It was a small team at the BabyBank this week as they didn’t have enough leaders on site to host a large team. Carol and Karen were tasked with sorting through the donations to find those on the most needed list and carrying out the first checks on them. It was a very relaxed atmosphere with lots of the chat with the other two regular volunteers. A very pleasant way to spend a morning.

A large group of corporate volunteers were helping out at the Baby Bank this morning, and after dropping off some stair gates Sheila helped out by second-checking the piles of clothes and putting them away. There were some cute hand-knits which had been donated, which had to be sized. All of them were labelled 'with big hugs' from the lady who had knitted them. So lovely!

Baby Bank regulars Sheila and Carol were joined by Caroline for her second visit and we also welcomed Sarah for her first GoodGym mission. As ever, there were plenty of clothes to quality-check and everyone quickly got to grips with what was required, and we settled down to a productive morning's work, trying to keep ahead of donations coming in!

An amazing 8 people signed up to help at the Baby Bank today, which I think is a record. We welcomed Caroline for her very first GoodGym session, and she quickly got to grips with the many intricacies of clothes-sorting. It was a typically busy session, with the team split between first and second checks. Thanks to Jane for taking on the sorting out of the overflow bags and congratulations on reaching your 10th Good Deed!

We welcomed Barbara to her very first GoodGym session today, at yet another busy morning at the Baby Bank. She joined Jane, Sue, Karen and Sheila for a spot of clothes donation-sorting. She quickly got to grips with what was required, and the team powered their way through the donations in the Girls 0-2 Travel Cot, even managing to empty it before some more donations came in. Jane tried a different skill with shoe-checking and soon polished it off before joining the clothes-checkers again. She was delighted to find herself sorting a bag full of good quality, clean clothes. It makes all the difference!

5 GoodGymers helped out at the Baby Bank this morning. Whilst Carys, Jane and Sheila sorted clothes donations, Carol and Karen were asked to have a look at the Fancy Dress donations. Were there enough in good condition in order to have a pop-up sale just before World Book Day to raise some vital funds. They had fun sorting through the clothes,labelled them with sizes and were pleased to find sufficient for a pop-up sale to be viable. Hurrah!