Sheila was joined at the Baby Bank today by Siobhan who had travelled all the way from London. As there was also a large Corporate group in, it was great to have someone with experience to keep up with all the secondary clothes-sorting that needed doing. We were kept busy all morning checking clothes, putting them away, and filling up bags with the rejects.

The Baby Bank was really short of volunteers this morning, and with a Halloween sale on too, it was all hands to the pumps. Sheila and another volunteer were responsible for all the clothes checking, so we got through as much as we could while still keeping standards high.

Caroline, Carol and Karen visited the Baby Bank. Carol carried out second checks on the donated clothing, packing them into the correct boxes. Caroline and Karen were given four crates of school uniform which they sorted into labelled bags so that they could be easily put into the correct boxes later in the week. The task took up the entire session but felt like a job well done when the last crate was emptied.

Baby Bank regular volunteers Carol, Caroline, Karen and Sheila put in another busy shift. As ever, there was a huge pile on donations to be sorted and checked, double-checked and put away. Some clothes went out straight away to a family in need

It was all hands on deck today at the Baby Bank. With a huge amount of clothing donations to sort through, Sheila was on 1st checks, Carol on 2nd checks and Caroline on Shoes and Adult clothing. With more donations coming in all the time, we tried our best to keep up. We found that many donations were unsuitable due to clothing being stained, ripped or too bobbly. These all found their way into black bags, which were added to the existing mountain due to be recycled any day soon.....

It was a busy morning at the Baby Bank, and with a corporate team in from Centrica, Sheila and Carol were kept busy with doing the second checks on clothes and storing them away in the appropriate boxes. Caroline was asked to do checks on the men's and women's clothes donations, followed up by shoes. Meanwhile after a brief spell answering the door, Karen had the fun task of distributing the Christmas clothing amassed throughout the year into the boxes ready to give out to families. Yes folks, Christmas is coming!