Welcoming a new baby should be a joyful and exciting time. However, for many families, the cost of essential baby items can create overwhelming financial pressure.
Baby banks exist to support families during some of life’s most challenging moments. Working alongside midwives, health visitors, social workers and community professionals, they provide carefully prepared bundles of essential items tailored to each family’s needs.
Baby banks provide more than essential items. They offer reassurance, dignity and practical support to families who need it most, while helping ensure quality baby products are reused rather than wasted.
For families facing unexpected challenges, access to essential baby items can make an immediate and meaningful difference. Baby banks help ensure that children have access to safe sleeping spaces, clothing, feeding equipment, and everyday essentials when families need them most.
Support from baby banks can help reduce stress for parents and carers, allowing them to focus on their child’s wellbeing during difficult times. By providing practical help, these organisations play an important role in strengthening local communities and supporting early childhood development.
Baby banks also encourage sustainable parenting by redistributing high-quality items, helping reduce waste while supporting families in need.
At Clair de Lune, supporting families has always been at the heart of what we do. Through partnerships with Baby Banks across the UK, we help provide safe, comfortable essentials for babies and young children when families need them most.
For many families, preparing for a new baby can be overwhelming, particularly during times of financial hardship or crisis. By working closely with Baby Banks, we help ensure parents and carers can access the essentials they need to give their baby a safe and comfortable start.
We support Baby Banks in several ways, including providing charity pricing on essential products, donating items, and working directly with organisations to understand the needs of the families they support.
Our Moses baskets, bedding, blankets and nursery essentials are often included in starter bundles given to new parents. These bundles help create a safe sleeping space and provide comfort during an important and sometimes challenging stage of family life.
Every partnership allows us to extend our mission beyond our products and into communities where support can make a real and lasting difference.
Every product donated or supplied through our charity partnerships helps create safe, nurturing environments for babies across the UK.
"Support from Clair de Lune has enabled us to provide families with high-quality, safe products, making a real difference to the families we support."
Baby Basics
We're proud to support charities making a real difference in the lives of families and children.
Baby Basics Milton Keynes supports families facing financial hardship by providing essential items for babies and young children.
Baby Basics Bolton and Bury provides Moses basket starter packs and essential baby equipment to vulnerable families. Referrals are made through health and social care professionals supporting families facing a wide range of challenges.
Baby Basics Belfast was established in April 2017 to support families across the Greater Belfast area who are facing crisis or financial hardship. Working under Church Army and the Anglican Diocese of Connor, the charity provides essential starter packs for babies and children up to age four, including Moses baskets, baby baths and laundry baskets filled with everyday essentials. All families are referred through local health professionals, ensuring support reaches those who need it most while helping redistribute good quality baby items that may otherwise go to landfill.
Baby Necessities supports families experiencing poverty and hardship by collecting high-quality baby and children’s essentials. Donations are carefully checked and packed into tailored bundles by volunteers before being distributed to families referred by professionals.
KidsBank Chester was founded in 2019 to help reduce the impact of childhood poverty by providing high-quality new and pre-loved essential items for children aged 0–12. Supporting families facing challenges such as homelessness, financial hardship and domestic abuse, the charity redistributes donations including clothing, baby equipment, toiletries, nappies and books.
Ten Little Toes supports families across West Sussex by providing essential items for children aged 0–12. Each bundle is individually packed to meet the needs of families referred for support.
We're proud to work with both individual Baby Banks and organisations that unite charities across the UK to bring real change for families.
The Baby Bank Alliance connects baby banks nationwide, helping families access essential items wherever they are. While we don't work with every charity in the network, many of our partners are members, meaning our support reaches even further.
In Manchester, our home base, we work closely with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), which recently launched the first city-wide Baby Bank Network. This network unites local charities, increases capacity, joins up resources, and reaches more parents in need. GMCA and NHS Greater Manchester are also introducing an enhanced Safer Sleep offer, including safe bedding, room thermometers, and safe sleep guidance for families in crisis.
By partnering with national and local initiatives, we help ensure families across the UK have access to essential nursery items, while supporting charity networks that amplify the impact of every donation.
1,753 Moses baskets funded by GMCA in June 2025
"Supporting these wonderful baby banks is something we care deeply about, and we remain committed to providing safe-sleep solutions for families who need them the most. Knowing that our products can help bring comfort and peace of mind to parents is something that truly motivates our team every day."
Baby Banks rely on community support to help families access essential items for their babies and children. There are many simple ways you can make a meaningful difference.
Many Baby Banks accept gently used baby essentials such as clothing, blankets, equipment and toys. These items are cleaned, safety checked and packed into bundles for families who need them most.
Always check with your local Baby Bank to see which items they are currently accepting.
New items such as nappies, toiletries, feeding products and safe sleep essentials are always in demand. These items help Baby Banks create complete starter bundles for new families.
Every purchase made with Clair de Lune helps support our ongoing work with Baby Banks. By choosing our products, you help us continue supplying essential items and supporting families across the UK.
Sharing information about Baby Banks helps more families access the support available and encourages donations from local communities.
Whether donating items, spreading awareness or supporting brands that work with charities, every action helps provide comfort, dignity and safe beginnings for babies and families.
Supporting families is an important part of Clair de Lune's mission. Through partnerships with Baby Banks and charitable organisations, we work to help provide safe sleep spaces, essential nursery items and practical support to families across the UK.
We are proud to contribute to initiatives that help families during challenging times and promote sustainability by helping reduce waste through redistribution of quality baby essentials.
Working alongside Baby Banks allows us to extend our impact beyond our products and into communities where support is needed most. Each partnership helps provide safe sleep spaces, clothing bundles, nursery equipment and essential supplies to families facing financial hardship or crisis.
As we continue to grow, we remain committed to strengthening our partnerships and expanding the support we can offer through charity initiatives and product donations.
We are committed to continuing our charitable partnerships and improving transparency around the support we provide. In the future, we plan to share dedicated impact reports highlighting the difference our partnerships make for families and communities.
Every safe sleeping space, every essential item and every donation helps give babies a safe and supported start in life. We are incredibly grateful to the charities, volunteers and communities who work alongside us to support families across the UK.
