution in the UK 2023
New and donated items

Pram and buggy checklist (example only)
New and donated items

Safety checklist for cots, cot beds, and cribs (example only)
Board and governance

Trustee Code of Conduct (example only)
Fundraising

Grant Budget (example only)
Safeguarding, health and safety

Safeguarding Policy (example only)
Safeguarding, health and safety

Health and Safety Policy (example only)
Storage and facilities

Watch: Space
Impact monitoring, Media and press

Watch: Tracking your impact, and The Sun campaign
Fundraising

Watch: Fundraising peer training with Stripey Stork
Staff and volunteers

Watch: Employees
Storage and facilities

Watch: Facilities Management
Staff and volunteers

Watch: Volunteers
New and donated items

Watch: Donations process
Safeguarding, health and safety

Watch: Safeguarding
Fundraising

Watch: Save the Children intro to grant fundraising
Fundraising

Watch: National Lottery Cost of Living Fund, and Christmas
Fundraising, Staff and volunteers

Watch: Corporate Social Responsibility
Media and press

Watch: Media Training: Session 1
Media and press

Watch: Media Training Session 2: Print media mythbusting
Board and governance

Watch: Cyber Security Training
Fundraising

Watch: Fundraising peer training with KidsBank Chester and Leeds Baby Bank
Fundraising

Where to find funding
Charitable status, Fundraising

Claiming Gift Aid
Fundraising

Creating a fundraising strategy
Staff and volunteers

Writing a Volunteer Policy
GDPR

Glossary of Data Protection terminology
GDPR

Storage procedures for paper-based documents
New and donated items

Writing an inspection checklist for a cot, cot bed, or crib
Safeguarding, health and safety

Developing a Safeguarding Policy
Safeguarding, health and safety

Writing a Health and Safety Policy (v1)
Safeguarding, health and safety

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)
Charitable status

How to access Charitable Business Rate Relief
Storage and facilities

Potential storage options for your baby bank
Board and governance

Creating an expenses policy for trustees
Board and governance

Creating a trustee code of conduct
Board and governance

Declaring and managing trustee interests
Impact monitoring

Glossary of terms on impact, data, and evaluation
Setting up a baby bank

Setting up a new baby bank: Hartlepool Baby Bank Case Study
Impact monitoring

Recording data at your baby bank
Setting up a baby bank

Setting up a new baby bank

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